WINERIES, VINEYARDS AND CIDERIES
1. 8 Chains North
38593 Daymont Lane
www.8chainsnorth.com
(571) 439-2255
8 Chains North is a boutique Loudoun County winery located just 2 miles east of Hillsboro. The winery includes an inviting Tasting Room, extensive outdoor seating, a dog park, and beautiful private event spaces—all with stunning vineyard views. The winery is owned by Edz Sturans and Cissi DeMarco, and retains the former owner as Chief Winemaker and Viticulturist.
2. 868 Estate Vineyards
14001 Harpers Ferry Road
www.868estatevineyards.com
(540) 668-7008
Three families came together in 2012 to preserve a 120-acre legacy farm just west of Hillsboro on the old Hillsborough-Harpers Ferry Turnpike (Harpers Ferry Road) and create 868 Estate Vineyards. It’s vineyards, forests, and meadows are in the rolling hills between the Blue Ridge and Short Hills, where wine, food, art and nature come together. From its 22-acres of grapes have come wines capturing numerous awards over the years, including the most coveted in the Commonwealth, the Virginia Governor’s Cup in 2020. Hillsboro’s 868 Estate welcomes visitors to enjoy its exquisite wines, while also getting the flavor of local artwork in its tasting room and local musicians in its covered pavilion. And, an authentic farm-to-table dining experience—featuring the finest in locally-sourced cuisine—is offered at its onsite Grandale Vintner’s Restaurant .
3. Bozzo Family Vineyards
35226 Charles Town Pike
www.bozwines.com
(571) 918-9001
As the name of the vineyard suggests, family is a primary focus of Bozzo Vineyard and Winery. The family produces high quality, approachable wines that are simple, but well thought out and enjoyable. In short, the winery provides visitors with good wine, mountain and vineyard views and a pleasant to enjoy them.
4. Breaux Vineyards
36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane
www.breauxvineyards.com
In 1994 Paul Breaux and his family were captivated by a sprawling 400-acre farm just west of Hillsboro along the Short Hill Mountain’s western slope. It had three acres of grape vines that had been planted a decade earlier, and the Breaux family soon began making their own wines as a hobby. Three years later Breaux Vineyard was born, and today, the three acres of vines has grown into more than 120, producing world-class wines in a state-of-the-art wine-making operation that distributes globally. Breaux wines have won numerous national and international awards—including “Best of Class” at the L.A. County Fair Wine Competition.
Now under the management of Paul’s daughter Jen, Breaux Vineyards has been pivotal in the protection and preservation of the Hillsboro area’s agricultural heritage and in the promotion and growth of Virginia wine making. From below on Harpers Ferry Road the expansive Mediterranean/New Orleans-influenced tasting room on the Short Hill beckons, and from its elegantly manicured terraces and enchanting Patio Madeleine, Breaux delivers some of the most spectacular vistas of the Blue Ridge and great tasting wines you’ll find anywhere.
5. Corcoran Vineyards & Cidery
14635 Corkys Lane
www.corcorancider.com
(540) 882-9073
Corcoran Vineyards & Cider is a small family-owned vinery situated in northwest Loudoun County. The winery opened in 2004 and specializes in hand-crafted ciders and Port-style wines.
6. Crushed Cellars Winery
37938 Charles Town Pike
www.crushedcellars.com
(571) 374-9463
Crushed Cellars is a small, family-owned winery located just east of Hillsboro along Charles Town Pike. The winery offers a variety of white and red blends including Chardonnay, a signature white table wine, Merlot, a cellar-aged Marinate and an award-winning blackberry dessert wine.
7. Doukénie Winery
14727 Mountain Road
www.doukeniewinery.com
(540) 668-6464
George Bazaco grew up working on the New York farm of his Greek grandmother, Doukénie, and always dreamed of one day living on his own farm. In 1983, George, a young pulmonologist, and his wife Nicki, a nurse and civic leader, purchased Legard Farm in Hillsboro. When George’s grandmother first set foot on the farm, she said, “George, you must grow grapes.” Two years later the first vines were planted. Thirty-five years later, Doukénie Winery produces award-winning wines from the grapes that flourish in the lush fields in the shadow of Short Hill Mountain—where lucky visitors have been treated for a quarter century by Doukénie’s daughter and George’s mother, Hope, and her homemade baklava.
Pioneers in Hillsboro’s wine producing community, the Bazaco’s are also leaders in farmland preservation, putting hundreds of acres into permanent conservation easements and earning the Town of Hillsboro’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award, to place alongside numerous national wine competition awards and accolades.
8. Hillsborough Vineyards
36716 Charles Town Pike
www.hillsboroughwine.com
(540) 668-6216
Just over the Short Hill Mountain from Doukénie, on Hillsboro’s west side, is another pioneering family at the vanguard of craft beverage production. Acquiring the 36-acre hillside property in 2001, Bora and Zeynep Baki also had dreams of creating a vineyard and winery, and with their son Kerem studying Enology at Virginia Tech, they began planting their vines by hand in 2003. Restoring the early 19th-century fieldstone estate and its outbuildings was a labor of love, as was building a tasting room and garden patio that offers relaxation and stunning vistas of the surrounding valley and towering Blue Ridge range beyond.
A family of extraordinary business and creative talents—Zeynep’s lush artwork and aesthetics grace the tasting rooms and gardens and Kerem’s wife Asli manages the operations—the Baki’s broke new ground when son Tolga brought his beer-making expertise to Hillsborough three years ago, providing visitors with a wide range of craft beers to complement Hillsborough’s exquisite and award-winning wines.
For their philanthropy and community leadership, the Baki family was also awarded the Town of Hillsboro’s Community Service award in 2019 and continue to be vocal advocates for land preservation.
9. Kalero Vinyard
36140 Charles Town Pike
www.kalerovineyard.com
(540) 717-8119
Kalero Vineyard is a beautiful 130-acre farm nestled on Short Hill Mountain in Western Loudoun County. The property was bought in 2015 with the ambitious intention of starting a vineyard, making wine and opening a tasting room for the public to enjoy.
The farm was home to an old barn that still had great bones, but had been neglected for ages. The former owners, the Potts Family, shared that a cornerstone on the barn has the year 1834 carved into it with the initials of their ancestors – AC (Andrew Copeland) and JP (John Price). This barn managed to survive the infamous burning raids of Loudoun County during the Civil War.
In 2016, the new owners embarked upon an extensive renovation project to save the barn and turn it into a tasting room that could also hold events. The mission was to preserve the barns integrity and keep as much of the original structure as possible. The magnificent stonework and large timber beams remain, as well as the antique hay fork. The new barn doors are hung with the original hardware.
10. Maggie Malack Wine Caves
12138 Harpers Ferry Road
www.maggiemalickwinecaves.com
(540) 905-2921
Maggie Malick Wine Caves is a female-owned, boutique winery in Northern Virginia. The winery features award-winning, estate-produced wines on 215 rolling acres in the shadow of Short Hill Mountain between Hillsboro and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, where Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia converge. Maggie won the Loudoun Wine Association Wine Maker of the Year 2021 award.
11. Notaviva Farm Brewery and Winery
13274 Sagle Road
www.notaviva.com
(540) 668-6756
Notaviva Farm Brewery and Winery is located on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge mountains between Hillsboro and the Appalachian Trail in western Loudoun County. The company was founded by the husband and wife team, Stephen and Shannon Mackey as a winery in 2008 and expanded in 2019 to include a brewery.
The Mackeys were brought together by their love of music. As a result of that musical background all of the beverages at Notaviva are paired with a musical genre or lyrical inspiration.
12. Sunset Hills Vineyards
38295 Fremont Overlook Lane
www.sunsethillsvineyard.com
(540) 882-4560
Once a working Amish farm, Sunset Hills Vineyard offers old-world charm with spectacular sunsets and mountain views, ample lawn areas to spread out and enjoy, and a stunning restored Amish barn surrounded by beautiful vineyards.
At Sunset Hills Vineyard, quality radiates in the “mosaic” of award-winning wines, sustainable farming practices, historic preservation, philanthropic pursuits, and exceptional customer service. Not surprisingly, for two consecutive years (2013 & 2014), Sunset Hills Vineyard’s 2010 Mosaic red wine has won the Gold medal and has been chosen for the Governor’s Case in Virginia’s Governor’s Cup wine competition.
13. The Wine Reserve at Waterford
38516 Charles Town Pike
www.waterfordwinereserve.com
(540) 692-9463
Just minutes from Hillsboro, the Wine Reserve at Waterford is a convenient escape for a truly unique tasting experience. Enjoy sweeping views of the Blue Ridge and Catoctin Valley Mountains paired with carefully crafted wines, local food, and friendly staff. Guests at The Wine Reserve will enjoy seasonal wine menus showcasing their award-winning wines complemented by a rotating lineup of featured small-production local wineries.
14. Two Twisted Posts Winery
12944 Harpers Ferry Road
www.twotwistedposts.com
(540) 668-6540
Two Twisted Post Winery was established in 2008 and contains blocks of the vinifera Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and the hybrid Traminette. The winery opened its doors to the public in March of 2014 after winning Gold in the Virginia Governor's cup and were selected for the Governor's case for its Chardonnay.
15. Walsh Family Wine
16031 Hillsboro Road
www.walshfamilywine.com
(540) 668-6248
In the tradition of the pioneers who forged the way ahead of them, Sarah and Nathan Walsh are a new generation of wine makers on a quest to cultivate superior vintages that create great Virginia wines “with a sense of place.” They founded Walsh Family Wine in 2014 to produce wines in a healthy, balanced manner, exploring the personalities and nuances of their six grape-growing locations with the goal of creating superior wines full of the distinctiveness and elegance of rural Loudoun’s rocky hillsides.
In 2018 Walsh Family Wine acquired Hillsboro’s North Gate vineyard and tasting room on the Short Hill’s southeast-facing slope. Founded by Mark and Vicki Fedor, North Gate had for more than a decade produced some of the Commonwealth’s most feted vintages. All of Walsh Family wines are featured at their inviting Hillsboro tasting room nestled among the vines, which is, in keeping with the Walsh family’s commitment to earth-friendly farming, a cutting-edge solar-powered facility.
Wineries
Hillsboro Area Vineyards
Within a 10-minute drive from the center of Hillsboro are 22 vineyards, wineries and farm breweries. Among them are pioneers and innovators shaping the craft beverage industry.
The Town of Hillsboro is surrounded by thousands of acres of prime farmlands that have fed bodies and soothed souls for centuries—soils that have been cultivated and cared for by generations of farm families—and some rescued and preserved by enterprising dreamers.
Three inspirational founding families of Virginia’s wine industry brought their visions and hard work to farms on the outskirts of Hillsboro during the past three decades, and today are producing some of the best wines—and offering visitors some of the most soul-soothing experiences—in the Commonwealth. Following in their path have been innovators and risk-takers who have kept active agriculture thriving, while delivering a dizzying array of award-winning wines.
5. Corcoran Vineyards & Cidery
8. Hillsborough Vineyards & Brewery
11. Notaviva Craft Fermentations
13. The Wine Reserve at Waterford
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