Narmada Winery
March 29, 2024. About five minutes west of Amissville on Route 211, you will find the driveway for Narmada Winery, a unique outpost of India in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Dr. Pandit Patil, a mechanical engineer, and his wife Sudh, an endodontist, both natives of western India, purchased the land in 1999. They named their vineyard “Narmada” after Pandit’s mother, Narmadabai Patil, who sold her jewelry to pay for her son’s airline ticket to the United States. Unfortunately, Dr. Patil passed away in 2018. The tasting room, built in 2009, sits high overlooking vines and a small lake. They have a fine wood burning fireplace for the colder months and mostly table seating. Outdoors, their wide balcony was still sheathed in heavy protective plastic. A strong wind flapped the plastic angrily. Still, people were enjoying the sun on the deck amid the wind gusts. Children and pets are welcome at Narmada. Outside food is not allowed in the tasting room.