Little Washington Winery and Brewery

The Ultimate Agritourism Food & Wine Retreat!

Dear Friends & Family —

We’d like to invite you to come out to play in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains about an hour west of Washington D.C. We’re having so much fun with our weekend wine classes. We have grouped a few classes so you can come once and learn several wine and food lessons with us. Our Wine Retreat delves into wine and food seminars, an evening farm to table dinner filled with laughter, learning and fun, and finishes with our famous Choco-Vino Challenge final exam.

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IMPORTANT NOTE

We currently have two options available for doing Fall wine retreat on our calendar

1) — Select a Friday Retreat Date on our calendar if you would like to come on a Friday and depart on Sunday.

2) — Select a Saturday Retreat Date if you would like to arrive on a Saturday and depart on Sunday.

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FRIDAY RETREATERS -- Please plan to arrive anytime before 5pm on Friday if you reserved a Friday Retreat option. Friday Retreaters will start with Guess the $100 Bordeaux Happy Hour, followed by Winemakers Dinner as we explore how to choose a wine for occasions and enjoy virtual journeys through famous wine regions with food pairings.

SATURDAY RETREATERS — Please plan to arrive before 2pm on Saturday if you reserved a Saturday Retreat option. Saturday Retreaters start with a 2pm class on Saturday then Happy hour class, Splurge class and wine makers dinner class to follow on Saturday evening.

Our Agritourism Blue Ridge Wine Retreat includes:

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IF YOU CHOOSE A FRIDAY — SUNDAY
RETREAT SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

6:30pm — Guess the $100 Bordeaux Happy Hour Class

7:30pm — Value / Premier / Splurge Class with Winemakers Dinner where we explore occasions. Which occasions call for a “Value” wine? Which occasions need a “premier” wine? And which occasions are so epic they are worthy of a “Splurge” wine? For dinner we’ll enjoy 3 wines blind. They will be strategically selected to pair with the evenings dinner menu. The three wines will all be the same varietal with different price points! Can you guess which is which and if one is so much better than the others that it’s worth the splurge?

SATURDAY

2:00pm — Wine Bootcamp

SUNDAY

11:00am — Vintners Table Learning Lunch
Sunday Afternoon as you depart — Choco-Vino Challenge Final Exam

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IF YOU CHOOSE A SATURDAY — SUNDAY
RETREAT SCHEDULE

SATURDAY

2:00pm — Wine Bootcamp

6:30pm — Guess the $100 Bordeaux Happy Hour

7:30pm — Value, Premier, Splurge Class with Winemakers Dinner where we explore occasions. Which occasions call for a “Value” wine? Which occasions need a “premier” wine? And which occasions are so epic they are worthy of a “Splurge” wine? For dinner we’ll enjoy 3 wines blind. They will be strategically selected to pair with the evenings dinner menu. The three wines will all be the same varietal with different price points! Can you guess which is which and if one is so much better than the others that it’s worth the splurge?

SUNDAY

11:00am — Vintners Learning Lunch

Sunday Afternoon as you depart — Choco-Vino Challenge Final Exam

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By the end of the Blue Ridge Wine Retreat you will know how to get perfect wine + food pairings every time!

Please plan to be our overnight guest during your wine retreat. Our house is just our private winemakers farm house. We have 4 spare bedrooms, all with private baths. We would feel better if you plan to stay with us during the retreat (completely free) because the retreat does include evening classes.

Wine Retreat includes several of our experiential wine education lessons at the regular class price, plus Winemakers Dinner, and our famous Choco-Vino Challenge.

Blue Ridge Wine Retreat happens at Little Washington Winery’s private winemakers house. Food is part of several of our wine classes and, of course, winemakers dinner. Friday Retreaters will be on your own for regular meals including breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday. Please check out our list of local restaurants, bakeries and other fun things to do in the neighborhood at www.discoverrappahannock.com

Everything we do at the Blue Ridge wine retreat is very casual, no fancy clothing required while you are playing with us! We won’t mind if you bring extra clothing for going out to dinner!

Discounts and Refunds are not accepted at all for Wine Retreat because we must purchase catering in advance. If you’d like to come, go to our class calendar, find your favorite Retreat date and reserve to come play!

PLEASE — NO SMOKING NO VAPING ON THE PREMISES AT ALL LITTLE WASHINGTON WINERY AND BREWERY BORDERS SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK WE CANNOT RISK AN ASH STARTING A FOREST FIRE