Wish Wish Wine Tours introduces hop-on wine tours, an affordable way to tour Charlottesville’s wineries. Customers purchase tickets online and hop-on a mini bus that takes them to 4 popular wineries. Pick-up locations are Boar’s Head Inn, Holiday Inn Monticello and the OMNI Hotel. The tours run on Saturdays and Sundays, tickets cost $80 per

Join Chef Emeril Le Horton and his fellow Gumbo lovers at Horton’s Mardi Gras Celebration. Traditional Mardi Gras fun and prizes. We will also be tasting in the cellar a few wines from the 2013 harvest. Saturday Feb 8, 11am – 5pm. $15 includes glass, fun beads, food & cellar tasting. More Info: 540-832-7440. You’ll

“Where are the grapes?” we asked Alix Meardon who poured the first of 8 wines for our tasting. Pretty close by, she assured us. Flying Fox’s grapes are happily growing on the hill across Blue Mountain Brewery, a little bit further down route 151. The charming tasting room was filled with art, happy people and a good vibe. Flying Fox is a small winery, owned and run

Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards is Charlottesville’s newest boutique winery & vineyard and one of our favorite destinations. It offers you something few others do: a topnotch restaurant-like experience. This is the place to go if you want to enjoy outstanding food, taste great wines and enjoy views so beautiful it almost seems unreal. What sets this vineyard apart? Chef Amalia Scatena

Reynard Florence is a family-run boutique winery, producing hand-crafted and award-winning wines. Owners Roe and Dee Allison welcome you in the cozy tasting room overlooking the vineyard. If you want to enjoy high-quality wines in a relaxed and personal atmosphere, this is the place to be. The vineyard is located only 5 miles from Barboursville Vineyards and Horton Vineyards,