Walsh Family Wine
February 28, 2025. Nate Walsh is devoted to the production side of winemaking. Nate is the owner of Walsh Family Wine near Hillsboro in western Loudoun County and more than many winery owners, has applied his experience, starting as a cellar rat up to being a full-fledged winemaker, to improve winemaking in the region. With Nate approaching business from the production end and wife Sarah applying her background in wine wholesale, they founded their winery in 2014, a year after they married. According to Nate, back then, there were few places in Loudoun where new owners could get started without making huge investments in land and equipment. The Walsh’s started with equipment loaned by a vineyard in Waterford. Remembering this beginning, Walsh Family Wine has established a winemaker’s incubator program to encourage three or four new winemakers every year to use Walsh equipment and guidance to produce their own brands. Nate loves...