Chris, originally from Vermont, is a bartender / restaurant manager turned vineyard owner. He has worked at Café Europa in Hilton Head, and in Napa Valley at Catahoula Restaurant and Meadowood Resort, training staff to serve some of the best wines in the business.

Before moving to Charlottesville, he quit the restaurant business to gain experience creating wine instead of serving it, working as a "cellar rat" at Newlan Winery in Napa (See right).

Riki, originally from California, grew up an "embassy brat" in Europe, in a family that loved to enjoy life with wonderful friends, food, and wine.

Her background includes marketing and convention work with the airlines, hotel industry, and the wine industry in Napa and Virginia.

We constantly check the new vintages as they are released, and each new winery as they open. So come! Join us for a relaxing, entertaining day of wine tasting and touring with a wonderful gourmet lunch or a delicious cheese plate!

This year, 2010, we have picked our first harvest, and have a barrel of port-styled dessert wine aging at Virginia Wine Works!

Chris maintains his own vineyard at Arcady B&B

Salut!

Arcady Vineyard Wine Tours
Arcady Vineyard Bed & Breakfast
Tel: 434-872-9475
erika@innarcadyvineyard.com