Historic Wine Estate · Purcellville, Virginia · Est. 1807
Two hundred years.
The farm remembers.
Working Winery · Loudoun County
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Reception venues
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Ceremony settings
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Wine labels
1807
Est.
Working Winery · Loudoun County
Draksha — traditional method sparkling. Otium — estate wines. Guided tastings by reservation. Walk in for a glass on the terrace.
Four packages from intimate to full 48-hour estate weekend. Exclusive use of contracted venues. Full-service catering. Estate wines throughout. Up to 300 guests.
Full-service corporate retreats. One-day, overnight, and multi-day formats. Private venue hire, full catering, estate wine experiences.
The Manor House, Vineyard Cottage, and Grüner Bungalow. Year-round. Available by direct inquiry or online.
The founding-era structures survive intact, each one a different chapter of the same working farm, restored and in active daily use.
David Lovett, a prominent Quaker land developer, established the farm on 600 acres in 1807. The Federal-style fieldstone manor was built by skilled Quaker stone masons. Heart pine floors, plaster crown molding, and working fireplaces survive intact. The Quakers denounced slavery, and Virginia's Quakers sympathized with the Union during the Civil War. A Quaker meeting house in the nearby village of Lincoln is still active today.
The manor's exterior carries a formation of white quartz stones that resembles an eye. Every summer solstice around sunrise, the rising sun illuminates the quartz formation while the shadow of the nearby smokehouse roof falls below it as a pyramid, an alignment that has repeated since the house was built, similar to the all-seeing eye of providence on the dollar bill. Whether deliberate or coincidental, no one now living knows.
The Piedmont Fox Hounds, founded in 1840, the oldest organized fox hunt in the United States, covered territory that included these fields for over a century. The farm housed thoroughbred racehorses alongside dairy cattle through most of its working life. The landmark 130-foot silo was built during the dairy era, when Purcellville farms shipped product by rail to Washington D.C.
In the 1980s, Barbara Graham, a racehorse trainer who grew up at Tranquility Farm, hunted here with her friend Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who followed the Piedmont Fox Hounds during this period. "They hunted side by side in the mornings and then drove around the country lanes," wrote Vicky Moon in The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis: Portrait of a Rider (2005). "We connected because she was so down to earth," said Graham.
The historic structures, the manor, the barn, the smokehouse, the springhouse, the silo, have been preserved and restored as found. The Lovett Courtyard at the front of the manor brings the founding-era structures together. The Glass Manor was built at the base of the landmark silo in 2024. An estate winery produces two wine labels: Draksha sparkling wines and Otium estate wines. Vineyard expansion has been underway since 2022.
The manor, the barn, the smokehouse, the springhouse, the silo: each structure has stood on this land for generations. The Glass Manor is the one addition, built in 2024. Full venue details, capacities, packages, and inquiry are on the Weddings page.
Wide plank floors, aged timber, picture windows overlooking the vineyard. Climate-controlled, which is uncommon in a structure of this age. The lower level has four original church pews set into stone walls. Seats 125.
The estate's largest venue, built at the base of the 130-foot silo. Floor-to-ceiling glass on all sides. The silo anchors the space while wraparound patios edged by fieldstone walls open the venue to the landscape, and guests move freely between inside and out. Seats 300.
The Federal-style fieldstone manor, built in the estate's founding era: plaster crown molding, heart pine floors, working fireplaces throughout. Five bedrooms, and a history that begins with David Lovett's Quaker farm. The Lovett Courtyard at the front of the manor brings the founding-era structures together, three structures from 1807, one courtyard, a gathering space that carries the full character of historic Loudoun County. Available for intimate gatherings, bridal preparation, and overnight stays.
Seven distinct outdoor ceremony settings across the estate grounds, each with its own character. The Hilltop with vineyard backdrop. The Wisteria Terrace at the back of the manor, stonewalls and ponds ahead. The Willow Tree framed by a large moon gate. Each setting has a weather contingency built in through the two main venues.
Four distinct tasting spaces: the immersive Tasting Room with views into the vineyard, production facility, and barrel aging room through a seven-foot circular barrel door and picture windows. The Wine Store and Loft in the timber frame building. The Belvedere, a vaulted glass room with a suspended JC Bordelet Zelle fireplace at its center. The open Terrace and Pasture. Draksha sparkling wines and Otium estate wines poured here. Reserve a tasting.
The stone smokehouse and springhouse date to the founding era. The smokehouse now has a new window and a large bluestone table at its front, serving as a beverage center for events in the Lovett Courtyard. The Spring House alongside it, moss-covered stone walls, easy to overlook, consistently a favorite. The Silo Lounge accommodates over 300, ideal for welcome events and farewell gatherings.
Full venue detail is on the Weddings page. Tours are available by appointment.
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Set along Goose Creek, flanked by vineyards, Tranquility Farm sits at the rural end of its namesake road through open Loudoun County countryside.
The estate vineyard at Tranquility Farm was first planted in 2007: eight acres of Blaufränkisch, Grüner Veltliner, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Dornfelder, Domina, and Zweigelt. Revitalized in 2022 and in full production. These are the vines the silo looks out over.
The Bluemont block is the vintner's own land in Loudoun County. Over thirty-three acres planted, with varietal and clone selection built around the needs of both wine labels. Planted from 2022, vines developing. Sustainable farming practices are a priority across both sites as the program develops.
