Horton Vineyards
Horton Vineyards
3.5
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Horton Vineyards specializes in high quality Virginia wine. Varieties include Viognier, Cabernet Franc, Norton, Tannat, Petit Manseng, and much more. Visit for the largest variety offering in the area and an enthusiastic staff to help you find the wines you enjoy.
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tlynn63
Cincinnati, OH700 contributions
Oct 2020
Horton Vineyards has a lovely building with a beautiful tasting room. Picnic tables are outside and there is plenty of room to spread out. Our frustration came when we entered the tasting room. There were probably 20 people in there milling around, waiting for their tasting flights, and standing in line to order and there was one employee. We got in line hoping that was how we ordered a flight. We did not get a paper with the available wines until we got to the register and then we had to make a fast choice of which wines we wanted to taste out of a large list. The employee took a paper plate and with an ink pen and wrote our choices on the plate, we paid, and then waited with others. People kept coming in and getting in line and the register kept ringing, but those of us waiting for wines kept waiting. From the time we got in line until we got our wines was about 45 minutes. When we did get the wines it was the very smallest of a taste each in a small paper cup sitting on the paper plate name of the wine. We took it outside where it was rather windy and chilly. Because of COVID no tastings were done in the tasting room. People must really like some of their wines as plenty of people in line were buying bottles. The employee seemed to be efficient and she did not seem rushed but new people were coming in and getting in line and being taken care of while the rest of us waited.
Written November 8, 2020
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truthseeker41
60 contributions
May 2021
Horton Vineyards has an impressive looking building as you approach. COVID seems to have taken the wind out of this establishment. Staff presentation of the various wines for the flight sample was poor. Wine samples were put in clear plastic mini-cups and on a paper plate and labeled so poorly I didn't know which wine I was drinking. Wife got a "glass" of Dowager (Barrel Aged Rkats) served in a clear plastic cup. We both agreed it had a watered down, flavorless taste. The Stonecstle Red tasting in my flight was more to my liking.
Tasting is not permitted in the building due to COVID, but picnic tables are available on the lawn. Grape vines are readily accessible from the lawn and they appeared very well maintain. The leaves were dark green - is that a good thing?
We will not be back as there are better tasting experiences in the area.
Tasting is not permitted in the building due to COVID, but picnic tables are available on the lawn. Grape vines are readily accessible from the lawn and they appeared very well maintain. The leaves were dark green - is that a good thing?
We will not be back as there are better tasting experiences in the area.
Written May 12, 2021
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ECTraveler
Williamsburg, VA212 contributions
Dec 2020
Visited this winery for the first time during our most recent Charlottesville trip. The sign out front with the mileage to Napa was the best part. The potholes on the way up to the tasting room are sure to keep anyone with a low vehicle away. The tasting room was small in in disarray, with bottles of wine and stuff everywhere - not very welcoming or photographic. The lone woman behind the counter looked like she just rolled out of bed and wore her PJs to work that day. Ordered a flight and waited until she took orders from several others. Finally filled up a paper plate with bathroom Dixie cups and had to take them upstairs to the church hall. I call it that because it was folding tables and chairs strewn about. The wine was awful, didn't even finish it. One of the worst we've been to.
Written January 5, 2021
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rtpana
Cary , NC539 contributions
Oct 2020 • Couples
The Horton Tasting building is a pretty castle-like structure with several shady picnic tables outside. They make sooo many wines, including many fruit wines. The tastings are $6 for 5. The wine is served in little Dixie cups - we probably made the mistake of ordering dry-type wines which were weak and tasted the same. Maybe their sweet fruit wines were better.
Written October 4, 2020
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Qn4lyf
Richmond, VA344 contributions
Sep 2022 • Friends
We drove over an hour and 15 minutes for a wine tasting to be met with rudeness! When we arrived the parking lot was empty. We hesitated to go in because it looked closed. When we entered I asked the man behind the counter how do we do a tasting he said rudely I’ll be with you once I finish this pour like my question was an inconvenience. This lady came to the counter and she was so snarky. Like did everyone leave their personalities at home. Ugh! She helped us and then we went over to pick up our pours. The young man behind the counter continued his rudeness. I don’t know if he just didn’t like African American females or if he hated his job. I thought maybe it was even me but everyone with us had the same experience.
I love Horton’s wine. I would not buy any online as I refuse to support a company who doesn’t value their customers.
Disappointed to say the least!
I love Horton’s wine. I would not buy any online as I refuse to support a company who doesn’t value their customers.
Disappointed to say the least!
Written September 18, 2022
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Brandi E
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Jul 2023 • Family
The winery closed at 5pm. According to the website which we checked before going, as long as you arrived at least 15 minutes before closing, it was ok to do a tasting. We arrived at 4:20, well before 4:45. The person working asked if they could help me, to which I asked if we could do a tasting. The person sighed, pulled out their cell phone to check the time, and begrudgingly responded “yes”. I am not saying we will never return, but hospitality is important, and this winery is seriously lacking in this area.
Written July 24, 2023
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carolyn k
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Feb 2024 • Family
Hortons is a great Vineyard! Shannon and her daughter make it an enjoyable experience! The staff is friendly and helpful they make you feel a part of their family and not a number to rush through. They have a nice area for you to relax in out by the grapes or upstairs. Some of our favorite wines are the ports, niagra, chocolate wines, Freedom and etc. Pear wine is fantastic and the ABC store has a hard time keeping it on the shelf. So if you would like to go to a winery and enjoy the wine and have a great time and not feel like a number to be rushed through this is where you should go.
Written August 29, 2024
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Dorothy W
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Sep 2023 • Family
My daughter and I were quite excited to visit Horton’s winery. It is in a beautiful setting and a beautiful building. But unfortunately that’s where it ended. The inside of the building was stark with little or no seating inside. Our hostess was nice, but she had a body odor and really not dressed to be a wine hostess for tasting. Her knowledge of the wines was poor and a poor presentation. The wines were poured into a 1 ounce plastic medicine cups placed on a paper plate. The wines all tasted the same and watered down. We didn’t even finish our wines. With the beautiful wineries in the area, Horton’s needs to improve their customer service and the quality of their wines.
Written September 24, 2023
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Wade M
Arlington, VA53 contributions
Dec 2019
On the way back from our Wintergreen Resort home, we stopped at Horton Vineyards primarily for future reference (i.e., summer, sitting outside with food, wine, and our dog). When we arrived, we were the only visitors. We left our Shetland Sheepdog in the car, but quickly determined that he was welcome, so brought him in. We then engaged in a tasting of 10 wines (i.e., a thimbleful of each), found most to be pleasant. Note: we had previously had the Horton Viognier and have found it excellent among various viogniers. Rating Horton: customer service was great; Caitlin, granddaughter of the founder, was excellent -- knew her wines and answered questions about the winery, her ambitions, other wineries in the area, etc. Wines were decent and we bought a bottle of their chocolate infused wine (don't know when we will drink it, but...). The ambiance was great since we had the place to ourselves. I had read somewhere previously that the people at Horton's were unfriendly. Not the case, happily. We will return in the spring or summer. It was a bonus that our Sheltie was welcome, which was not the case at Early Mountain, which we had visited a few days before.
Written January 8, 2020
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daisyexpressions
United States69 contributions
Sep 2020 • Friends
We understand that with Covid19 things are a bit different so we can forgive the Dixie paper cups. However, the staff was rude and unhelpful. The wines all tasted like the wax from the paper cups, so there was no way to know if they had any wines of decent quality. The interior of the building was worn and not well kept. Should have listened to our tour guide and skipped this one.
Written September 20, 2020
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Can you pls tell us which wineries you did enjoy???
Written February 7, 2015
I do not think there are any wineries I did not enjoy! The best, so far, were Horton, Barboursville. The first wine tour we did was the Bedford wine trail (best to do a "wine trail" by regions, as Peter stated above). They were small wineries, but fun. Actually, I think it has a lot to do with attitude. The Jefferson winery was great. We (my husband and I) saw a family there, they treated the kids well, as did the Peaks of Otter (fun, fruit wines, fun winery to visit, NOT fancy!).
As I said, so far, we have not been to a vineyard we did not enjoy!!!
Written February 8, 2015
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