Terra Nebulo Vineyard
- In north-central Loudoun County, just outside the village of Waterford. Opened in 2015 by Michael and Cheryl Morrison. « The Land of the Rascals,” with mischievous wines. The website news section seems to have been last updated in 2016.
- Wine. Tier III. Vineyard is recently planted; Nebulo’s current wines are from grapes brought in from a vineyard in the Shenandoah Valley. Red wines are a Chambourcin, a Cabernet Franc and a pair of blends, while white wines include Viognier, Riesling, Traminette and Chardonnay.
- Setting. Pretty views. The tasting room is in a replica of an old Amish barn. Food available.
- Stories. One star. A Quaker settlement – Waterford. The Quaker influence in this region began in the 1730s with the English Friends who came into the area from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey. Amos Janney, a Pennsylvania Quaker, settled on the south fork of Catoctin Creek around 1733. Other Quakers soon followed drawn by the fertile land. Worked without slave labor, Quaker farms were limited in size to what could be run by a family unit. The community’s distinctive cast is still reflected in the region’s small farms, many of which are yet defined by their 18th-century land patents. By the early 1740s, Janney had built a simple grist and sawmill on the creek, which still stands. A settlement grew up and was named Waterford in the 1780s. By then Scotch-Irish Presbyterians and German Lutherans had joined the Quakers, as had a few African-Americans, some enslaved but most free. The rich soil and well-managed farms brought growth and prosperity to the Waterford area until the devastation of the Civil War. Pacifist Quakers and many like-minded neighbors remained loyal to the Union and endured repeated Confederate harassment. Waterford raised a cavalry unit – The Loudoun Rangers – to fight for the Union. After a long post-Civil War decline, in the 1940s local families began restoring and preserving Waterford. The entire village is now a National Historical Landmark. The Waterford Fair, also begun in the 1940s, is an annual event drawing over 10,000 visitors in early October.