Our Story

*Pictured: Sandy Lewis, Brian Mikelaites and Cindy Mikelaites - We are siblings that grew up on the property which was passed on to us by our parents, Joseph and Helene Mikelaites. We combined their first names in memory of them and to honor their love for us. 

Our farm winery is located in New Kent, Virginia, right off of Pocahontas Trail. It is beautifully placed overlooking Tom Brooks Lake on one side and our vineyard on the other.

Our mission at Jolene Family Winery is to provide our customers with delicious, award-winning, hand-crafted wines and to create an experience that leaves everyone feeling like they are family. 

We entered the wine business because of our love of wine, winemaking, and the desire to operate a family business in the community in which we grew up. 

Before The Winery by the Lake there was The Nursery by the Lake

In 1987 our dad built and opened Brianwood Nurseries Garden Center which has been renovated into our new tasting room. This special piece of land has been in the Mikelaites Family dating back to the late 1960s.