James Houston

Reviews by James Houston

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First Colony Winery Review

There are little places at the end of the road, and then there is First Colony Winery. Just southwest of where County Road 627 is absorbed by State Route 20 in Albemarle County, an easy-to-miss turn sits, almost secretly, beckoning you down Harris Creek Road. As you slowly pass small, elegant...

Blenheim Vineyards Review

Not much sun makes it through the lush, towering trees that line Blenheim Farm Road, ten miles south of Charlottesville. But this changes as you pull into the lot at Blenheim Vineyards and finally behold the open Virginia sky sprawling southwards over gently rolling hills covered in vineyards....

Trump Winery Review

Google Kluge Estate. What's the first result? Until 2011, Kluge Estate was the standard-bearer for Virginia viticulture, known for exquisite sparkling wines that caught critics' attention and clued fine wine lovers everywhere into the potential of Vitis vinifera in the Old Dominion. But owner...