Mediterranean Cellars Winery
April 21, 2023. When we visited on an abnormally warm April morning, Mediterranean Cellars Winery was celebrating 62 years of winemaking. While it opened its tasting room outside of Warrenton in Fauquier County in 2003, Mediterranean Cellars has a long lineage of winemaking through its owners, Louis and Katie Papadopoulos. After an apprenticeship with his father and grandfather in Greece, Louis began winemaking on his own in 1961. He came to the States in the mid-1960’s and eventually realized that similarities between the red soil around Warrenton and his native Greece showed the potential for wine. He began planting vines in 1984. We were sorry to have missed Mr. Papadopoulos on our visit, but we had an engaging chat with long-term employee, Brigitta. Thanks for her hospitality. The winery sits on a small hill with the tasting room facing east across a patch of vineyard growing white wine grapes. Looked like bud break was just past. Vines wrap their tendrils aroun