What's New

February 2024

Governor’s Cup

Petit Verdot 2021 (Gold)

Red Barouche 2020 (Gold)

Merlot 2020 (Silver)

Petit Manseng 2022 (Bronze)

Click here to see all of the award winners.  

March 2023

On March 4th we hosted a special wine appreciation event.  Carriage House Wineworks winemaker, Mike Fritze, along with Bill Ellis led a guided exploration of Tannat wines from around the world which included tasting Tannat wines from France, Uruguay and Virginia!

March 2023

Grand Opening of our new tasting room.

February 2023

We are pleased to announce that Carriage House Wineworks received 4 medals in this year’s Virgina Govenor’s Cup.  These awards were:

2019 Red Barouche: Gold

2019 Tannat: Silver

2020 Cab Franc: Silver

2020 Petit Verdot: Bronze

 

January 2023

On January 28th a group of Cab Franc lovers gathered at the winery for for a fun workshop where we explored how the wine expresses distinct characteristics by tasting Cabernet Franc from countries around the globe (France, Argentina, Napa, CA) including our very own Carriage House Wineworks Cabernet Franc!

2022 Loudoun County Wine Awards

We are pleased to announce that Carriage House Wineworks received 4 medals in the 2022 Loudon County Wine Awards.  These awards were:

2020 Petit Verdot: Best Petit Verdot & Gold

2020 Cab Franc: Gold

2019 Red Barouche: Silver

2019 Tannat: Silver

We consider it an honor to be recognized alongside so many great wine-makers.

 

2022 American Wine Society Competition

We are honored to have 4 wines receive Silver Medals in the 2022 American Wine Society Commercial Wine Competition.  These were:

2020 Petit Verdot

2020 Cab Franc

2019 Tannat

2019 Red Barouche

August 2022

2022 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition Awards

We are excited to share that Carriage House Wineworks had 4 wines recognized in the 2022 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition!

2020 Petit Verdot: Best in Class and Gold Medal

2019 Red Barouche: Silver Medal

2019 Tannat: Silver Medal

2020 Gentry: Silver Medal

April 2022

Grand Opening of our new Barrel Room.

October 2021

2021 Loudon Wine Awards

We are excited to share that 3 of our wines received recognition in this year’s Loudon Wine Awards.

Best in Class (Sweet Wine), Gold Medal – 2019 Winterfest

Silver Medal – 2020 Gold Rush, 2020 Petit Manseng

October 2021

Carriage House Wineworks will be at the Waterford Fair!  Come by the wine garden and enjoy a tasting Friday 10/1 though Sunday 10/3.  Wine will be available for sale.
Please note that the Quartz Creek venue will be closed on Sunday 10/3.
 
 
 

September 2021

Start off Labor Day Weekend by celebrating with us as we mark our first full season at Carriage House Wineworks.  Come by the Quartz Creek Venue Friday, Sept 3 between 3pm – 7 pm and enjoy a complimentary glass of Rose’.  Thank you for making this season a success, we are looking forward to seeing you!

August 2021

We will be open this Friday August 13th from 3pm until 7pm at the Quartz Creek Venue.  Hope to see you then!

August 2021

Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition

We are excited to share that our Goldrush 2020 sparkling wine received a silver medal in the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition. 

August 2021

Join us Friday August 13th from 3pm until 7pm at the Quartz Creek Venue for a special Friday night tasting!

August 2021

Join us for a special guided tasting of the “Wines of Summer” by our winemaker and co-owner Mike Fritze.  Sunday August 15th from 12pm to 2pm.

The cost is $25pp and includes 5 wines and light fair.

Please RSVP to gfritze@chwwinery.com .

August 2021

Join us at Loudoun’s “First Friday Event”.  A highlight of the Summer Season in the Leesburg area.  We’ll be pouring wines at the Loudoun Visitor Center this Friday from 6pm to 9pm.
Click here for details.

July 2021

Check out our Tastings page for our updated tastings schedule beginning July 10th.  

May 2021

Pre-Release Barrel Tasting

April 2021

We were happy to host a Governor’s Case tasting event at our Club Venue on April 29.  Our guests got the chance to participate in a guided tasting of all 12 Governor’s Case winners hosted by Jay Youmans of the DC Capital Wine School.  The event included interviews with the winemakers and was simulcast to a number of other venues around the state. 

April 2021

The tasting room re-opened.

April 2021

Loudoun’s Taste of Rose’ Event
The Taste of Rosé weekend will feature special rosé releases and events from 15 participating wineries.
Participating wineries will be featuring a variety of individual events, from a Budbreak Festival, frozen rosé slushees, discounts on flights, glasses, bottles and more at their winery location. Click below for the list of participating wineries that will be highlighting warm weather’s rosy companion.
We hope to see you April 24th-25th and rosé the weekend away with us!
 
Click here to order tickets and reserve your spot.

April 2021

Governor’s Cup Tasting Event

We’re honored to have our Petit Verdot wine featured in the 2021 Virginia Governor’s Cup Case! Join us at the Carriage House Club Venue on April 29th for an exclusive #vagovernorscup tasting. We will be streaming a tasting led by Jay Youmans, MW and judging director for the competition. Tickets include light refreshments, a limited edition Reidel wine glass and samplings of all 12 case wines plus this year’s Best in Show Cider winner. Limited space available to ensure your safety and to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines.

Click here to order tickets and reserve your spot.

April 2021

Shipping on orders from the online store now available!

March 2021

Carriage House wine selected to the 2021 Governor’s Case
We are so excited to share that our 2019 Petit Verdot was selected to this years Governor’s Case.  It is an honor to have one of our wines chosen to be among the top twelve wines in this prestigious competition.
Click here to watch the reveal.

March 2021

CHW is recognized at the Governor’s Cup

The Virginia Governor’s Cup is the state’s most stringent wine competition and we are excited to announce that all 5 of our entries for this event earned medals. 
Explore Virginia’s Wine Country with the Virginia Governor’s Cup Gold Medal Wine Trail mobile passport.  Click here to learn more about the benefits.
Gold Medal Winners
 

 2019 Petit Verdot

Silver Medal Winners
 

 2019 Cabernet Franc
 2019 Winterfest

Bronze Medal Winners
 

 2019 Vidal Blanc
 2019 Rose’

October 2020

CHW Wins Medals at the American Wine Society Commercial Competition
We are happy to announce that all 6 of the wines we entered at this event won medals. Four Silvers and Two Bronze. We are so happy at this recognition from the wine community for our very first commercial vintage and look forward to continuing our efforts to make great wine out of locally grown Virginia grapes.
Silver Medal Winners
 

 2019 Cabernet Franc
 2019 Petit Verdot
 2019 Merlot
 2019 Rose’

Bronze Medal Winners
 

 2019 Petit Manseng
 2019 Vidal Blanc

Autumn 2020

Matt Fitzsimmons Wine Blog on Carriage House Wineworks
We were thrilled that local wineblogger Matt Fitzsimmons stopped by shortly after our opening. He has made a point of visiting all the wineries in Virginia and wanted to add our new operation in Waterford. He wrote up a nice piece on our winery here:
Read it here.

October 2020

Grand Opening
Our Grand Opening event in October was held at the Club Venue. It featured a visit by the Piedmont Riding Club in their vintage Carriages, music by Pete Lapp.
Carriage House Wineworks

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