06/28/2026
Happy soon to be 250th Anniversary to us all!!
We are also happy to tell you that our tasting room will be open again next weekend for the 3 day weekend.
We’re OPEN
Friday, July 3rd from 2-6 pm
Sat/Sun July 4th and 5th from 12-5 pm
Then OPEN July 11 and 12th
As many of you already know, this has been a rough year for Virginia wine and for farmers in general. We had that Snow Crete winter, then the April freeze where we got down to 21-22 degrees here, a persistent drought. ....! Like several nearby wineries, we also will not be getting any fruit this year which is ok for us but I pray for the other wineries. Many of you already know that Luke and I started the process toward retirement from the winery/sales/vineyard business in early 2025. We changed our hours to just the first 2 weekends of the month which gave us the other weekends to play and have some time for ourselves. We sold most of our grapes to a nearby winery last year as well. We started this business, in addition to our previous jobs, almost 20 years ago (2008). We were a lot younger and more robust back then. As you also know, we have been the ones to do the work - vineyard work, winery work, farm work and tasting room work along with our other jobs of doctor and lawyer. We look back now and wonder how we ever had the energy to do all that we did over those years. Since last year, we are enjoying sleeping in a bit on weekends, taking day trips/hikes with our dogs, spending weekends with friends, visiting family out of state. We are hoping to travel more, perhaps even overseas. We also love our home and property here in Opal. Thus, we have decided we will officially retire and close down the tasting room once we move most of our wine inventory likely by the end of this year. Luke will continue with his small law practice and I will continue to work at the Fauquier Free Clinic seeing patients. Matt will still help Luke at his law practice and he will keep busy with the friends he has made in the tasting room.
As we plan to stay here we are removing vines and restoring the fields to the way they were. However, we plan to keep just a few rows of grapes for us to make wine for fun (hobby wine). Luke has also planted a block of Zinnias and Sunflowers you may see in full bloom later this summer. Now don't feel sad. We hope you will be happy for us. We have made alot of good friends over these past years. We plan to continue to have dinners and weekend visits with you. Someone has to help me eat all the great food Luke has been cooking up. No plans to open a restaurant, he promised.
Many of you have been coming to Granite Heights for years. We love and appreciate all of you who have visited and supported us over the years. We want thank all of our volunteers who have helped us in the tasting room, at the winery and in the vineyard. We couldn't have been successful without you.
If Granite Heights has ever been a place you've enjoyed, now is the time to come back. Bring friends. Take advantage of our 6 and 12 bottle discounts. Take it all in one more time before the end of 2026. Once the wine is gone, that chapter will come to a close. We have several Gold Medal reds you will love! Talk about going out with a BANG! We have our 2024 humility that was in the Governor's Case this year.
If you have never been here, we would love to share our story with you.
Stop by and wish us well as we start our next journey in life.
