Chisholm Vineyards
Chisholm Vineyards offers 100% estate grown wine in their unique tasting room at Adventure Farm. The farm has been family owned and operated since 1950 and is located conveniently near the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport off Earlysville Road.
The Chisholm Vineyards Tasting Room provides a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere with a rolling pastoral view, ponds, barns, lawns, wisteria-laden arbor, gardens and spectacular Blue Ridge Mountain sunsets. Visitors can enjoy the beautiful natural setting with a picnic of our wine, local cheeses, charcuterie and snacks. Our calendar of events offers year-round live music and food trucks as well as exclusive wine club events.
Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure farm welcomes you to experience our family farm and vineyard. Come in and share a glass of wine with us. Open your senses and enter a place that will allow you to create your own story.
1135 Clan Chisholm Lane
Earlysville, Virginia 22936
tel: (434) 971-8796
email: info@chisholmvineyards.com
Winemaking Story:
Chisholm Vineyards sits on Adventure Farm, owned and operated by the Chisholm family since 1950. Both are managed by Andrea Matheson (3rd generation). The farm is home to Andrea, her husband Charles and six children (4th generation), along with grandmother/great-grandmother Mary Jane Chisholm, “Gigi”. The family upholds the stewardship begun by E. Morris Chisholm. The entire operation is diversified and a great example of sustainable agriculture and the continued tradition of family farming.
Adventure Farm has historically been a beef cattle farm. The Farm Shop in the Tasting Room sells the premium beef raised on the farm, which is hormone and antibiotic free, grass fed and grain finished on open pastures.
The twelve-acre vineyard began in 2007 and has proven to be a successful site, producing award-winning wine. A multitude of grape varietals are grown, including Chardonnay, Viognier, Chambourcin, Petit Verdot, Tannat, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Thirteen small lot wines are made with 100% estate grown fruit.
The farm also grows pumpkins and opens up the patch and corn maze during the October Fall Farm Festival. Local Heritage turkeys and Southwest Virginia Christmas trees are sold in the fall as well.
Winemaking Philosophy:
Chisholm Vineyards wine is 100% estate grown. We believe in the terroir and want the wine to reflect the site and strengths of the Monticello AVA. Chisholm Vineyards wine is traditionally made with a movement towards minimal intervention.
Winemakers: Produced at Early Mountain Vineyards by Ben Jordan and Maya Hood White
Vineyards Manager: Tinder Cattle & Vineyard
Wines Typically Available:
Sparkling: Sparkling Brut (Chardonnay), Sparkling Rosé (Chambourcin, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc blend)
Whites: Chardonnay, Viognier
Rosé: Chambourcin
Red: Chambourcin, Gigi Red Blend, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Farmer’s Reserve Red Blend
Hours:
Friday-Sunday: 12-5pm
Hours subject to change due to inclement weather or private events.
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
Regular Tasting Fee:
$10/person + tax
Group Tasting Fee (Call ahead for groups of 10+ people):
$15/person + tax
Food Available:
Snacks, charcuterie, cheese, crackers; picnics or outside food allowed; food trucks for special events
Pet Policy:
Dogs welcome on leash
Kid-friendly:
Yes
Public Events:
Year-round calendar of live music and food trucks, fall farm festival, pop-up dinners
Private Events:
Weddings, rehearsal dinners, private parties, corporate retreats