VIRGINIA WINE TOURS

Here are some questions to help you get started planning your private winery tour:

• Which wineries do you want to visit? With more than 40 wineries on the Loudoun Wine Trail alone, choosing the stops on your tour can be daunting.

• Click here detailed information about DC’s Wine Country on Visit Loudoun’s website.

• How many people are attending? This will determine the size of vehicle and contributes to the cost of the tour. To determine what type of vehicle you would need, click here to visit our fleet. Keep in mind some of the wineries are limited in size and space. For corporate groups with large numbers of attendees, one option may be to travel in separate buses and to different wineries rather than going all at once to the same location.

• How long do you want the tour to be? The number of hours also contributes to the cost – once you have determined which vehicle you would need, you can the amount of time you have available also helps to determine how many wineries you are able to visit in that time period. We generally estimate about 6.5 hours for a tour of two wineries: an hour to get to the wineries (depending on pickup location), 1 ½ hours at each winery, 15 minutes transit time between wineries (depending on which wineries are selected), and an hour for the return.

With Loudoun’s rolling hills of farms and vineyards, pastures filled with grazing horses, and the Blue Ridge Mountains along the horizon, it’s hard to believe you’re just 25 miles from Washington DC. If you’re looking for the truly special Virginia views, here are a few recommendations – we doubt you’ll be able to tear yourself away from the view long enough to visit more than a few in one day.

Begin your day in Virginia’s second smallest town, Hillsboro. Just outside of town, Hillsborough Vineyards is perched along a mountain slope. The tasting room is housed in a renovated 1840s stone barn, a cool respite during the dog days of summer and cozy by the fireplace in winter. From the terrace outside, visitors experience Hillsborough’s luxuriant gardens and trickling fountains, framing the view of the Loudoun Valleys below and the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. 

Travel northwest from Hillsboro to Breaux Vineyards, one of Virginia’s largest wineries with over 100 acres of vineyard planted across their 404 acre estate. Proceed up the meandering driveway past manicured lawns that give way to sweeping views of vineyards as they extend up Short Hill Mountain. Nestled between the hills, Breaux’s vineyard and mountain views can be enjoyed from the tasting room, Patio Madeleine, and their landscaped terraces.

End your day with one of the most impressive views in the county. Bluemont Vineyards sits high on an eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains at 951’ above sea level, offering spectacular views of the countryside and beyond. It’s said that on a clear day, you can even see the Washington Monument from the tasting room. The winery takes advantage of the views, offering numerous seating areas both indoors and out for guests to linger over the scenery and enjoy an overview of DC’s Wine Country