Barren Ridge Vineyards are a few miles off Interstate 64 in the Fishersville VA area.It is not too far from Charlottesville VA and a great place to visit if you like excellent wine at a reasonable price and want to picnic. We visited there recently and were very happy with our experience. Our main interest was to try their wine tasting and to buy some wine if they were as good as they usually are. We visited on a Sunday afternoon and they were not terribly busy but the two picnic tables in front of the tasting location were being used by two families when we arrived. The tasting building is very nicely laid out and they have at least two to three attendants there to assist in the wine tasting if that your reason for stopping by which it was for us. We tried their 8 wine tastings for 8 Dollars and tried mostly Red Wines we have purchased there before. The 2018 vintage was exceptional and we purchased two bottles of the Barren Ridge Red Barren wine which is a red blend and the one bottle of the 2016 Merlot which was also exceptional. These wines are rated at 3.9 to 4.0 by many wine experts and are reasonably priced in a very pretty area as the wine tasting area is right next to the Vineyard. So drop by and give the tasting a try.Note the White wines were very good and well rated but we tend to choose reds so give the white wines a try.

Really enjoyed our jaunt out to Barren Ridge after driving through the lower part of Shenandoah National Park. They have a great socially-distanced outdoor space to enjoy the wine and the views. We had the wine flight ($16), which rotates weekly, and really enjoyed several of the wines. Angela gave us a nice overview of the wines on this week's flight and their tasting notes, which was great since wineries have had to stop traditional guided tastings due to COVID. We brought our own cheese and bread, and had a delightful afternoon, walking away with a couple of bottles

My wife and I had a fantastic flight of wine, followed by a bottle, at Barren Ridge Vineyards. We were very fortunate to meet Angela and Rob, the owners of the establishment. We shared some somewhat overlapping experiences we have each had in Europe. Rob talked to us about the history of the area and vineyard, as well as how the local weather/soil contributes to the vineyard's wines. Both Rob and Angela signed my 2019 edition of 'Hidden Gems' wineries in America. This was truly an exceptional experience! The Tinkling Spring was particularly excellent - we enjoyed a bottle onsite and obtained one to take home. This is a phenomenal winery - definitely stop by!