Good Spirit Farm Winery
January 26, 2024. What a difference a week makes. Seven days ago, the temperature had been suppressed below 20 degrees for days and piles of snow blanketed the landscape with a sense of permanence. But we emerged more each following day from the Polar Vortex so that by the Friday when we set out to the wineries it was in the upper seventies and the snow beaten back to tiny resistant enclaves of shade. To celebrate leaving our cocoon, we drove out to Good Spirit Winery near Round Hill in Loudoun County. Good Spirit is just one turn off of the scenic Snickersville Turnpike, less than a mile from the cross-roads that is the community of Airmount. Disabled parking is a quick jog to the right on the winery driveway. There is a fairly steep path from the main parking to the wrap-around porch that leads to the tasting room. The porch is made of stones that resemble light Emperador marble. Good Spirit is the retirement project of Mike and Luanne Gutermuth who bought the 42