All Entries in the "Charlottesville, Virginia" Category

Visiting Horton Vineyard

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how much Ryan and I love Horton Vineyard’s Chateau Le Cabin Fruit Wines. You can read about that here.
On Saturday, after taking a drive down skyline drive, we finally went to visit the vineyard.

The Winery is located in this fascinating ”Stonecastle” building:

Gorgeous Huge Grape Vines!

The inside of [...]

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello (Hardcover)

After visiting Monticello last month, I have developed an interest in Monticello and Thomas Jefferson, and found this book to be a gorgeous photographic depiction of Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello.
Review
“A rare coffee-table book, not only handsome but full of worthwhile text and insights into the life . . . of Jefferson.” — Los [...]

Chateau Le Cabin

Ryan and I first had this wine at the 2008 Harrisonburg March of  Dimes Signature Chef’s Auction.  We just happened to decide to try the wine on our table, and it was delicious!  It was so good we took the bottle home with us!
It was Horton Vineyards Cheateau Le Cabin Blackberry Wine.  It tastes just [...]

The Bird Lady at the Boar’s Head Inn

While Ryan was fishing at the Boar’s Head Inn, I was drinking wine and watching the ducks and geese in and around the pond.
Mallard Couple:

Pekin Couple:

Mallard Stag Party:

Then all of the sudden the ducks and geese gathered together in a group.
In the middle of the group was a lady, feeding them. She was British [...]

Fishing at the Boar’s Head Inn

After a long day of touring the historic sites of the Charlottesville area , we checked into the Boar’s Head Inn. I was thrilled to sit down and have a glass of wine.
However,  Ryan couldn’t wait to see what was in the stocked fishing pond.  So he grabbed his fishing gear, and I grabbed [...]

Vegetable Gardens- Monticello’s and Ours

When we arrived at Monticello we had  about a ten minute wait before our house tour began.
We took that time to admire the Vegetable Gardens.

Wildflowers bordering the garden.

Beautiful Expanse of Gardens

Orchard
Gorgeous rock wall separating the garden plateau from the orchard.

And this is our garden:
Not quite as beautiful, but much more entertaining!
Here [...]

Weekend Escape to Charlottesville

Ryan and I were lucky enough to enjoy a 3 day weekend together, which is rare with the demands of our jobs and our business ventures, or should I say “hobbies.”
Anyway, we decided to take a quick trip to visit some of the historic sites in the Charlottesville area.  We live less than an hour [...]