Barboursville

Vineyards

& Historic

Ruins

Barboursville, Virginia
Monticello Viticultural Area

Open: Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 11am-5pm
Tasting: Daily
Winery Tours: Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm or by appt.
Tour Historic Landmark: Self-guided tours are possible Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 11am-5pm

The estate winery and vineyards are located on 830 acres of beautiful rolling hills near the Blue Ridge Mountains. We presently have 90 acres of vineyards and continue to expand. Under the direction of Luca Paschina, General Manager and winemaker, Barboursville consistently produces quality wines that have won international recognition. The Zonin family of Italy, brought their strong commitment to produce quality wines to Virginia in 1976. They were the first in the state to plant and successfully establish the revered vitis vinifera vines. The four Zonin brothers, proprietors of the largest Italian privately held wine company, descend from a family that has for centuries been wed to viticulture.

Preserved as a ruin after its destruction by fire on Christmas Day, 1884, Barboursville was one of the largest and finest residences in the region. The only building in Orange County known to have been designed by Thomas Jefferson, Barboursville was constructed between 1814 and 1822 for Jefferson's friend James Barbour, Governor of Virginia (1812-1814), U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Ambassador to the Court of St. James.