Reserve Tasting Room and Lounge
June 21, 2026. The Reserve Tasting Room and Lounge marks the first time we have visited a tasting room that began life as a computer app. In 2014, Mike Barefoot and Mike Lawler started the VinoWineApp as a place where you can buy wines on-line, scan labels for ratings and do other things. The funds from the app allowed them to start a farm winery in 2018 and open the Reserve Tasting Room and Lounge six years ago in downtown Lynchburg. The Reserve Tasting Room is framed on three sides by the old brick walls of an former store or factory in the Central Business District between Diamond Hill and Daniels Hill. The fourth wall is a window looking out at the new Riverfront Park across the street and the James River beyond the park. Kids were beating the heat kicking back in the park’s Splash Pad. The Lounge has soft leather sofas and unique wine barrel lamps hanging from the ceiling. Even with the windows, the lounge is cool and dark ...