Common Wealth Crush Company and Lightwell Survey Wines
July 12, 2025. In the last ten years of Ted Jordan's life, after a career as a carpenter and construction contractor, he and his sons conceived a project to grow a vineyard on their family farm at Mount Airy in Fort Defiance (Augusta County). They named the project “Midland” after Ted’s Midland Construction Company and began planting in 2007. Two of Ted's sons, Ben and Tim Jordan, have since collaborated on a number of winemaking ventures that we'll discuss. Ben Jordan was the winemaker at Early Mountain Vineyards and is the co-owner of Lightwell Survey Wines in Waynesboro, the name being another nod to their father’s construction business. Tim Jordan has worked at Barren Ridge and consulted on winemaking before opening Star Party Winery a few minutes away from Lightwell. Together they own the Midland-Mount Airy vineyard and the Common Wealth Crush Company. The Mount Airy vineyard now includes at least four vineyard bloc...