Bronwyn Baumgardner, Author at Mount Ida Reserve

NOW HIRING

Feb 16, 2018 | Meet the Team

We are so excited to announce that we are officially now hiring for front of house and kitchen staff! We have so many exciting plans for The Tasting Room & Taphouse at Mount Ida Reserve. If you are interested in joining the team and being a part of this exciting...

Friendly Faces on the Farm

Feb 9, 2018 | Uncategorized

We took some time this week to stop by the barn to say hello to some our favorite friendly (and furry) faces on the farm! We have many animals on the farm including four purebred Anatolian Shepherds, four Clydesdales, a handful of gorgeous horses, and of...

Snow Day!

Jan 22, 2018 | Meet the Team

The farm was covered in a beautiful white blanket of snow last week, which gave our Farm Manager, Whitney, the opportunity to take some really beautiful photos! This is The Lodge, one of our wedding venues at Mount Ida Farm + Vineyard! The Clydesdales REALLY loved...

Mount Ida Manor

Jan 12, 2018 | History

Described as “one of the most important late 18th century plantation houses in Virginia” by the Senior Architectural Historian, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Mount Ida was built c. 1795 by William Cannon, on a hill overlooking the south...

Cheers VA

Jan 9, 2018 | Community

Here at Mount Ida Reserve, community means a lot to us…whether it’s the local community or the beer & wine communities in general. We will be doing a series of blog posts of Q&A with movers, makers, and shakers in the beer & wine industry that...

John Bryce: The Brain Behind the Brewery

Dec 27, 2017 | Meet the Team

Introducing John Bryce, the brain behind the brewery at Mount Ida Reserve! Where are you from, and how long have you been brewing beer? I grew up in Richmond and have been brewing beer commercially for over 15 years. I’ve spent about 9 years here in Cville. ...

Introducing: Blanc de Blanc

Dec 19, 2017 | The Wine

With all the hustle and bustle of the upcoming holidays, we wanted to share our favorite wine for the season! No matter what you are celebrating this month, whether it be a birthday, anniversary, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or the new year…we think you should...

Brewery Update

Dec 15, 2017 | Beer, Construction Updates

Happy Friday everyone! We had so many people reach out to us last week to express their excitement about our brewery after our last post. Since the brewery has been our focus at the construction site we figured we would go ahead and share some of our progress pics...

Brewing Up a Dream

Dec 5, 2017 | Beer

Opening a tasting room has been a goal and plan of ours for years. Projects like this don’t happen overnight. They start with an idea. That idea sparks a dream. That dream, mixed with a little determination, turns into a plan. Now, here we are with our...

Meet the Clydesdales

Nov 19, 2017 | Meet the Team

We have two dynamic duos that we thought everyone should get to know…Sandy & Kopper and Mac & Murphy. These are two majestic sets of brothers that live on the farm. These boys are social bugs. We like to put them over near the weddings venues whenever we have...