Above Ground Winery — Attraction in Craigsville

This is the epitome of the Virginia wine scene - a beautiful rural location, solid wine, friendly owners who are usually in the tasting room, generous tastings at the counter (and not only the flights at a table that so many Virginia wineries are doing now, which totally removes the interaction with the staff and/or owners...if I want to do a flight of wine, I'll just go to a restaurant), and cats. Above Ground used to have a small tasting room in Purcellville, VA (Loudoun county) but moved to Augusta county, between Staunton and Lexington, several years ago. It's the way Virginia wineries used to be, before the food law changed and the word got out, and so many once intimate and whimsical wineries became slick places (I'm talking to you, Flying Fox Winery). Anyway I digress - luckily we will always have places like Above Ground around. The only negative (and I stress "only") is that it's rather hard to find. Smart phone signals don't work especially well in this part of VA (at least my provider...) and we had to resort to an old fashioned map. The signage leading to the winery...

This was my first time here and I have to say I’m extremely impressed. It’s rare that I like every single wine that I’ve tasted. All of the wines that they have here I enjoyed. I enjoyed all of them so much that I don’t even have a favorite.

They let me try their Dividing Ridge Blue (club only) wine and I said “wow” after my first sip. It was incredible. It was a different taste then I’ve I’d before. I loved it.

You can’t go wrong with any of the wines here. The owners are amazing. They are friendly and very knowledgeable about wines and other wineries within the VA area. You should definitely try this winery you will not be...

Very tasty wines! Great small vineyard and winery with a nice variety of wines. Really liked all the blends and could tell that the owner/winemaker Matt took great care in making them. It's impressive that everything from growing the grapes to making the wines are done on site! Also thanks to host Chris for a great tasting. In addition to the wine, the owner took a lot of time to give us advise on our own grapevines. He provided a lot of useful information that will definitely help us! Great experience, well worth a scenic drive not far...