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Vineyards | Barboursville | Jefferson | Keswick | Tours & Tasting

Jefferson Vineyards

When Thomas Jefferson and Italian Filippo Mazzei decided to establish a vineyard, they chose the land between Monticello and Ash-Lawn – the site of present day Jefferson Vineyards. With financial backing of many of our nation's Founding Fathers, Mazzei aspired to produce the wines they now bottle - Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Riesling, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Sample the award-winning wines, tour the winery and browse the gift shop. Bring a picnic lunch (Brix Marketplace is just around the corner) and relax on the deck among the mountains, vineyards and horses.

Opening Times - daily from 11am to 5pm. Tours are given on the hour between noon and 4pm (closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day).

Tasting Fees - $1.00.

Food - light fare.

Vicinity - Charlottesville Albemarle.

Directions - located on Hwy 53 between Monticello and Ash Lawn-Highland. From I-64, take exit 121A toward Scottsville. Immediately past the light, turn left onto Hwy 53. Entrance is 3 miles on right.

Address
1353 Thomas Jefferson Parkway
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Phone: (800) 272-3042

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Room 9 was the original master bedroom of the original 8000 sq. ft. mansion, Villa Crawford, which Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Crawford built in 1912.
In the late 1960s, Keswick Club's 10 tennis courts included the first indoor courts south of Washington, DC; a space bubble was installed over three of the courts.
The original Fred Findlay golf course had only 9 holes and opened in 1949. The second nine holes opened in the spring of 1956. Arnold Palmer redesigned the golf course twenty years ago, flipping the nines, and the course reopened with the present clubhouse in 1992.
In 1980, scenes from The Four Seasons were filmed here. Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, and Rita Moreno starred, and you can clearly see the Villa Crawford, Room 12, and Room 9 in several scenes. The carpet on the stairs in those days was red.
Sir Bernard Ashley, the widower of Laura Ashley, purchased the dilapidated Villa Crawford-turned-country-club in 1990 and expanded it into a beautiful 48-room luxury inn. Keswick Hall opened in August 1993.
Keswick Hall's library houses over 400 books by Virginians or about Virginia.
The hotel's premier restaurant, Fossett's, is named after Edith Fossett, who was Thomas Jefferson's head cook at his nearby Monticello estate during the 16 years of his retirement.
Arthur Ashe played an exhibition tennis match at the Keswick Club with U.S. David Cup members Charlie Pasarell and Donald Dell on November 2, 1969.
The original owners of Villa Crawford had twin boys who frequently rode their miniature donkeys around the estate.
Please click here to read about Keswick's 100 years of history.