Paradise Springs Winery

Paradise Springs Winery is located in the quaint town of Clifton, Virginia on a historic 36 acre property just outside of Washington DC. The land was granted to the Kincheloe family in 1716 and features a log cabin built in the early 1800's. With various vineyard sites around the state of Virginia, Paradise Springs produces around 10,000 cases of wine annually including Chardonnay, Viognier, Petit Manseng, Vidal Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Tannat. Paradise Springs won the Virginia Governor's Cup in 2010 for their Chardonnay. Paradise Springs opened a second winery location in Santa Barbara, California in 2014 focusing on high quality, small production wines from the Sta. Rita Hills and Happy Canyon AVAs and produces about 3,000 cases annually. A third winery operation is slated to open in the coming years just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Featured wines:

2022 Petit Manseng

  • 100% Petit Manseng

  • Alcohol: 14.6%

    RS: 0.4 g/L

    Retail Pricing: $29

    Total case production: 496

2021 Cabernet Franc

  • 50% Petit Verdot, 50% Tannat

  • Alcohol: 14.2%

    Retail Pricing: $65

    Total case production: 200

2019 PVT

  • 100% Cabernet Franc

  • Alcohol: 13.1%

    Retail Pricing: $35

    Total case production: 912

2021 Petit Verdot (Brown Bear Vineyard)

  • 100% Petit Verdot

  • Alcohol: 13.3%

    Retail Pricing: $37

    Total case production: 893

Meet the winemaker:

Rob Cox

Rob Cox was born in Carroll County, Maryland and comes from a family of produce farmers where he was predisposed to working with land from a young age. He first studied Business at Frostburg State. After graduation, Rob attended the University of Maryland’s Institute of Applied Agriculture concentrating on Agronomy. After finishing at Maryland, Rob pursued a career in golf course management, helping to build a number of golf courses throughout the Mid-Atlantic before settling in Virginia. In 2001 Rob started to pursue his interest in wine by working part time in the Virginia wine industry and beginning in the UC Davis extension service winemaking certificate program. Rob has worked with a number of wineries throughout the state for the past 20 years before joining the Paradise Springs Winery team full time in 2010. He currently consults for a few wineries in Virginia while serving as Paradise Springs's Director of Winemaking for the last 14 years.

CONTACT

Kirk Wiles | kirk@paradisespringswinery.com