Inside the Winery

A New Settlement

A Behind the Scenes History of
Wessex Hundred

Part 1: How It All Began

Part 2: The Search for a Farm

Part 3: Decision Time

Part 4: The Arrival, July 1983

Part 5: Share the Joy with the Family

Part 6: Combining Executive Life, Project Development & Construction

Part 7: A Visit to Virginia Wineries. Barboursville, Rapidan & Ingleside

Part 8: Did We Have Credentials in the Wine Industry?

Part 9: Discovering the History of the Farm as well as its Soil

Part 10: The First Planting

Part 11: Size Matters (Vineyard and Winery sizes matter, that is.)

Part 12: The Silos on the Farm

Part 13: Jump in the Project with Both Feet.

Part 14: 1988, Launching the First Wine

Part 15: Construction of the Winery & First On-Site Crush

Part 16: Moving forward

Part 17: Vintage Victory

Part 18: Wessex Hundred, the Farm and its Environment

Part 19: The (true) Art and Science of Viticulture and Winemaking at the Williamsburg Winery.

Part 20: The Strength of Peggy

Wessex Hundred Not

Uncovering the Story of
Today’s Winery

1. One More Trip to Europe, Spring ‘13 – June 13, 2013
2. A Footprint in Argentina – April 22, 2013
3. Don’t Cry for Argentina – June 27th, 2013
4. Williamsburg Winery Wines Now Sold in France – December 17, 2013
5. Bubbles From the Loire Valley – February 27, 2014
6. From the Perigord with Love – March 3, 2014
7. As the World Gets Smaller – May 5, 2015
8. Of Barrels, Antiques and a Container – July 13, 2015
9. Gabriel Archer of 1607 Jamestowne Celebrated by a Virginia Reserve Wine – August 7, 2015
10. Adding a Famous New Wine Country to Our Roster of Visits: Moldova – May 5, 2016
11. A Siberian Snow Blizzard in Williamsburg – January 16, 2017
12. One of the Lesser-Known Aspects of the Wessex Hundred Farm – April 3, 2017
13. Once Upon a Time, There Was a Farm in Williamsburg, Virginia – May 2, 2017
14. And, Another Long Trip to Europe, Part One – November 8, 2017
15. And, Another Long Trip to Europe, Part Two – November 15, 2017
16. And, Another Long Trip to Europe, Part Three – November 22, 2017
17. Discovering the World of “Bastides”​ – January 14, 2019