Brent Manor Vineyards
October 26, 2025. Brent Manor Vineyards is one quick turn from northbound Route 29 in Nelson County onto the winery driveway and up an abrupt hill to the tasting room. From the ridge where the tasting room is situated, the view is southeasterly, encompassing a sweep of red and burnt orange mountain foliage and the town of Faber in the distance. Jorge and Tracie Raposo had been looking for property to build on for some time before Brent Manor came on the market in 2009. Jorge emigrated to the United States from Portugal as a child in the 1980’s but tells me that Nelson County doesn’t remind him of his native land – he Tracie just love it on its own. Jorge and Tracie built a career in insurance. As if those jobs weren’t demanding enough, they built a tasting room and processing facility and opened for business in 2015. They completed construction of a separate event building in 2023, but for the foreseeable future, says Jorge, that building will...