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Crooked Run Cellars · 2Y ago

2010

2010 Wow! The holidays are over and things are settling back to a normal routine. We have made a lot of changes here at the winery. The biggest is the opening of our winter tasting room. Looking around the farm sometimes can get a bit overwhelming. The "to do list" is very long! It puts it in persp
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Crooked Run Cellars · 2Y ago

Harvest

Ahh the feel of fall is all around; Warm days, crisp nights, and golden sunlight highlighting mother natures beautiful canvas. Farming the land gives you a true appreciation for the ebb and flow of mother nature and just how much we depend on that ebb and flow. It's harvest time in the vineyard; the
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Crooked Run Cellars · 2Y ago

Our First Month Under Our Belt

Well, here we are with our first full month under our belt. It has been such a great experience! Our Saturday Night Music at the Barn functions have been a big success. We have been able to find some amazing local talent to play. The intimate setting coupled with the outstanding acoustics of the bar
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Crooked Run Cellars · 2Y ago

Beyond Our Wildest Dreams!

We did it! Saturday, July 18th we had our grand opening. Wow! What a day is all I can say. Several times throughout the day I stood and just took in the sounds and faces, thinking of all the times I had seen it in my mind. It took me back to a cold February day when 6 friends stood on the ridge and
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Crooked Run Cellars · 2Y ago

"In Wine One Views the Heart of Another....."

What is it about this business that makes us love it? You grow the grapes at the mercy of mother nature. At any given time she can take your harvest and destroy it...hail storms, drought, insects, deer, disease,and the list goes on. At harvest you feel like you have beaten the odds when you are sta
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Crooked Run Cellars · 2Y ago

Wine and Song, benefit to feed the hungry

It has been a month of many changes here at Crooked Run Cellars. We have planted grapes, lost a vineyard manager, found a vineyard manager, nursed the vineyard manager back to health, prepared for a benefit concert, and finally hosted the benefit. So I guess I should start at the first and bring you
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Crooked Run Cellars · 3Y ago

It's Official..We are a licensed Class A Farm Winery

It's becoming more and more real. In a matter of weeks we will have people tasting our wines, lazing around the courtyard drinking in a taste of the simple life. We have been putting in long days and nursing sore backs but we have no doubt it will all be worth it.The vineyard has been keeping us bus
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Crooked Run Cellars · 3Y ago

It has been a busy Spring....

And shaping up to get much busier!My apologies, I have been very lax in my writings. It has all been for good reason though. The biggest reason, yet not nearly as interesting, has been tax season. I hate tax season.The other reason, and much more interesting, is obviously the winery. It has been a p
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Crooked Run Cellars · 3Y ago

We survived the Wine Reception....

Just in case you were wondering, yes we did survive the wine reception. So much wine so little time! We really enjoyed the evening and the people. It is a great way to enjoy the wine and interact with so many in the industry.We left the VVA meeting with our heads full of new ideas and more knowledge
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Crooked Run Cellars · 3Y ago

Merlot- to grow or not to grow

Here we are at the Virginia Vineyard Association's annual meeting. Three days packed with all the information you can absorb from the vine to the wine. Yesterday's session was on the Merlot grape being grown and produced in Virginia. Mike and I have been looking at this grape as one we may plant on
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