Williamsburg Winery

- A trip to the Williamsburg Winery -

The Entance

The Williamsburg Winery is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and is quite spectacular.  I visited this vineyard on October 2nd, 2011 for a tour of the vineyard, a tasting, and lunch ($30).

The Vines

The Vines

When driving into the vineyard, vines were all around us.

The tour began in this large building where they ferment the wine, store the wine, produce the wine and of course sell the wine.  We first watched a video that gave a little history on wine and of the vineyard.

The Cellar

During the tour, I learned new things about wine and also information about the Williamsburg Winery.  Did you know that the red wines get their color from the skin of the grape?  That's right.  For white wines, the grapes are skinned and seeded.  For red wines, the winemakers use the whole grape (the inside of a red grape is green).  The smells were wonderful while walking through the areas of where the barrels of wine were kept, before bottled.  Fruity smells filled the air.  The barrels where the red wines were stored were stained of red at the top:

Barrels (Red Wine)

In front of the Gabriel Archer Tavern

    Lunch was held at the Gabriel Archer Tavern where we were provided a sandwich of our choice accompanied by a salad.  A glass of wine of our choice and a cookie for dessert.  It was delicious.

In front of the Vineyard

   

This was a great experience and I would recommend it to any wine lover.  I learned a lot more about wine and definitely will return to this local place of Hampton Roads.

* I took all of these photos and edited them myself