Williamsburg Winery
September 13, 2023. Real estate agents will tell you that the keys to success are “Location, location, location.” The same holds to a lesser extent with wineries. We have visited some very good wineries that are in the boondocks and some wineries with average product in great locations with guaranteed foot traffic. Williamsburg Winery is certainly in a prime location, just south of Colonial Williamsburg, and just west of Busch Gardens-Williamsburg in James City County. Williamsburg Winery has benefited from this prime location to welcome visitors for nearly 35 years. Williamsburg Winery was a last minute add to our itinerary, and we did not contact anyone there in advance. In one respect, our reception was a good example of what you would expect to encounter going there. On the other hand, it may not show the winery to best example. First, some basic facts: Patrick and Francoise Duffler first planted grapes in this part of the Virginia Peninsula in 1985 on 300 acres