Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery
Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery
4.5
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Located on the Nelson 151 Trail, Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery is nestled in the rolling hills of the Rockfish River Valley. Mountain views abound in every direction and the farm is beautiful and well maintained. Hill Top offers a unique wine tasting experience with True to the Fruit Wines and Authentic Honey Meads. Established in the 1990's, Hill Top is a second generation family business. There are several wine and mead flight options available, starting at just $5! The farm has friendly goats and even Scottish Highland Cattle.
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Ted V
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States7 contributions
Dec 2022
If you consider yourself a sophisticated wine connoisseur (I sort of do), you should try Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery. I didn't just find this 'fun', but hilariously fun. Some of the wineries in Virginia, and of course elsewhere, are pretentious but without the wines to back it up. This isn't.
It's very low key and makes no bones about being a different type of winery. It has berry-based wines, and it has honey-based meads. It unabashedly has fun with both, including having goats and donkeys on site that patrons can interact with if they want. What makes it all work, as opposed to being just a fun joke, is that their wines and meads are actually extremely well done. The quality behind what they're having fun with will be evident, even though what you're drinking may be new to you. Go have fun!
It's very low key and makes no bones about being a different type of winery. It has berry-based wines, and it has honey-based meads. It unabashedly has fun with both, including having goats and donkeys on site that patrons can interact with if they want. What makes it all work, as opposed to being just a fun joke, is that their wines and meads are actually extremely well done. The quality behind what they're having fun with will be evident, even though what you're drinking may be new to you. Go have fun!
Written December 18, 2022
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MELLOSUSAN
Jackson Heights, NY215 contributions
May 2021 • Friends
Really enjoyed my expe on rience today. Brought my 92 year old mom, for her first time out since March 2020.
Lots of outside tables on their new huge deck. Loved that you could sit in the sun or shade. They did everything right... tables well spaced apart, outdoor table service and a new bathroom you can access from outside, that opens to fresh air when not in use.
Really enjoyed the blackberry and raspberry dessert wines as well as the $5 flight which included different styles of Meade. Service was on point. Will return and look forward to trying more if their fruit and berry wines 🫐🍐🍎🍒🍑🍓🐝😋
Lots of outside tables on their new huge deck. Loved that you could sit in the sun or shade. They did everything right... tables well spaced apart, outdoor table service and a new bathroom you can access from outside, that opens to fresh air when not in use.
Really enjoyed the blackberry and raspberry dessert wines as well as the $5 flight which included different styles of Meade. Service was on point. Will return and look forward to trying more if their fruit and berry wines 🫐🍐🍎🍒🍑🍓🐝😋
Written May 18, 2021
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globalistDc
dc18 contributions
Sep 2021
After having visited other breweries & wineries on Nelson 151, we stopped by Hilltop Berry Farm & Winery because I'm madly intrigued by mead. We had a wonderful experience -- I felt like everywhere else we'd been was wasted time. Hilltop Farm is a beautiful setting. There's a sweet little pack of goats, some friendly donkeys, and a large Scottish steer that bellows. On a lovely trellised porch overlooking the farm, you can get a flight of 8 pre-chosen fruit wines and fruit meads, with good variety; a deluxe flight of 4 wines and/or meads of your choice; or a glass of whatever you like. We ordered two honey meads (which I love) and two fruit wines (which I wasn't sure about). They were all really unique: carefully crafted, full of the flavors of the ingredients, and altogether interesting to taste and savor. The owners and staff are knowledgeable and welcoming; it's such a pleasure to really like the products of people who really like to make products that people like. Highly recommended if you're in this vicinity. Really a special place
Written October 2, 2021
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LovetotravelRN
Richmond, VA177 contributions
Aug 2020 • Friends
We like to stop by this cute little winery. The wines are made with fruits and they are delicious. They have extra tents and tables out to accommodate for Social Distancing. We had to wait about 20 min or so to get a table, but people were pretty courteous about having a few drinks and moving on. It was raining so that was a bummer and everyone was under the patio or under a tent. Otherwise, you can bring your chair and sit outside. The owner was running around helping people and she was really nice. We enjoy coming here and the wines are all pretty good. The food in pics is ours, I can’t remember if they serve food. I do however remember, they have this little chocolate truffle that you eat with one of the wines, and it is soooo good!
Written December 7, 2020
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Sandra J
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Oct 2022 • Friends
Very nice spot and friendly helpful service. We enjoyed several of the wines and meads. I recommend bringing a jacket as the day we were there was very breezy and a little chilly. They also have a variety of snacks to enjoy with the wine/mead.
Written October 13, 2022
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bcbcbc
Columbus OH279 contributions
Aug 2022
Hill Top Berry Farm was one of the best experiences of our Charlottesville long weekend trip. We (two couples) prefer sweet, fruity wines, which are difficult to find in the area. Hill Top has a nice variety of sweet wines (dry ones also). We brought a picnic lunch and sat out on the lovely patio. We did a tasting of pre-chosen wines and meads, and a flight of four of our own choosing. We had actually never tasted mead before, so it made the experience even more fun. It was almost impossible to decide which we liked best out of the 12 different flavors we tried. I know that the Sweet Cherry, Sweet Vixen, Sweet Melon were unanimous wine favorites and the Matador mead was our favorite mead. We enjoyed the view, and we especially enjoyed feeding and watching the goats. This is a very relaxing, low key winery. We truly enjoyed our visit here, and hope to visit in the future.
Written August 31, 2022
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Nymph74
Northern Virginia, VA293 contributions
Jul 2021
We had a fabulous time here. We arrived just as the weather did, and were able to take shelter under their enormous covered patio. We tried almost everything - tastings and flights. The mead was really excellent, as was the fruit wine. Highly recommend the straight up traditional honey mead!
Written July 16, 2021
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Kelsey M
Springfield, VA241 contributions
Jul 2020 • Friends
This was the best place slightly off the beaten path! I would highly recommend visiting and having either a tasting, drink, or both here. We participated in the tasting which is shown in the picture. 10 tastings for $5 and all of them were fantastic. This was by far my favorite stop of the whole trip on our self guided tour!
Written July 30, 2020
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SLUdog99
Chesterfield, VA50 contributions
Mar 2022
2nd time back; first review. Stopped here b/c my wife loves their wine and I love their mead. Great afternoon watching the day go by, listening to the goats, and drinking great wine and mead. Low key; amazingly attentive service.
Written April 15, 2022
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Dean_Amy-2004
Gettysburg, PA5,672 contributions
May 2022 • Friends
Visited with a friend for the first time. It was off the beaten path but we’ll with the time to get there. We shared a carafe flight and loved all that we tried; enough to take a bottle of each home.
We enjoyed the fresh air sitting out on the covered porch area. We were able to enjoy our samplings and chat. Would definitely stop here again if I’m anywhere close to the area.
We enjoyed the fresh air sitting out on the covered porch area. We were able to enjoy our samplings and chat. Would definitely stop here again if I’m anywhere close to the area.
Written May 13, 2022
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teresa s
Valley Mills, TX47 contributions
Do you have fruit available or just wine?
Kimberly P
Nellysford, VA47 contributions
Typically, we have wine and mead but no fruit for sale. For one month in the summer, we let you pick Blackberries. Our blackberry season this year is July 11-Auust 9. For those days our hours are 9am to 5pm. Our usual hours for wines and meads tasting is daily 11am to 5pm.
Thank you,
Kimberly Allen Pugh
Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery
Bonnie S
Richmond, VA2 contributions
Can we bring a picnic lunch?
Kimberly P
Nellysford, VA47 contributions
Absolutely! We have a covered pavilion with picnic tables just outside the tasting room. The bluebirds are here and everything is green and beautiful. You can picnic rain or shine!
Kimberly Allen Pugh
Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery
Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery (Nellysford) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go
Frequently Asked Questions about Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery
- Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery is open:
- Sun - Sat 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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