Keys to success are many when starting a winery.
Good winemaker.
Good grape sources.
Good work ethic.
Good location.
All of which should lead to two things — good wine and a good experience drinking that wine.
Well, give 10s to each of those categories for Upper Shirley Vineyards, Tayloe Dameron’s dream-come-true located at a bend of the James River and adjacent to Shirley Plantation, about 30 minutes from Richmond just off state Route 5.