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June 19, 2026.   With our trip overseas in May, it’s been nearly two months since we’ve been out to write about a Virginia winery.   We decided to get back in the saddle with a 480-mile trip around the Commonwealth where we visited seven wineries in four days.   Our first stop was Cave Ridge Vineyard in Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County.   It’s a nice little winery that seems far from the beaten path because of the winding mountain road you drive to get up to the 1,300- foot elevation.   Most seating is outside on a patio or beneath a large rectangular roofed pavilion off to the side.       Most of the patio seating has bright red umbrellas and tables.   There are some sofas and easy chairs in the shade under the eaves of the winery.   If you want one of the very few indoor tables, it’s best to reserve in advance of your visit.   Upstairs from the patio there is a wide deck that has marginally better views above the forest.   Ow...

November 15, 2025.   We can easily forget how rough and ready our region has been in its history.   Out west in Loudoun County, for example, back in colonial times, the old Carolina Road was the main trade route that ran from Fredrick, Maryland through Leesburg and ended in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina (today, a prime wine producing area for that state).   Unfortunately, cattle thieves and highwaymen so frequented the road that it was called “the Rogues Road.”#   Cheryl and Mike Morrison started Rogues Hill Vineyard in 2012 and changed it the next year to the more obscure “Terra Nebulo,” which they translate as “Land of the Rascal” to commemorate this area outside of the town of Waterford for its history of banditry.   The Morrison’s opened Terra Nebulo in 2015.   The winery is contained within a reproduction of an old hay barn, constructed with great care by Amish craftsmen.   The barn sits in a hollow framed by tall grass and a view of a large...