Local libations in Sperryville and beyond
WINERIES, BREWERIES, AND DISTILLERIES
Sperryville is located in the heart of VA wine country, but did you know there are also two breweries and a distillery?
Pen Druid Brewing is the three brothers Lain, Van and Jennings Carney who are in the psych-rock band Pontiak. They’ve spent nearly a decade traveling North America and Europe, touring and drinking beer. They’ve released 10 albums on the legendary Chicago independent record label Thrill Jockey Records. In between tours they would brew beer at home combining the tastes and smells they picked up on the road. It was an amazing education to taste traditional and new beers all over the world and they wanted to bring those experiences home and put them to use.
The brothers will be brewing beer like their approach to music, they tend to think and act outside of the mainstream, favoring the weird over the mundane and the nuanced over the obvious. Using as many ingredients from Virginia as possible, they want to capture the spirit of Virginia in their beers.
Address:
3863 Sperryville Pike, Sperryville, VA 22740
Phone:
540 987 5064
Hopkins Ordinary Ale Works is proud to brew small batch craft beer in the cellar of their Bed and Breakfast. Beers are made with local barley that is malted by our neighbors at Copper Fox Distillery, and feature local, seasonal ingredients whenever possible, such as hops, honey, fruit, and herbs.
Using our one-barrel brewhouse, we are making a variety of beers over the course of the year, including our standards: Little Devil Blonde, Second Breakfast Stout, and Innkeeper’s India Pale Ale. We will be adding monthly and seasonal beers to keep up the variety.
Visit the brewery for a taste, a pint to enjoy on-site, or bottles or a growler to take with you. The outdoor BIERGARTEN is now open during brewery hours!
Address:
47 Main Street, Sperryville, VA 22740
Phone:
540-987-3383
At Copper Fox Distillery, we dedicate ourselves to making great American spirits. Locally grown grain, floor malted, and pot-stilled in small batches, one barrel at a time honoring time-tested methods.The proof of this process is in the bottle and the flavor journey never ends! Our on-site offerings include Wasmund’s™ Single Malt Whisky, Copper Fox® Rye Whisky, Vir Gin, Belle Grove 1797 Whiskey, Wasmund’s Barrel Kits, Wasmund’s™ Single Malt Spirit, Wasmund’s™ Rye Spirit and Belle Grove 1797 Spirit. We also offer Wasmund’s Single Malt “Blue Top” exclusively at the distillery.
Address:
9 River Lane, Sperryville, VA 22740
Phone:
540 987 8554
Slip away to the quiet, beautiful countryside of Rappahannock County, only an hour’s drive from Northern Virginia, and feel like one of “La Famiglia” at this family-owned and -operated winery. Relax with fine wines crafted from small lots of hand-picked grapes, artisan cheeses and Italian sausages in an Italian-inspired tasting room or on the expansive deck overlooking the gardens, the vineyards and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tours of the wine cellar are available by appointment. Gadino Cellars also has two regulation size bocce ball courts for customers to use when they visit the winery tasting room. Join the latest craze with this fun Italian game. Bocce ball sets can be checked out by anyone 21 or older at the tasting bar to add a new dimension to your wine tasting experience. Gadino Cellars… Taste the Tradition!
Address:
92 School House Rd, Washington, VA 22747
Phone:
540 987 9292
Recognizing the promise in Virginia wines, Rappahannock Cellars moved their family’s winery from California to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the heart of Virginia’s hunt country, in Rappahannock County. Here in Virginia they continue to create rich and elegant wines dedicated to the winegrower’s art. Open daily year-round since 2001, they have established ourselves as a leader at the forefront of the Virginia wine industry. Their experienced wine-making team, coupled with careful tending of the vineyard and exacting knowledge of the cellar, is producing exquisite, internationally recognized wines.
Address:
14437 Hume Rd, Huntly, VA 22640
Phone:
540 635 9398
DuCard Winery expanded production and opened to the public in 2010, with a gorgeous new tasting room and boutique winery at our vineyard site at the edge of the Shenandoah National Park. They continue to do things their own way - selling their wine only on site (not in any stores), in small batches of the highest possible quantity (and still selling out each year), and with a fantastic, loyal base of customers who appreciate the uniqueness of our operation and help spread the word.
Address:
40 Gibson Hollow Ln, Etlan, VA 22719
Phone:
(540) 923-4206
Sharp Rock welcomes couples, families, and friendly people of all kinds to our farm. Experience our peaceful surroundings, spectacular scenery, and country hospitality. The tasting room at Sharp Rock Vineyards in Sperryville, VA is open open all year Friday through Sunday and on Monday holidays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
During the harvest season in October, we are open Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Address:
5 Sharp Rock Rd, Sperryville, VA 22740
Phone: (540)987-8020
Producing elegant wines that are both accessible and exceptional. Virginia through and through. Celebrate the best of Virginia wine and food at their Tasting Room and Patio this summer. Enjoy a selection of wines by the glass or bottle, lunch, or take home a selection of delicious Virginia wine.
Address:
6109 Wolftown-Hood Road, Madison VA 22727
Phone:
(540) 948 9005
Death Ridge Brewery at Higher Ground Farm! The farm lays in the little town of Jeffersonton, Virginia, on the outskirts of Culpeper County. The streams meandering through the property are part of what is now called "Delridge Run" on current maps, but was once named "Deatherage Run", or funny enough "Death Ridge Run" as we believed it was. The very site where the brewery is built was once a campsite during the Civil War, and many relics have been found all over those fields from soldiers passing through. If there is one thing that brings people together past and present, its a good beer.
Address:
5393 Higher Ground Trail, Jeffersonton, VA 22724