Sabin Wine Journeys

June 25, 2023.   We continued our tour of the Southern Shenandoah Valley on Sunday with a stop at Barren Ridge Vineyards just outside of Fishersville.   This is near Staunton, a short toot east of Trucker’s Paradise.   The view to the east is of the Blue Ridge Mountains, arrayed like rows of shark's teeth, one row after another, worn down like some ancient wizened shark.                                                                                                                                                                                              The Barren Ridge property is in its 4 th Generation of ownership by the Higgs Family.   The apple orchard originally purchased in 1934 gave way to a vineyard and winery that opened in 2008, the first winery in Augusta County.   Apple crates are still used to display wines in the tasting room.   Today, John and Shelby Higgs own and operate the vineyard and winery.   Their son, Robert, is involved for the future.   While we didn’t