FALL WINE TASTINGS

For all of our wine-loving guests here is a list of happenings at our
award-winning local wineries. Book a room at Sugar Hollow and enjoy fall fun at a vineyard!

For calendar information for future months at the wineries go to monticellowinetrail.org

September

• September 1, 2007 - Afton Mountain Vineyards
  
  Come celebrate the beginning of harvest with our newly released Sparkling Wine and live music.
• September 1, 2007 – First Colony Winery
  Interactive Cooking Class
  11:00am - 2:00pm
  
  Learn to cook from a guest chef. First Saturday of every month. Interactive class, 3-course meal, wines with each course, tour, tasting, and signature wine glass. Reservations required. $50/person
  
• September 1, 2007 – Wintergreen Winery
  ”Romp, Stomp and Chomp” Harvest Celebration
  10:00am - 6:00pm
  
  Grape stomping, live music, wine and Virginia foods tasting, door prizes and winery tours. Great picnic fare and scenic riverside picnic sites. Family friendly setting.
• September 2, 2007 – Wintergreen Winery
  ”Romp, Stomp and Chomp” Harvest Celebration
  10:00am - 6:00pm
  
  Grape stomping, live music, wine and Virginia foods tasting, door prizes, winery tours. Great picnic fare and scenic riverside picnic sites. Family friendly setting. Fee.
  
• September 2-3, 2007 - Oakencroft Winery
  “MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC” Oakencroft Harvest Music Festival
  
  Two day Labor Day Weekend Celebration with LIVE MUSIC each day. Tours, tastings, bring a picnic, sit by the lake. Light fare. 11-5 PM. $10.00/includes glass.
  Info: 434-296-4188 x 21. e-mail: mail@oakencroft.com website: www.oakencroft.com
• September 8, 2007 – First Colony Winery
  Harvestfest
  12:00pm - 5:00pm
  
  Traditional German food, grape stomping, tours, tastings, and a signature wine glass included in cost. $12/adult, $8/child 12 and under.
• September 8-9, 2007 - White Hall Vineyards
  All white weekend!
  
  Experience what white after Labor Day is like! Additional discounts available on all our award winning whites!
  
• September 16, 2007 - Barboursville Vineyards
  Opera in the Vineyard
  5:30pm
  
  Virginia Opera returns for one of the most popular evenings of the year. A feast for the senses in food, wine and song -- a special dinner menu created by Palladio Restaurant’s Chef Melissa Close, paired with Barboursville wines, accompanied by arias and duets performed by stars of Virginia Opera, in our Piemonte Arcades. $150/person, all-inclusive, benefitting Virginia Opera. Information and Reservations (required), 804.644.8168 ext. 3397.
• September 22, 2007 - Barboursville Vineyard
  Italian Harvest Feast with Guest Chef Cesare Lanfranconi of Tosca Ristorante, Washington, DC
  1:00pm
  
  Enjoy a traditional four course feast expertly paired with five Barboursville wines. $95 per person, all-inclusive. Reservation required, 540.832.7848.
• September 29, 2007 - Jefferson Vineyards
  Jefferson Vineyards Harvest Feast
  12:00pm- 4:00pm
  
  Jefferson Vineyards celebrates our 26th harvest with a gourmet pig roast, fresh farm vegetables and salads, reserve wine tasting, a walking tour of the vineyard & winery and the fantastic folk music of Albemarle County's own Ms. Terri Allard. Spend the afternoon relaxing with family and friends and enjoying the first cool breezes of Fall. Price $35/person.
• September 29, 2007 - Stone Mountain Vineyards
  Harvest Dinner
  7:00pm – 9:30pm
  
  Harvest Dinner 2007. Celebrate harvest. Enjoy a gourmet feast on the mountain and hear firsthand of how the new vintage looks coming in from the vineyard. Prepaid reservations required. $85.00 per person.