Overview Fabbioli Cellars is a small, family owned and operated vineyard and winery. We focus on growing and making high quality red wines using traditional methods and 21st century knowledge. Through hard work, good decisions and great relationships with customers, family and friends, we have been able to succeed at this dream.

Environment, Education and Economics In trying to define the business and its greater mission, I have been focusing on three “E”s: environment, education, and economics. Environment encompasses the efforts I make to use sustainable agriculture practices, investing in our geothermal climate control system and generally follow good practices that will help us find the balance between Earth and man. The education aspect focuses on Fabbioli Consulting, interns, staff training, wine education programs and encouraging education on all levels to make us all a little better. The economics angle can be harder to explain. The business needs to make a profit and grow, but the larger picture of the wine industry and the local green economy is what I feel will help keep this land, western Loudoun County, in a healthy balance between houses and open space. Healthy industries can affect decisions. People who work on profitable farms will work to protect the land.

"What does all this have to do with wine? Balance the grapes on the vine, balance the wine in the glass, balance the land where we live and balance the life that we lead. Wow, that’s deep!" - Doug

Whitepapers

Terroir: What Is It And Why Does It Matter?
by Matt Fabbioli

The term terroir is a French word used by viticulturalists, enologists, winemakers, sommeliers, and wine enthusiasts in general to refer to a characteristic of wine that describes the location, culture, and heart, or the "soul" of the wine.

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Where it all began  Fabbioli Vineyards is a business and a concept that has been in the works for almost 20 years. When we moved to California in 1987, I had in the back of my mind the idea that we could find a piece of land and grow some grapes. It sure sounded easy back then. Kids, life, careers, land prices, cash flow and family steered us back East in 1997. We knew that the idea would not work for us in CA, but our time was well spent in gaining the knowledge, skills and confidence to make it happen in VA.

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In early 2000, Colleen was driving young Sammy around to get him to settle down and stumbled into a 25 acre parcel in the southern Lucketts area. We had been looking for land for a while but were unable to find the right piece. Although this piece did not fit all the parameters of a perfect vineyard site, it would be able to grow good grapes. It also filled many other concerns and needs for our family as a home.

The planting began in 2001, along with building the house. The main planting was Merlot with a little Petit Verdot for blending.