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The story behind our sparkling Gewürztraminer Some wines start with a plan. Others start out according to plan before taking an unexpected turn. Our 2024 Gewürztraminer was supposed to be one of those wines that came together from two vineyards. We had three-year-old Gewürztraminer vines growing here at Twisted Pines, and we planned to supplement our harvest with Gewürztraminer from another Virginia vineyard. The plan was to combine the two. Then we pressed our grapes. And th

Looking back at our first full year of releasing wine January 2025 marked a pretty big milestone around here: Twisted Pines Farm & Vineyard officially released its first wines. The winemaking itself had started well before that first bottle was released. There were grapes to grow, wine to make, plenty to learn, and more than a few experiments along the way. But January 2025 was when those bottles finally made their way out into the world — and Twisted Pines officially became

2026 Harvest Season Has Arrived! Our estate vineyard in Staunton was not exempt from the hard freeze in April, leaving the vines carrying a lighter load of grapes this September. But if there's one thing we know how to do at Twisted Pines, it's rethink the game plan — and keep playing. Starting this summer, we've taken over management of a second vineyard in Standardsville (Monticello AVA), where the grapes are looking mighty fine. Add to that the grapes we're sourcing from s

Happy New Year TPV Insiders! With 2025 in the books, we’re taking some time to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished over the last year. It’s wild to think that we launched our inaugural 5-wine line up just twelve short months ago. Meanwhile, we closed out 2025 with 14 unique wines in bottle! We are currently gearing up for January 9th, when we join the Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival for our second year. This is the festival that truly started it all for us and we’r