vint hill craft winery

visited with a friend on a cold January day. The winery is tucked away behind the brewery. The funny thing is while driving up we see about 5-7 rows of vines and laugh. This winery gets its grapes from various wineries in northern va. The tasting room is upstairs and there is no elevator, so if you can't climb stairs you may need to consider. The upper room where the tasting take place is nice and it overlooks the room where they hold winemaking classes. The host was Dale, he was funny and a walking book of knowledge regarding Vint Hill history. The wines were really good and they will even make a specialty wine just for you if you have the $$$. The surprise while their was a visit from the owner Lance Heflin!! ( Google him) He talked, laughed and snapped pics with us. And talked even more about the wine classes and pointed out a few processing steps. Overall great place and visit. By the way, if you get hungry they have a cafe called " Covert Cafe". When you go to the winery and you hear the stories you will get why it was named that. Very interesting place.

We have always heard of Vint Hill Craft Winery, but just recently visited. We stopped in as a group of 7 of us. We often visit wineries in VA and like to try new ones, often times stopping in at 4 per weekend. We have varied tastes, so a visit to the winery for all of us often gives a broad range of reviews, but we all liked this particular winery.The wines they offered were nicely done. The selection was vast and something we really liked. But what really impressed us was the venue. The setting is an old covert radio room used in World War II to spy on radio transmissions and ultimately help to win the war.It's great to see all the old pictures of the room the way it looked many decades ago and all the pin up art hanging around.Many of the bottles have pinup-related names and images on them. The tasting room staff was VERY friendly and accommodating, allowing us to bring in our own snacks and move the tables around to allow us all to sit together. They even checked in on us from time to time to ensure all was well.Can't wait to visit again!!

This Vint Hill establishment was a wonderful, casual time. The wine tasting experience was relaxed, and the wines were balanced and the staff engaging and lovely.My friends, who live in the region, left with 4 bottles and I purchased their Rose, Chardonnay and crisp Sauvignon Blanc.Vint Hill Craft is friendly place to pop 'round on a casual Saturday and I will absolutely return.

you have to stop by this place. it's so interesting how this location came to be a listening station during the cold war. oh yea...the wine is great too!

As the saying goes, "I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you."Vint Hill Farms was acquired by the U.S. Army in the 1940's and became one of a series of radio listening stations around the world used to intercept official communications between foreign government offices. Think of a pre-internet NSA kind of operation. The Army post was an active intelligence gathering facility into the 1970's and a research facility until it was closed in 1997. Many of the buildings remain from not only the Army days but also the farm days. My father was stationed there and it's nice to see that the buildings are starting to be re-used again and the site is not 100 percent abandoned any longer. The winery is located in the barn which housed some of the radio-intercept operators, crypto-analysts, and radio-repair technicians over the years. The big barn is easy to spot once you get onto the former base -- the streets are leftovers of a bygone era (parking lots for buildings that are no longer there, etc) and may be confusing but keep a look out for the silo and you will find it. Everyone at the winery was very friendly and helpful. It was empty when I arrived but there was a crowd when I left. The tasting included a variety of wines that they had available at that time. I understand that it changes and what I sampled may not be available when you visit so I won't go into the details. Some of the wines were to my liking (the port!) and some of them I wasn't crazy about. Your tastes may vary. I did end up buying a couple of bottles to take home. It was an enjoyable visit.I combined my visit to the winery with the next door Cold War Museum which will be a different review.

It sucked. The tasting was over priced, the wine mediocre, and we were ignored a good while in the middle of our tasting. Not the best experience.

We stopped here after some business in the local area. The staff was very warm & welcoming from the moment we walked in. The winery is located on an old Army base, and the building was once used as an intelligence center during the Cold War. Our tasting included 11 wines, 5 whites and 6 reds, to include 2 port style wines. Although I generally gravitate towards white wines, I definitely enjoyed the reds more here (we left with two bottles of red). The staff was incredibly friendly and extremely knowledgable about anything and everything relating to wine. They import grapes from Washington, California, as well as Virginia, so the wine selection is quite diverse. They have some appetizers for purchase, and there's a quant little cafe across the parking lot (open for breakfast and lunch). This winery is definitely worth the stop!

A little hard to find. The GPS took us past a few warehouses, and we wondered where we were going; where are the signs?. The winery is in a renovated WW2 building next to a housing development. The staff is excellent! Very friendly. We paid extra for a wine and cheese plate - very good too!