Where we live in Europe wineries and outdoor wine taverns are some of the only truly family friendly venues. People may look at you funny with your young kids in a restaurant but never at a winery!! I'm sure it's because they are outdoor and fairly informal and largely serve food buffet style.

Hike Bears Den and go to Bluemont vineyards. Your kids will love both. Been there done that.

They don't sound boring. They sound like people who prefer decent wine n

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so confused by the need to be near a winery. Find yourself a waterfall (sorry, I don't have recommendations) and have wine after the kids go to bed.

+1 -- Seriously, how is it relaxing or fun to be at winery with your kids? While drinking mediocre local wine? OTOH, sitting on the porch or deck with your beloved under the stars and enjoying a good wine .. . . aaaah.

You both sound boring.

They remind me of that SNL skit. "I only drink wine under the stars with my LOVER!!"

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so confused by the need to be near a winery. Find yourself a waterfall (sorry, I don't have recommendations) and have wine after the kids go to bed.

+1 -- Seriously, how is it relaxing or fun to be at winery with your kids? While drinking mediocre local wine? OTOH, sitting on the porch or deck with your beloved under the stars and enjoying a good wine .. . . aaaah.

You both sound boring.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't take your kids to a winery.

Don't take your dog. Or your anger.

I don't. When I want to go to a winery, I get a babysitter, and go have a fun time with my husband.

And glare angrily at those who brought kids, no doubt. No doubt.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so confused by the need to be near a winery. Find yourself a waterfall (sorry, I don't have recommendations) and have wine after the kids go to bed.

+1 -- Seriously, how is it relaxing or fun to be at winery with your kids? While drinking mediocre local wine? OTOH, sitting on the porch or deck with your beloved under the stars and enjoying a good wine .. . . aaaah.

Because I like wine, the outdoors, and my children?

I like wine, the outdoors, and my children too. But drinking wine is an adult activity, and I am respectful of the other adults at the winery who want to have adult time.

In other words, I am not a self-absorbed asshole.

Whoa there Nelly. There are plenty of wineries that purposefully market themselves as dog and family friendly. Stone Tower and Barrel Oak come to mind. If you've ever been to places like these on a pleasant Saturday afternoon, you will see kids playing in the fields, playing corn hole, dogs relaxing in the sun, and adults enjoying wine. It's not like going to a French winery in countryside or a stuffy Sonoma adults only winery.

+1, these fools who have never even bothered to go to a VA winery. TONS are family friendly with lots of room for kids to run. Quattro Goombas makes pizzas and Stone Tower has two separate tasting rooms- one for just adults and one for families. Lots of them bringout bands and face painting and stuff like that. There are a few that are more subdued and less family friendly so people with kids just don't go but most of them are very welcoming of kids, dogs, whatever.

Bears Den on the AT in Bluemont followed by Bluemont Vineyards