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June 19, 2026.  Ecco Adesso Vineyards near the towns of Fairfield and Lexington in Rockbridge County is a pretty boutique winery housed inside a stone cottage on the bluff of a hill.  You park at some distance from the cottage and must navigate up a loose rocky drive to the tasting room.    This is a scenic approach.   But for people with mobility issues park in the area marked for additional parking or drive through the tunnel and drop-off folks at the tasting room door.     Once in the tasting room, you can relax in the comfortable living room or the cozy library to sample the wine they have.    This used to be the private residence of the former owner.   The living room has the better view of the twenty acres under vine, but I would love to have the Library for myself.  The gas fireplace would be a good place to station yourself in the winter months.  In the summer, Adirondack chairs fan across the slope of the hill facing t...

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 V...