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We are very pleased to announce that our Cab Franc drought is over! For our Cabernet Franc fans, this has been a long wait and we are excited for you to try this vintage. Our soft dry red Cab has a wonderful red raspberry aroma with hints of green pepper and a pleasing mouthfeel, a ‘hug for your mouth’ as we say!

Please call for tickets and plan to join us Saturday, April 8th for “A Day with Cabernet” where you will enjoy a tasting, parings and oral history of this fine wine with owner Suzanne Lawson! 276.328.2013

Thank you for spreading the word, far and wide, that this tremendous Virginia favorite has returned to MountainRose! We can’t wait to share this classic with you! Cheers!

MountainRose Vineyards competed in the 17th Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition this year, winning three honors.
Among over 400 entries, the winery took Silver with Dorchester Red and Bear Creek Hard Cider, as well as a Bronze Medal for Blair White.

This is the second entry at this event for MountainRose, with wins for both Kelliokee Sparkling White (Gold) and Bear Creek Hard Cider (Bronze) in 2018.

We’ve had a much better year at MountainRose and we are THANKFUL, especially for our great customers and friends! We harvested about 25 tons of grapes compared to only 8 tons in 2020.

We will bottle Sweet MountainRose soon and hope to have some more old favorites back by year’s end, like Persephone. We also have our fingers crossed for the return of Cab Franc in 2022!

Be sure to mark your calendar for our Annual Small Business Saturday Open House on November 27th. Special Events are back this month as well with multiple Wreath Workshops and Sip N Paint classes. Call to register soon! 276.328.2013

Cheers to a wonderful holiday season ahead!

Check out this seeder David made for the 1000s of cabbage and broccoli plants we are growing! We are growing more green grapevines this year, mostly for us, but some for other folks as well. As a result, we have opened up another greenhouse. We are also growing vegetables for other folks as well.

We still have some greenhouse bench space available so if you want more than 25 of something; grapevines, vegetables or flowers, let us know right away and we might be able to grow for you as well! We will begin selling tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, flowers and more later in the spring.

Stay tuned and see what’s on the bloom, at MountainRose Vineyards!

The sap of our maple trees looks and tastes like water with a hint of sweetness. This sap only flows in late winter. The ideal weather has nights in the 20s and days warming up to the 40s. Different types of maples have different amounts of sugar. Some of our maple sap averages about 1 gallon of syrup per 60 gallons of sap or less. We collect the sap through plastic tubing and boil in an open pan. When the sap is almost ready, we bring inside and finish in a pot. The syrup is then strained and bottled at 180 degrees F.

Maple syrup has about 50 calories per tablespoon with significant amount of minerals, specifically calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, and iron. There are also trace amounts of vitamins; B2 (riboflavin), B5 (pantothenic acid), niacin, and folic acid- all with no fat and no cholesterol.

Our crop of 2019 is in! WOW! We processed our biggest harvest ever, more than 25 tons of grapes with desirable sugar levels and almost perfect numbers. We also had the most efficient, hardworking harvest team ever with Kudos to David, Jessica, Eric, Gage and Doug! Wines tasted so far from this year’s harvest taste awesome and we can’t wait to share them with you!

Many thanks go out to David, Opie, Ron, Sarah, Sydney, and Maya. David tends over 20 acres of vine and makes all of our award-winning wines! Opie is our number one salesperson. Ron delivers our wines to our many retailers, restaurants and shops. Sarah and Sydney work behind the scenes for our special events. Maya covers wine sales on most Sundays and is one of our biggest fans! Big thanks go out as well to our marketing folks, Megan and Tracy. We particularly give thanks to all our volunteers, but especially Dennis and Jim!

We are as always grateful to YOU, our terrific customers and friends who keep us in business by enjoying and sharing our wines! Thank you so much for your love and support. We look forward to visiting with many of you over the holidays and can’t wait to see what the future has in store for us all!