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Touring Virginia Wine Country

Photo: Ball & Albanese

East of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Piedmont region of Virginia still has the same rolling hills and fields that captivated Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe—only now it lures the likes of locals John Grisham and Robert Duvall. Country lanes wind through villages of trim clapboard structures and around pastures framed by white fences. Recently, progressive farms and serious wineries have blossomed, but life continues at a blissfully slow pace.

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2 Hotels 4 Restaurants 9 Activities

Destinations: Washington · Charlottesville · Barboursville · Culpeper · Madison · White Hall

Themes: Road Trip · Food + Drink · Shopping

Inspired by: 3 Northeastern Weekend Getaways — by Peter Jon Lindberg, Published Mar. 2009

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Dinsmore House

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

Built by a master carpenter on the edge of the University of Virginia campus in 1817, the eight-room hotel retains its Federal-era charm with carve
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1804 Inn at Barboursville Vineyards

Barboursville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The restored interior of this intimate inn’s Georgian villa, in Virginia’s burgeoning wine region 20 miles from Charlottesville, is a refined mix o
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Pig N' Steak

Madison | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The juicy pulled-pork platter draws ‘cue fans from across the state. Sides of sugary baked beans and heaps of crispy fries don’t hurt either.
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The Local

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

Dishes at wood-beam–ceilinged The Local showcase homegrown ingredients, as in Blue Ridge Mountain brook trout with Cajun rémoulade. Virginia gets i
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Más, Charlottesville

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains
Inn at Little Washington Restaurant

Washington | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Shenandoah Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The restaurant at the Inn at Little Washington, a 90-minute drive from Washington, D.C., and its chef, Patrick O'Connell, have received five James
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University of Virginia

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

Tour this Jefferson-built institution.
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Pillow Mint

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The shop sells John Robshaw quilts and Blissliving bedsheets.
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Georgie

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The shop stocks dresses by Alice + Olivia and 3.1 Phillip Lim.
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Bittersweet

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The Warehouse District shop sells flirty silk tops and Frye boots.
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White Hall Vineyards

White Hall | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The winery makes a jammy Petit Verdot.
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Calhoun's Country Hams Shop

Culpeper | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

For more than 40 years, folks have flocked here for hand-rubbed, air-cured meats. Sandwiches are piled high with silky slices; pick up a bone-in wh
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Main Street Market

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

A hive of shops perfect for supplying a picnic basket.
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Monticello

Charlottesville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

in 1770, Jefferson sold some of the land surrounding Monticello, his sprawling Palladian home up in the hills just outside Charlottesville, to an I
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Barboursville Vineyards

Barboursville | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Virginia | The Charlottesville Area | Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

Pamper your palate tasting the award-winning wines at this winery and hotel, owned by northern Italians; then take in the views of the Blue Ridge M
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Travel + Leisure

Touring Virginia Wine Country

Our Picks

Hotels (2)

Dinsmore House

1804 Inn at Barboursville Vineyards

Restaurants (4)

Pig N' Steak

The Local

Más, Charlottesville

Inn at Little Washington Restaurant

Activities (9)

University of Virginia

Pillow Mint

Georgie

Bittersweet

White Hall Vineyards

Calhoun's Country Hams Shop

Main Street Market

Monticello

Barboursville Vineyards

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