Virginia Wine Touring Tips Whether you are new to wine tasting or a seasoned veteran here are a few tips that will help you make the most of your Virginia Wine Touring experience: Plan your Virginia Wine Touring adventure. Map out your route, check the wineries schedule, make appointments with smaller facilities, pack a picnic [...]
Have you always wanted to go upstairs at Monticello? These exclusive, daytime tours take you behind the scenes: to bedrooms once occupied by members of the Jefferson family on the second floor; to the iconic Dome Room on the third floor; and to the new, interactive “Crossroads” exhibition under the house. You’ll see unique interior [...]
The Orange County area was first settled in 1714, when Alexander Spotswood (Lt. Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722) established Germanna as an English frontier settlement for indentured German metalworkers and their families. In 1734 the county was established and named in honor of William, Prince of Orange, and husband of Anne, Princess Royal [...]
Stay with us the weekend of April 2oth and 21st and we will provide complementary transportation to the Monticello Wine Trail Festival. Space in the van is limited so make your reservations early. Check in on Friday April 20th, walk to a great dinner in historic downtown, wake to a great breakfast, and then after [...]
Visit the gallery, studio and printmaking workshop of landscape artist Frederick Nichols. Nichols’ paintings and silkscreen prints have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout this country and abroad for over 25 years, most recently at the 2005 International Biennale in Florence, Italy, and the international exhibition, “Renascence,” a commemoration of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, [...]
March 8 through 10, 2012 • • • • • • • Starters Crispy Sweetbreads Roasted Garlic and Shallots, Fresh Thyme, Honey -8.50- Sopa del Mare Shrimp, Crab, Rockfish, Fried Onions -8- Mixed Greens Salad Parmesan Crisps, Dried Cranberries, Molasses-Poppy Seed Dressing -7- Escargot Bleu Cheese Cream Sauce, Shiitake Mushrooms, Red Pepper Coulis -9.50- • [...]
