Paradise Springs Winery — Attraction in Manassas Park

I really liked going to Paradise Springs Winery, up until yesterday, 4/23/17. We had my sister'site 40th birthday party there. We were outside, in the lawn picnic area. We followed the rules of no more than 12 per group on the back deck. We followed every rule and there is alot, while we were there. We purchased atleast 20 bottles and atleast atleast 10 people did a tasting, out of the 25 of us that were there. Thats $120 we spent on tastings and each bottle is anywhere between $25 - $40. So average was probably close to almost $1,000 spent on wine. Whether we bought for there and some even bought to take home. We spent alot of money there. We provided our own food and everything else. We kept to ourselves and had a great time. We made sure to clean up everything, even took our glasses and bottles back up to winery. We might have been a little loud at times but we were OUTSIDE, to ourselves not bothering a single person. People were outside on the front patio, making noise and their kids running around screaming yet the minute our group, got a little loud, we started to be watched like hawks from the staff. There were 2 gentlemen that stood out there, staring at us with their arms crossed, trying to intimate us, for the last hour and a half that we Were there. Then at one point there was 6 employees out there staring at us, again with arms crossed and talking about us. Now if someone made a complaint, then someone from your staff should have came to tell us. Don't stand there and watch us like they were in the Nazi army or something. It was very very very rude and made us very uncomfortable. Very unprofessional on their part. Theyou also under their breath were taking about how we needed to leave but never ONCE came down to tell us. Someone from our group was walking out of the winery, from the bathroom and heard them. Then I was trying to ask them where I could throw our trash bags away and got complete attitude. There is other stuff to list too. I have visited this winery several times and enjoyed going there. The wines are good and was a nice environment. I even spoke to the Events director, before hand, so their staff knew we were coming. No one got out of control. We just were there enjoying the day. Everyone was safe leaving. Just very unprofessional of the staff at Paradise Springs Winery. If there was an issue, we are all adults, come tell us, so we could have corrected the issue. Don't stand there to TRY to intimate us to force us to leave. We will not ever be coming back to this winery again. It's a shame too because it...

I think “Paradise at a Lost” would better describe the series of disappointments that we had here. Starting with a rather chilly reception like what visiting fans at the home team’s stadium might get, we were shuffled off to a couch and then a small table. Three of our group of five went for a tasting. In our experience with wine tastings, the first wine is generally not the best wine of the tasting; wineries build to impress by offering progressively better wines during the flight. However, in this case, the first wine of the tasting, a plain, nondescript chardonnay with nothing bad about except that that it was close to drinking tap water, ultimately was the wine we chose for our table. As for the rest on the list, we tasted what they referred to as wine and dumped it accordingly. Even an award-winning red left us baffled as to who might have saw fit to grant it an award? Certainly, it wasn’t worth stopping the tasting to find out anything more about the “award-winner”, we just dumped it and asked for the next dismal glass. While some of us were at a loss to make savory of a tasting experience, reception learned that we had brought our service dog into the wine tasting room. They demanded paperwork for our dog, which we could not produce because documentation is not available for service dogs. Instead of making an issue, we thought going outside to a balcony would satisfy their request to take the dog outside. That is until we were rudely informed that the balcony is also dog-free. It was imposed upon our group that we can take the service dog to an outdoor patio or leave. Honestly, after those miserable tastings, leaving was the best option, but we compromised, purchasing the first--and sadly--best of their wines, and went outside to sit in a sweltering patio with limited shade. Perhaps, since this is the only business that calls itself a winery in all of Fairfax County, they believe that they are entitled to make a wine-like product and offer expensive tasting of it because people will come no matter what is poured into a glass. Needless-to-say, with such inconsiderate service and awful tastes, we will be taking our wine...

Came here a few times now, once was for the tasting and an another time for the wine appreciation and education class/tour (LivingSocial deal). Enjoyed both the tasting and the tour. This winery is in Clifton, VA, about 50 minutes from downtown DC. It's a small and quiet town with some restaurants, pubs, ice cream shop, and small shops.

The tasting is $10 a person, a real bargain, as you get to taste 5-6 glasses of their wine and they give you a Paradise Springs Winery etched glass at the end of the tasting. The staff are all very friendly and knowledgeable about the wines.

The wine appreciation and education class/tour was great. It lasts for 90 minutes and you get a tour of the winery. They also provide an etched glass for the experience. You get to tour the house/cabin and partake in a little history lesson of Paradise Springs, watch a video, and visit the mixing room. Afterwards, the guide usually takes the group to the vineyard (unfortunately when I was doing the class/tour, it was raining so we skipped the vineyard). The last stop was the barrel room.

There's an outdoors balcony with chairs and tables where you can sit and sip wine and eat cheeses and various meats that they sell (or bring your own) while listening to live music. It's a great, relaxing experience. The grounds are very spacious, so if there isn't space on the deck or inside or the picnic tables outside (hard to imagine, there's a lot of places to sit and drink/eat), you can bring a picnic basket and blanket and sit anywhere on grounds.

I enjoyed most of the wines they poured. Some of my favorites are the Norton (also called "the healthiest wine you can drink," with blackberry and plum flavors), Cabernet Sauvignon (blackberry and cherry flavors), Nana's Rose (mix of passionfruit, guava, and grapefruit), and the Petit Manseng (fruity, citrusy with guava and pear flavors). Also got to sample some Swagger (and later bought a full bottle), which goes very well with dark chocolate.

I wouldn't mind going back and certainly recommend it. Probably the closest...