Hickory Hill is a traditional Virginia farm winery. The tasting room with its gift shop is small as the focus is the farm, vineyard, and winery. The picnic area has become and will remain where the majority of visitors will enjoy The Furrows’ hospitality and their award-winning wines.
Donald and Wendy are eager to share with you several “new” things in 2022. After a two-year hiatus, the indoor, guided wine tasting experience has been revamped and returns to the tasting room (details below)! Speaking of the tasting room, it has been reconfigured to include a Wine Club room. Lastly, the gift shop portion of the tasting room has been reorganized, refreshed, and restocked with old favorites and new selections!
Operating schedule for 2022:
NOTICE: We will be CLOSED August 24-31, 2022.
- Always open for curbside pickup, local delivery, and shipping. Place your online order and at checkout, select how you wish to receive it.
- Summer hours for the picnic area, tasting room, and gift shop are Wednesday through Sunday, 12-5 pm, and end on August 21, 2022.
- Fall hours for the picnic area, tasting room, and gift shop are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 12-5 pm, and begin on September 1, 2022.
April through October we are open many Saturdays from 6-10 pm with music. {Learn more.}
We welcome the opportunity to host your private event. Contact us to discuss.
Wine Tasting Experiences
Picnic Area with Self-guided Wine Tasting
There are picnic tables in the shade of trees and bar height tables on the covered back porch. These are available first-come-first-serve during regular business hours. Visitors are welcome to bring their own chairs or blankets to spread out on the lawn. The wine tasting experience available for the picnic area is the popular Tasting-in-a-Bag. This self-guided option allows you to enjoy your wine tasting at your own pace. A picnic from home, or a Picnic-in-a-Bag built from the menu anchored by Boar’s Head, is the perfect pairing to your outdoor wine experience at Hickory Hill. In the picnic area, wine is also available by the glass, by the bottle, or in a flight of four. No reservation is required for the picnic area for groups with up to 6 adults.
GROUPS (7 or more adults)
Organized celebrations (birthday parties, showers, reunions, etc.) and groups with over 7 adults should contact the tasting room staff to discuss options and make reservations. This will not only improve your group’s experience but also the experience of other winery visitors. It will also help with maintaining the staff’s sanity. Thank you for your cooperation.
Guided Wine Tasting
Enjoy a guided journey through our wines at the tasting bar. This tasting comes with light snacks and often a bonus wine to taste. Offered daily following our operating hours at 1 pm and again at 3 pm.
Advanced reservations are required for this wine tasting experience. Reservations can be made for two people at a time. If there are more than two in your party, please repeat the reservation process. Online reservations cut off at 10 am for that day. After 10 am, you may call or text the tasting room staff and check for same-day availability.
Guided Wine Tasting
with Tour
Enjoy a guided journey through our wines at the tasting bar, led by the winemaker and/or the vigneron. This tasting comes with light snacks and often a bonus wine to taste. A tour of the winery or vineyard is included.
Coming late fall 2022!
Vertical Wine Tasting
Periodically, we offer a vertical tasting of our red wines where we sample and discuss several vintages and sometimes conclude with a barrel tasting of the newest vintage. This tasting experience is meant to be fun, interactive, and maybe even a little educational as we will discuss how weather and winemaking can affect vintages. Included with your Vertical Tasting is a single serving charcuterie tray. To find out when this option is available visit this page often or join our email list.
Reserve your Guided Wine Tasting Experience
Things to know before your visit
Tasting Room
We are an “old-school” Virginia farm winery. Our tasting room with a gift shop is small as our focus is the farm, vineyard, and winery. The picnic area has become and will remain where the majority of our visitors can enjoy our wines and hospitality.
In April 2022, guided wine tastings resume in the tasting room at the bar. Walk-ins are welcome as space allows. Reservations are available.
Outside Alcohol
Per VA ABC regulations, outside alcohol is NOT permitted on the premises. This includes but is not limited to wine previously purchased here, other local wines, wine, beer, wine coolers, cider, hard liquor, sparkling wine. Coolers are subject to inspection. Anyone violating this VA ABC regulation will be asked to leave immediately. PLEASE do not try to sneak it in, as violations can cost us hefty fines and may lead to revocation of our winery license leading to permanent closure, and we like doing what we do!
Food
We offer a selection of premium cheese and meat by Boar’s Head along with other lite fare options to enjoy with our wines. Visitors are welcome to bring their own food or bring take out from one of our many local restaurants.
If you choose to bring food, please follow these simple rules:
- Food brought from home is to be enjoyed in our picnic area, not the tasting room.
- Please pick up after your picnic. We have trash receptacles as well as recycling bins. If you have more than our bins can hold, please ask for a trash bag (or bring one) so we can keep the grounds tidy for everyone.
Children
We welcome children!
Just keep in mind that this is a working farm and children should be closely supervised by an adult at all times.
Out of consideration of others and due to limited space, children should not be brought to any of the indoor, reservation-only wine tasting experiences.
Pets
Pet Policy updated in April 2021.
Well behaved, leashed (or carrier contained) pets who are current on their rabies vaccination are welcome in the picnic area during regular business hours. We reserve the right to ask any pet guardian to remove a pet that we deem is not behaving in an acceptable manner.
Be prepared to show the rabies certificate either physically or electronically. (We know this seems extreme, but previous, irresponsible pet owners/guardians are to blame.)
Do not leave pets unattended and of course, pick up after your pet.
Pets are not allowed in the tasting room/gift shop.
Sunset Saturdays and Charity Cheers remain no pets allowed events.
COVID-19
We encourage you to follow all current CDC and VDH guidelines for everyone’s safety. This includes social distancing, wearing a mask indoors and when interacting with our staff, washing/sanitizing hands, and staying home if you do not feel well.
If you prefer not to use our tables and chairs, you are welcome to bring your own chairs, blankets, and/or tables and set them up in the picnic area. There is plenty of room.