The Stratford Hall Wine and Oyster Festival returns on September 21 & 22 to the historic Northern Neck. Unfolding in front of the eighteenth-century Great House, Stratford Hall’s signature event features tastings from Virginia wineries, coastal oysters, craft breweries, spirits, artisan booths, live music, and family-friendly activities. Participating wineries, breweries, and cideries include Briede Family Vineyards; Castle Glen Winery; Cirrus Vodka; Cobbler Mountain Cider; Ditchley Cider Works; The Estate at White Hall Vineyard; General’s Ridge Vineyards; Horton Vineyards; Ingleside Vineyards; Ladylove Cocktails; Mattaponi Winery; Philip Carter Winery; Rogers Ford Farm Winery; Springfield Distillery; Virago Spirits; Wind Vineyards at Laurel Grove; and Zoll Vineyards. A delicious line up of oyster growers and food trucks are featured during the festival: Aimee’s Sandwiches; Bay B Blue Oyster LLC; Cousins Maine Lobster; Denson’s Chesapeake Bay Farm to Table Food Truck & Catering; Gregory’s Grill; Healthy Harvest Food Truck; Nomini Bay Oyster Ranch; The PullUp Food Truck; Salty Bob’s Oysters & Seafood; Sherri’s Crab Cakes; Shore Thing Shellfish Sweet Lew’s Kettle Corn, LLC; T-Boyees Couillon Bon, LLC; Tilly’s Homemade Ice Cream; and The University of Mary Washington Catering.
Local artisan booths, live music, jumbo yard games, and barrel train rides on both days of the festival provide fun for all ages. The wine and oyster tastings, food, and fun are just the beginnings of what you can expect at this annual festival. The 18th-century Great House will be open Saturday 10 am – 2 pm and Sunday 11 am – 2 pm to wander through at your leisure.
Wandering the beautiful gardens, a trip to the Cliffs overlooking the Potomac River, and discovering local wares at the Gift Shop offers the opportunity to explore more of Stratford Hall. The car shows are always a highlight with the Mustang Car Show on display Saturday and Memory Lane Car Club on Sunday.
BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SPEND THE DAY IN A PARTY TENT AT THE WINE & OYSTER FESTIVAL!
For $325, you and an unlimited number of guests can enjoy a shaded, private space that includes a 15’x15’ frame tent, 8’ long table and six chairs. The party tents will be in a great location with a wonderful view of the c. 1738 Great House.
This tent will be yours for the duration of your time slot which is based on your selection at checkout.
At checkout, choose from the following options:
Saturday, September 21 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. OR 2 p.m. – 6.p.m.
OR
Sunday, September 22 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Reserve yours for Saturday or Sunday when purchasing tickets.
*Limited tents available, and they are offered on a first come, first served basis. Festival tickets are not included.
BEGIN YOUR FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE WITH A COUNTRY BREAKFAST BUFFET
Prior to attending the Wine & Oyster Festival, enjoy a traditional country breakfast prepared by 1710 Tavern, Saturday, September 21 & Sunday, September 22, 2024. The buffet is available 8-9 am with coffee available until 9:30 a.m.
Breakfast will be available 8-9am in the Stratford Hall Dining Room for the price of $20 per person serving sausage gravy & biscuits, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage, pancakes, yogurt bar. Served with coffee, tea, orange juice and apple juice.
Sponsors for the 2024 festival include Platinum Sponsors: Clements Tent Rentals; Virginia Tourism Corporation. Gold Sponsors: Local Services; LLC; Richard Cottrell DDS & Associates; River City Golf Carts. Silver Sponsors: Bartlett Tree Experts; The Dove Team | Keller Williams Rivers & Bay; Virginia Farm Bureau – Stephanie Brown, Agent. Bronze Sponsors: Cralle Insurance Agency, Inc.; DK Direct; Fredericksburg Dental Center – Dr. Archibald; Jimmy Coates – EXIT Mid-Rivers Realty.
Sponsorship opportunities still available. Contact 804-493-1946 for more information.
PURCHASE TICKETS TODAY
Early Bird Tasting Ticket: $35 through Sept. 19th! (Day of $45)
Non-Tasting Ticket: (Early Bird & Day Of): $25
Children ages 6-13: $10; Children Under 5: Free
WHAT DOES MY TICKET INCLUDE?
- The Tasting Ticket includes samples from the wineries, cideries, and distilleries, a souvenir wine glass, and access to the Great House
- during select hours. Tickets do not include oysters, food, or beer.
- Tickets are valid for one day only. To attend both Saturday and Sunday, please purchase one ticket per day (two total to attend both days per person).
This event is held rain or shine and tickets are non-refundable.
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ABOUT STRATFORD HALL
Stratford Hall, a National Historic Landmark in Westmoreland County, Virginia, brings together people from around the world to experience two-thousand acres of natural and human history, preserved and presented so that they can all learn from the courageous struggles of their ancestors, taking inspiration both from what they endured and what they accomplished. There are few places in America where people can travel down small, rural roads to arrive at a vast site that preserves so many aspects of early-American life, from the Great House where the influential Lee family helped to forge a new nation, to the fields worked by enslaved Africans, to the waters of the rivers that fueled trade, to the ground, which still yields secrets about the people and animals that lived before.