Ironically the employee seemed to know more about the other wineries in the area than he did about First Colony. He was not very enthusiastic about the wines and did not share a lot of information. more

I have been visiting First Colony for about 5 years and have always found the wine to be very average. I always experienced that the majority of their wines were average at best and ones I wouldn't consider buying but there was always one or two which were very good and that is what keeps my going back. I returned... more

The workers seemed like college kids who memorized certain traits of the various wines. There was not enough staff for the number of people who were tasting. The wine was the worst of the five southern Monticello wineries we visited. more

We arrived thinking this was going to be a great winery with good wine. We found the general manager very snobby and the wine to be typical. Don't make the trip! more

My husband and I went on a weekend trip to Charlottesville, Virginia and wanted to check out some of the local wineries. We loved the first colony winery. The gentleman who provided us with the tastings was great and knowledgeable. The wines were reasonably priced. Even better, they don't charge you for the tastings - you'll want to buy a... more

This winery is about 10-15 minutes from Monticello. We tasted a rose wine, three whites, and two dessert wines and ended up buying two bottles we liked their wines so much. (They also have seven reds on the list, but we aren't fans of reds in general so we didn't taste any.) The young lady leading our tasting was very... more