December News

from the Vineyard

The team has been working on rough pruning the vines which involves trimming them back to about the first wire to clean up the vines after harvest. We do not rush through this process as winter pruning sets our harvest expectations for the next few years. Each vine is an opportunity to improve our grape quality and yield.

As new owners, we are enjoying the connections with the local wine community in Fauquier County. In addition to being involved in the Fauquier Wine Council, we are also connecting with other owners and winemakers in the area. Whiticar has also spent a bit of time over at Linden Vineyards with Jim Law to pick his brain, learn about other varietals and even did some pruning with him the other day. It's amazing to have access to one of the great cultivators of Virginia wine in our backyard.

We are continuing to watch over the wine in the cellar and now we are getting ready for more bottling in 2023. We have planned out our bottling dates for the first quarter of the year and we are working on a few blends in partnership with our winemaker, Tom Payette.

You may have noticed the new logo at the top of this newsletter. It was time for an updated and fresh look for Fox Meadow. While we remain Fox Meadow Vineyards, we are placing more focus on the mountains and terroir in the new logo. We worked with a talented designer to capture an abstract design of the beautiful view we all enjoy here. The blue colors represent the fact that we sit atop Blue Mountain and gaze at the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains. The overlapping mountains on the logo also represent the blending of flavors in our wines. You can also see a layer of dots above the mountains that represents the fog or mist we often see at 1,800 feet elevation. The green space with darker lines below the mountains portray the vines angling down the mountainside. You will continue to see this new look rolled out including on the wine labels for anything bottled starting in 2023.

We hope you are able to visit us in December to get your wine club selection, gifts or just join us for a glass. Otherwise, the Culinary & Wine Education Experience will be back the first weekend of the year - January 7 and 8.

We wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy start to the new year!

Join Us for Our January Culinary & Wine Education Experience

We are continuing our monthly food and wine pairing into the new year on the first weekend of each month. Reserve your table now to join us on January 7 or 8 for our food and wine pairing experience with two seatings each day at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. The January menu has a comfort food theme.

View the January menu

Reserve your table online

Wine club members:

When you reserve online, use the member discount code you received via email or call us for your code.

Give the Gift of Fox Meadow Wine for the Holidays

Consider a gift of wine for the holidays. You can order on our website, call or email us with your order and we ship bottles in 3 bottle, 6 bottle or 12 bottle boxes. You can specify your ship date and include a gift message for us to include on a card.

We ship direct to:

Virginia

Maryland

Ohio

Pennsylvania

North Carolina

Florida

Georgia

Washington, D.C.

Call us at 540-636-6777 or email us to order if you would like to ship wine to a different state not listed above.

December Wine Club Selection

If you are a Friend of the Fox, your December wine club selection is ready for pick up in the tasting room. When you visit, you can choose any additional bottles you may want to gift this holiday season, take as hostess gifts or enjoy with your holiday meals and receive your 15% wine club discount on all purchases.

If you have your wines shipped to you, they will be shipping out via UPS by December 16. Call or email us if you'd like to add any additional wines to your shipment.

Holiday Hours

Open 7 days a week 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Christmas Eve: Closed

Christmas Day: Closed

As of January, we plan to reduce our hours and we will be open 5 days a week. We will be open Thursday through Monday and closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

To all of our guests - Thank you for your continued patronage!

Amanda, Whiticar & the entire Fox Meadow Winery team

Please Join Us

7 days a week: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Reservations recommended on weekends.

3310 Freezeland Road | Linden, VA 22642 | 540-636-6777

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