Leaves of Grass Vineyards

Leaves of Grass Vineyards is CLOSED? CLOSED? I am so sorry to hear that. A lovely view from a gorgeous patio and an owner so sweet and charming I had to give her a hug when we left. Nicest people ever.
I have heard on other occasions that they were closed, and they were not. Struggling a bit, maybe, but not closed. The website is down, but I hope they are just revamping.
Great people. Wonderful service. Attentive and personal service. Very generous pours at the wine tasting.

I love love LOVED this winery and I want to see them do well. For me, they get back to what wineries started out being: local businesses that offer a great product. The staff here is really phenomenal and very personable. As nice as they were, they could have served me dishwater to sip, and I would have been happy with it. But they didn’t! They served delicious wine. If you like reds, get here ASAP. The labels on the wine are gorgeous artwork.
Like I said, I really want them to do well. It’s a little hard to find, but once you get here, you’ll be glad you did. Bring your kids, dog, and a picnic and enjoy yourself!

I agree with others that the views and personnel are great. The wine needs some refining, but I’m glad they’re not trying to do too much.
Come to get away from the crowds, listen to classical music, and feel at home with strangers.

Absolutely fantastic! The ambiance is perfect and Nina is a complete delight. This is the best time I’ve had at a Virginia winery… and I’ve been to nearly 100.
The wine is refined and not overly worked. The view is the best I’ve seen!

All of the other reviewers have described the people – the son gave us the tour of the building – a converted horse barn; and lots of time and energy describing how he came up with the clever labels, and how they won an award in a design magazine. And here comes Mommy with the big ol’ German Shepard, and her pictures of she and Gorby and her life with all of the charitable foundations… All very nice stuff, if you’re into a conversation, which is nice on a wine visit.
Just one thing – the wines absolutely suck! The whites were all bitter, almost vinegary, with that Virginia muddy funk on the finish. We made the mistake of buying the red for $ 30 dollars, mostly because they were such nice people, and we wanted to move on to our next winery. We tried to drink it a few weeks later – uggh! Didn’t even keep it for cooking, partly because it threw such heavy dregs that is was a bitter disaster, as well.
If you want to have a conversation with some nice people, go for it. But, if you know anything at all about wines, run don’t walk from this place.

Absolutely loved this vineyard. The owners are so nice and helpful, and the views are incredible, not to mention how great the wines are. We had a great time!

Directly off route 50, on the way to Middleburg (or from Middleburg, depending on where you’re coming from), lies Leaves of Grass. Skip the crowds at nearby Cana and Greenhill Vineyard and come here!
It’s a sit down tasting experience and the ladies working in the tasting room aim to please. The wines are all good to excellent, although they didn’t have Cab Franc when I visited. The pourings for the tastings were full extremely generous. Perhaps that was to make up for the lack of Cab Franc. The tasting building is a restored horse stable (many Virginia tasting buildings are ex horse properties), and they did a wonderful job with the restoration. The glass wraps around the back of the tasting room offering incredible views of the mountains. Route 50 is far enough away that you don’t hear or see it, compared to Cana.
There was a little snafu, I think, in my bill — one tasting and one bottle of wine came to $ 37.10, which seemed rather high seeing how the tasting was supposed to be $ 5 and the bottle of wine was $ 25. The hostesses behind the bar spoke broken English so I didn’t make a big deal about it. I chalked it up to supporting a great new Virginia location. And the giant German Shepard, Hans, is friendly and gentle. I’ll be back.
PS, be careful driving on the erosion and pothole-​prone gravel road leading to the winery.

One of the best wineries I have been to in this area! The owner is extremely welcoming & friendly. I love all their wines especially the Reds. You won’t be disappointed. It isn’t a huge commercial wineries which I really like & they are accommodating to my 4 year old daughter which is really sweet!

What a wonderful day with wonderful wines! The Chardonnay and the Love was fantastic, particularly with one of their free chocolates. Our hosts gave us a private tasting at a quiet table where we could enjoy our picnic treats. This is truly is a hidden gem with a significantly differentiated experience than other local vineyards in the tasting, purchase, and gift bags for the purchaded selections. We will be back real soon. Try it and you love it. Look for the flag on the mailbox and take your time getting up the hill. The reward is well worth it!

Stumbled upon this vineyard during a weekend wine tasting trip with my girlfriends. It is a great place if you are in the area. The wine was pretty good (but I’m no wine expert). They have a great view and seating area outside overlooking it. The tasting room is very nice and cozy, you can also see the view from it.
The overall experience was wonderful. The owners mother who now runs the vineyard served us and was a great woman. We has a great long conversation with her and she made us feel at home. She even got us blankets when we were sitting outside (it was a little chilly because it was early November). She had great travel stories to tell us, she is originally from Russia. She definitely makes you feel like the place is your home and you are just drinking wine on your porch.
Definitely will come back and highly recommend this great place!

Finally was able to make it out and try the wine here and was impressed. They have a nice tasting room with great views. We tried four wines here and although the place was a little busy when I was there they still spent plenty of time explaining to you things about the wines and the labels on the bottles.
I was very surprised that it was a Russian family who runs this place, not something you see all the time in this area. They were very nice and I enjoyed hearing stories about Russia from them.
As for the wines, they only had four, but gave you big pours of them to taste and they were all very good. We ended up buying four bottles before we left. They had two reds and two whites, so there is something for everyone.
What impressed me most about this place is although they only had a few wines they did not rush us through the place, we spent a good 45 min doing the tastings and talking. Some wineries around here pour you small sample and you feel rushed out the door, not here. By far the best winery in the Middleburg area.

This place is the real deal. Everything is very good, whites and reds. VERY personable staff, great view on the Hill. A beautiful German Shepard. And did I mention the wines. Good barrel chard, and solid cab franc.

Euro chic charm with old world service. Don’t be fooled by the hand written sign on the mailbox, this place is an undiscovered gem. I visited this winery after walking the grounds at the Salamander Resort in Middleburg, thanks to fellow Unilocalers’ reviews. My boyfriend’s parents were in town from Florida and wanted to experience the countryside and Leaves of Grass couldn’t have been a more perfect location to experience.
As we approached the renovated barn, owners Nina and Michael greeted us with smiles and bows followed by a warm welcoming from Hans, the resident watch dog. We decided to sit on the patio for our tasting, as it was a perfect fall day and the lush mountainous view was fantastic. We had the patio to ourselves as Nina educated us about the unique artwork labels and the four wines. Collectively, we enjoyed the Pinot Gris and the Cabernet Sauvignon the best.
I’ve been to quite a few wineries in the Northern VA and Central VA region and this is by far, my favorite. It has a very warm, home-​like feeling as opposed to the stuffy, commercial feeling that you can often sense at the larger estate vineyards.
If you’re looking for a view, excellent service and a quiet setting, this is the place for you.

We stumbled upon this place because a friend who lives in Middleburg had heard some chatter about it. It’s not on any of the wine maps yet.
The owners are incredibly friendly. Nina, the owner’s mother, did our pouring and she was delightful! She was full of information and stories about the wine, the incredible art on the bottles, and just about everything else.
The wines were pretty good. I really, really enjoyed the reds (cab franc and cab sauv). The chardonnay was better than most, but I’m not a huge chardonnay fan to begin with. The pinot gris was the only disappointment. It just didn’t have much flavor.
Oh, and there’s Hans, the 101-​pound, gentle giant German Shepherd. Friendly people, delicious wine, beautiful view, and a sweet dog. What more could you possibly ask for?
Oh, one word of caution, if you don’t have an SUV or car that sits high above the ground be very careful driving in and back. We bottomed out once on the way in and twice on the way out (in a Prius). We were being extra careful on the way out too. The road definitely needs some patching.

Went there yesterday. Did a tasting. Drank some wine. This is the hole in the wall as it hasn’t gone mainstream yet. Hope it never does. It’s the mom and pop shop of wine. Only drawback is no estate wines yet. They are still a few years away.
Don’t expect the typical winery. This is not a super upscale spot and they are still very green.

Delightful experience at this winery. Mike and his mother Nina welcomed us and made us and every other visitor feel like a family member. The converted horse stable makes a beautiful tasting room and place to sit and the view is breathtaking.
They currently offer four varities and in my opinion, their Cabernet Sauvignon is not only the best of the four but one of the very best I’ve ever had in Virginia. I’m not a wine snob but I typically am underwhelmed by almost all Virginia wines. Aftrer my frst taste, this one made my pupils dilate and put a smile on my face.
This is one winery I am certain to visit on a regular basis.

Delightful local vineyard hidden away. Michael is a tremendous host that will entertain you while you taste their local fare. Their wines are tasty and their labels are works of pop art. Worth the trip… one of the best, if not the best, on the wine tour.
They are unable to place a sign on the main highway so look for the address on the mailbox or you will miss it altogether.

I challenge you to find a local winery that produces all organic (no pesticides) hybrid grapes like LOG!
My fiancée and I have been to wineries everywhere from Sugarloaf Mountain to Shenandoah. Frankly, all the wine I’ve tasted as been okay — VA/​MD wines are just not in my wheelhouse. So, my experience centers around view and personal experiences with the winery proprietor. The passion he shows along with the personal intimacy of the winery makes for a very pleasant experience.
We were wine hunting in the Middleburg area and we Unilocaled and found 5 star LOG. I was skeptical at first because of the mostly hidden sign but what a great surprise. Mike, the owner, was extremely hospitable and cared more about engaging us in conversation about any topic under the sun than he was about selling us wine. It made for a terrific experience. We spent a good 20 mins talking about his really cool labels and the story behind each one. You can spend a good 5 mins on each label trying to interpret it! The wine was pretty good — the Chardonnay was really nice and so was the CabFranc.
The recently renovated old horse barn offers a really warm and welcoming sitting area where you can take in the terrific view. And by the way, the view is terrific! There’s also a long communcal picnic table that can seat about 20 people.
All in all, a fantastic little winery. I will definitely check it out again once the weather gets nicer!

SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST!
Or at least that is what it seemed as Leaves of Grass Vineyards was the last stop on our wine tour for my birthday. Leaves of Grass was by far my FAVORITE and the favorite winery of everyone in my party. First off, the grounds are beautiful, the converted horse barn transformed into a tasting room is cozy and chic and oh so makes me wanna crash here and owners Michael and his Wife Natasha are AMAZING! Never have I met a more loving, cooperative, compassionate, welcoming, cozy winery people or people in general! Our party of 7, myself included, loved them oh so so so much!
Leaves of Grass is open upon request only so you need to call ahead because they open it up just for you so its great for small groups or land a spot with others and make friends. I had worked with both Natasha and Michael via phone and email to set up a tasting for 7 people and made sure our limo could arrive and park without a problem. Both assured us it would be fine and sent an email with very useful information. We arrived and were warmly greeted by the lovely young couple.
Michael and Natasha had even presented me with Birthday balloons upon arrival which I thought was an incredibly sweet and thoughtful gesture. Michael had given us a brief tour and led us to our seating at a bar with glasses all set up waiting for us. Everything is so cute and quaint. We took our seats as Michael and Natasha engaged us with their story, how they started the winery, while conducting our tasting. It was very apparent and appreciated how much thought and work they put into everything they do at Leaves of Grass Vineyard.
For $ 8pp, we tasted all four of their wines they offered: Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvingnon. They grow and tend to their grapes BY HAND and use all natural products without the use of chemical pesticides by choice which was very admirable. They put extensive thought and craftsmanship working with an austrian designer to design their unique and beautiful labels. I was VERY impressed by the quality and taste of their wines and the beauty of the wine bottles that I HAD to have them all so that I could proudly display them with fondness memories of my experience at Leaves of Grass.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Leaves of Grass and can’t wait to go back again and again! I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND you check them out!

I must say that Bob S. had pretty much the same experience my wife and I had. The back story on their labels, how the owners got in to the wine business, etc. was just wonderful! We were so impressed with their wines (mind you, my wife is from the Napa Valley area and has been to thousands of vineyards over the years and I have sampled wines in the various countries I have visited over the years) that we bought a case plus two (2) extra bottles.
We were driving down 50 trying to find the vineyard when lo and behold, we saw the sign JUST as we were passing it. Fortunately, there is a place to turn around a few yards past and so glad we did. The view is just stunning and when we went (21 Dec 2013), the weather was perfect, the deer were out, and the kids were outside playing. The owners greeted us as we were walking in, gave us «the tour», and then talked not just about themselves, but asked us for OUR «story.» It happened to be my wife’s birthday (which is why we went there, her fav poet) and we had never tried this vineyard before but let me tell you, there is not a bottle that you can go wrong with, Michael and Natasha have «hit a home run» with their effort of love. We can’t wait to go back with friends and family!