Even though Lee Duquette does not drink wine, he likes to treat his wife to wine tasting now and then. So on this date, they visited Fox Meadow Vineyards Winery in Linden, Virginia.

"Fox Meadow Winery is nestled on 50 acres of beautiful mountain property situated at 1,750 feet elevation on Blue Mountain near Linden, Virginia. The vineyard was started on the former Freezeland Orchard property in 2003 with 5 acres of vines and has now grown to over 14 acres of vines. The estate grown varieties including chardonnay, riesling, pinot grigio, vidal blanc, chambourcin, petit verdot, merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc.

Founded more than 15 years ago, Dan and Cheryl Mortland, along with their son Bob Mortland, planted the first vines and created a beautiful and thriving vineyard. The current owners, Amanda and Whiticar Darvill, are leading the business into the future with Bob continuing as the vineyard manager."

NOTE: The above quote and more information on the winery can be found on the winery website BUT BE SURE TO RETURN HERE because Lee and Karen Duquette are NOT connected to the winery in any manner.

You can also make reservations for the testing room. Below is a photo of the small parking lot that Lee Duquette was lucky enough to find a parking spot in. They were in their toad car, not their big RV.

Below: From her seat on the balcony, Karen Duquette photographed Lee Duquette getting food from "Fearless Eats" food truck" - (also shown in the above photo). The food was good.

Below: The four extremely skimpy wine samples Karen Duquette received. Although they were good, they were pricey, and very chintzy on the amount of wine to taste, which sad to say, is not unusual at wineries. And Karen considers wine tasting a luxury that she does not do too often, This place was very crowded.

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