Sabin Wine Journeys

October 23, 2022.   Kim and I had long planned to visit Carriage House Wineworks with our companions, Anne and John.   In the time it took to make arrangements, we discovered that Carriage House is one of only six Virginia wineries mentioned in the Third Edition of Karen MacNeil’s The Wine Bible , published in October 2022.   This is high praise, indeed, for a winery that released its first vintage in 2019 and opened to the public in 2020.   We were anxious to see whether Ms. MacNeil’s endorsement was warranted. Carriage House is located just outside of the quaint hamlet of Waterford, in Loudoun County.   Mike and Geri Fritz own the vineyard and winery, originally as a partnership with the nearby Windhorn and Quartz vineyards.   They bought Quartz Vineyard in 2017, and the partnership with Windhorn has been dissolved.   Mike Fritz now has six densely packed acres of vines which produced around 26 tons of harvest this year.   Thanks to Mike for spending time with us during our visit.