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October is Virginia Wine Month

The Virginia Oyster Trail (VOT) is proud to have several winery members on the trail. Celebrate Virginia Wine Month by checking out events at VOT members!

Gauthier Vineyard
Gauthier Vineyard in New Kent proudly hosts Oyster Sundays the first and third Sunday of the month beginning at noon. More information

General’s Ridge Vineyard
Twice a year, General’s Ridge Vineyard participates in the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail’s oyster crawl events. The next event is Nov. 8-9.

Good Luck Cellars
Good Luck Cellars participates in the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail’s oyster crawl events. The next event is Nov. 8-9. Salty Bob’s Oyster & Seafood Co. will be on site both days, serving up locally sourced oysters.

Ingelside Vineyards
Ingelside Vineyards has a collection of wines called the Chesapeake Series. This series also participates in the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail’s oyster crawl events. The next event is Nov. 8-9. Ingelside will feature raw, fried and grilled oysters prepared on-site by Denson’s Chesapeake Bay Farm to Table.

Mattaponi Winery
Mattaponi Winery participated in the 2025 Yorktown Wine & Oyster Festival.

Pearmund Cellars
Pearmund Cellars has a Virginia Chardonnay, The Twelve Pearls of Wisdom. Each of the 12 bottles in a case has a different front label drawing of an oyster with a pearl inside and each represents a pearl of wisdom including kindness, love, joy, forgive, laugh, hope, dream, give, beauty, believe, listen and remember. Each pearl is accompanied by an inspirational quote to remind us of these important values.

Each oyster represents the Pearmund Team’s passion for local agriculture and aquaculture.

With the sale of each bottle of Pearl, Pearmund Cellars will help repopulate oysters in the Chesapeake by growing and releasing 20,000 oysters to the lower Rappahannock River.

The Hague Winery
Twice a year, The Hague Winery participates in the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail’s oyster crawl events. The next event is Nov. 8-9.

Williamsburg Winery
The Williamsburg Winery’s Gabriel Archer Tavern currently offers oysters on the half shell on its lunch and dinner menus. They have are served by the half dozen or dozen and come with a rose mignonette, cocktail sauce and lemon. There is also a Wine & Brine lounge on Fridays from 5-8 p.m. at the Godspeed Galley Bar on site.

If you are a winery and would like to join the Virginia Oyster Trail, please submit an online application. Note: you must exhibit proof of participating or hosting a minimum of 2 Virginia oyster events per year or regularly serve Virginia oysters as a menu item or in pairings.