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The Vineyards and Winery at Lost Creek

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August 12, 2023.   Going north on Route 15 from Leesburg and nearly to the town of Lucketts, take a right turn at the Roots 657 Café and you will come to the long driveway for the grandly-named Vineyards and Winery at Lost Creek.   The approach will have you thinking of a southwest hacienda: a beautiful garden patio overhung with green trellised vines and a courtyard fountain.   There is a scent of mushrooms in the air and quiet of surrounding pines.   When we arrived for our reservation, the sun was still largely behind the winery, and the garden was in the cool of the morning.   Todd and Aimee Henke purchased the fifty acres of Lost Creek from the Hauck family in 2013.   At the time of the sale, reports said there were 21 acres of grapes.   Now the Lost Creek website states that there are 16 acres at this site, with additional fruit coming from a vineyard in Bluemont.   All wines are from their vineyard or the Bluemont property – all Loudoun...