Vint Hill Craft Winery

I heard the wine was good however never got to try it. Went in and stood at counter, two other couples already there, the girl doing tastings never acknowledged us. We stood at counter for ten minutes and she never even looked our way. We wouldn’t have minded waiting if we got any type of communication. A simple I’ll be right with you would have been enough. So we left.

The second stop on our Saturday winery tour.
The name is misleading though as there is only one building and no grounds.
We did the wine tasting here as well and while our sommelier was a very nice girl who also let us tried their signature «Booty Call», the wine itself was unfortunately not that memorable.
The building itself was nice, but without any vineyards to look at, it did not feel like a ‘real’ winery, I’m afraid.
2.5 stars — I am rounding up to 3 because of the friendly service.

This winery is pretty good, especially in terms of a Virginia Winery. The employee who did our tasting was super friendly and bubbly. You could tell that wine is one of her passions and she enjoyed interacting with people just as much as she enjoyed wine. This made the experience a lot of fun.
What is different is that Vint Hill does not use any of their own grapes (they have like two) but gets them instead from wineries all around Virginia and even some from California. The concept is cool because you get a very unique blend of wines and some varieties that aren’t able to be produced using Virginia grapes alone.
The ambiance is nice and they even told us the history behind the Vint Hill military base, which was converted into this winery. They sell light snacks– which we didn’t try, along with glasses and bottles of their wine.
They are located within walking distance of Old Busthead Brewery and a cute little market with all local goods. Take a boozy afternoon trip out to Warrenton and visit all three.

Better than average selection of reds and whites. Tasting is $ 10 for both. Their wines are a bit on the tart side, except for the Sauvignon blanc — which should be tart. Overall there are some good choices, surprisingly including the rosé. They even have a pretty decent white — «booty call» for $ 12/​bottle. Most bottles average $ 24 – 28.

Amazing wines and a great location!

The Covert Wineworks port style and the Booty Call (best name ever) Chardonnay were delicious, and the tour as part of Virginia Wine Camp was really informative.

The neat thing about this place is the history of the building and the fact that you can make your own wine here (for a huge fee). The wines they offered for tasting were decent but nothing to write home about. A fun stop on your wine tasting adventures.

Decent wines, nice atmosphere. I normally wouldn’t recommend visiting a place because of their backstory, but for them I’ll make an exception. Especially worth visiting if you buy the $ 20 Skedaddle wine pass which also includes Bull Run and Pearmund wineries (purchased at any of those stops, and an awesome deal for the price), stopping here last for lunch.
Vint Hill is a smallish operation built on an old WW II signal intelligence station; if you’re a history buff this is worth a stop regardless of your feelings towards wine. They are adjacent to the Cold War museum as well.
The wines — $ 10 tastings, nothing I hated, just nothing that blew me away. The standout was the Chambourone red, although at $ 34 the price point was rather high. My parents bought the Enigma Bordeaux style, which I enjoyed once it had time to breath.
The building is rather odd; definitely not a traditional ‘winery’. The tasting room is upstairs from the Cold War museum. No vines on property; they get a lot of them from California and Washington.
But wine tastings are about the experience as much as they are about the wines, and here Vint Hill delivers. The Covert Café next door is small, modestly priced bistro which served a nice lunch (but closed on Sundays). Across the street is a brewery. Signs from Cold War outposts abound. Vint Hill also offers the opportunity to craft your own wine. It’s hard not to find something you DONT like at here.

It was a beautiful Sunday and all the household chores were done, so we thought we’d go for a drive and try a new winery. We decided on Vint Hill Craft Winery.
I have to admit that we did not actually try any wines, so I cannot speak to that, but I can also say that it’s likely that we won’t be back. It was extremely difficult to locate, the GPS didn’t know where we were and signage was very poor. Once we found the little town of Vint Hill, we were pretty creep-​ed out. It definitely felt like we were someplace we shouldn’t be.
Once we found an area that looked like there was some activity, we saw a sign for wine tastings. Finally, we were in the right spot. BUT… It was difficult to determine which building to go to, the parking lot was very disorganized, the entrance to the winery (once we finally figured out which building to go to) felt like a side/​back entrance –even though it was marked as the main entrance and then there was no one to greet us in the long hall way that was supposed to be the main entrance. There clearly was an event going on (I think one of those sip and paint events) — there were a bunch of ladies with aprons and glasses of wine.
It appeared that their main tasting room was being used by the event and that tastings were happening up stairs. This didn’t work for us, since we had a stroller and there was no elevator to be found. This would also mean, not handicap accessible.
The whole set up and experience was frustrating. So, we decided to leave.
I guess if you lived nearby, then this would be a great place to walk to, but not really the ideal destination winery to enjoy a beautiful spring afternoon.

I always like finding a new winery to go to and this is a unique experience. The building is on an old military base with a brewery right across the parking lot. The staff was friendly and inviting and I will be making a return trip.

I hosted my book club at this lovely hidden gem and it was fabulous! The atmosphere was historical and intimate, the wine was superb and the staff incredibly knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. We will definitely be visiting again!

My first time at Vint Hill was for their recent Winemaker’s Dinner. I did not know what to expect, but my husband and I had a fabulous time. The 5 course dinner was wonderful, and the wines were perfectly matched. It was interesting hearing about the history of Vint Hill and what makes this winery unique. The whole event was fun, entertaining, and yummy. I would definitely attend the next dinner. Special shout out to Holly Falk for putting the event together and all the staff who did a fabulous job keeping our glasses charged!

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!

A vineyard without vines… well you could count the vines out front that take up a plot smaller than most people’s sustainable gardens… but they do get their grapes from all around Virginia, Washington State, and California. It’s hard to ever be impressed with a vineyard that doesn’t grow their own or at least trying to, more of a novelty vineyard because of the history of Vint Hill and location.
For $ 10, you can taste their full inventory of wines all of which have nothing that is truly neither exceptional nor unique. Just standard reds and whites with a port to round out the menu that alone the port makes your eyes bulge a little but with a little help of a dark piece of chocolate, makes you smile decadently. For the lack of risk of using someone’s else’s grapes and not having to grow them either, the wines are way overpriced.
What does make this particular place a bit distinctive is that they offer the everyday person the ability to make their own wine with a seasoned wine maker that can then be bottled for one’s own consumption or to sell in the tasting room depending on the package purchased. Neat.

What a delightful Sunday afternoon. Vint Hill is a small craft winery where you can even make your own wine. You go right upstairs to the tasting room, it is very cozy, the staff is super friendly. Janet, our pourer, was great, very informative and personal. Vint Hill was an old military installation and the building the winery was in used to be a Morris Code translating station. All of the history around and old buildings are very neat, feels like you take a step back in time. All the wine we tried was very good, it was hard to decide what to get, so we bought a case :) There was a new community of houses on the other side of the winery, which looked a little out of place. You could make a day out of this by packing your own picnic and setting outside, then you can walk over to the brewery right next door.
This is a refreshing change from some of the other hectic wineries in the area. Great end to a long week. Thanks Vint Hill and Janet!

3.5 stars.
Vint Hill has a neat story and it’s the only winery I can think of off hand that you can actually create your own wine with their wine maker. $ 6000 will get you 12 cases of your very own wine. Or half of that and then the winery gets to sell the other half. Sometimes they even have this type of wine on the tasting menu, which I think is pretty neat.
The staff is also always very sweet. My husband and I have gone here a couple of times and I can say the staff is as friendly when they are really busy as they are when it’s just the two of us in a snow storm. So kudos for that.
Of the 8 – 9 wines we tasted, I only really liked two this visit. The Sauv Blanc and Rose both were very good. I remember liking the Booty Call the last times I was there, but they don’t have it on the tasting menu anymore. *sad face*
They have picnic tables outside and a grassy area you can sit and enjoy wine/​snacks. This isn’t the type of winery I want to go spend an entire afternoon at, but if you are in the area, I think it is worth popping in for a visit.

We had a wine pass that allowed us to go here, pearmund and bull rub for $ 20. You can buy them at any of the wineries.
So we made the trek out to this place and it was neat to see the cool historic stuff. It is really a weird little town, but worth checking out. The staff was friendly, but the wine didn’t really do much for me. Nothing was bad, but nothing was great. I would suggest you check this place out if you like a mix of wine and history though.

I didn’t actually go in the winery as it was closed, and I couldn’t find a Unilocal subject for just VINT HILL.
Eons ago, I used to pass by the VINT HILL area every day to/​from work, never paying it any attention except to note it was a military station which was fenced off, heavily guarded and the buildings were not visible from the road.
Years later, when I told my husband of this place, he surmised it was ‘the farm’, and asked to go by it. At the time, it was still fenced off including concertina wire.
A few years more, we brought his son back east with us and told him about the place. We drove by it again, and lo and behold, SOME of the land had been opened up and there were new houses! We drove in this time and looked around, seeing obvious military buildings, some barracks, a grand house which looked like someone high up the military food chain lived in, some bunkers, some graves of ‘unknowns’ and the barn building that looked like the center of things. Hubby maintained he thought it was ‘the farm.’ There was still a section that was fenced off from the rest of everything and manned by a guardpost. We were not allowed to go down that road.
Roll around to 2014 and we drove by it again… out of curiosity. The entire area had been opened up. The old barracks, bunkers, mucky-​muck home, graves, storage and barn building were still there, but now, the community had taken over the land. There was a public pool, some of the military buildings had been taken over by private sector, there were new business office buildings, a new housing development, several community fields for sports, a museum with the story about VINT HILL FARM STATION, and a winery. Wow! In front of the winery were a few grapevines, but if that was the extent of their crop, it seems there would be a shortage very quickly after harvesting. Regardless, it’s an impressive overturn of land, and I suppose I’ll never know the REAL story, EVER. :o)

The staff was so friendly & I loved the space. We have been looking forward to trying this winery & finally had the chance. Overall, I was disappointed by the wines. Keep in mind I’m a sweet white wine drinker — only 1 here has any residual sugar. Nice selection of both whites and reds — I just didn’t happen to be a fan of any of them. The customer service was amazing and I recommend trying them out for yourself!

Apparently I did the whole Chris Pearmund collection (Pearmund, La Grange and this place) without knowing it as an improv winery tour in a day we had planned to go shopping while visiting my sister.
This isn’t a winery per se.
It’s got no vines, it’s a wine making operation using sourced grapes and you can make your own wine (well). The wines were drinkable (but not inexpensive)
Our hostess was quite knowledgable and friendly and we also purchased some cute little cork knick knacks, so we actually did go shopping anyway :)