Victory on the Vine II

May 16th-18th, 2025

Mountain Run Winery
10753 Mountain Run Lake Road, Culpeper, VA 2270

The Barony of Ponte Alto welcomes you to Victory on the Vine II with a day of fighting and fun for all at Mountain Run Winery. Last years event was roaring successful and launch Mountain Run Winey to one of the best sites for fighting and SCA events in NOVA.

This year we have access to the site all weekend with the winery welcome camping Friday, Saturday, and evening Sunday nights. (if you want to make it a long weekend).

In addition the great spaces for fighting, archery, bardic, A&S, and merchants etc... the site has a pub with in door seating to enjoy wine, beer, mead, food, games, and AC. This year we are stepping it up and the site has offered to host camping the evening before to the morning after the event.

Schedule

Site opens Friday at 1pm May 16th and closes Sunday at 5pm May 18th

Activities

Authorizations, Melee, Pick-ups
Armored, Rapier, Combat Archery, and Siege
Youth Combat
Target Archery
Bardic
Arts and Sciences
Equestrian

No feast but Greenlee Tavern serves some food and we hope to have a food truck on sight.

Site Restrictions: No one under the age of 21 can purchase or consume any alcoholic beverages under any circumstances. No visible intoxication allowed. Alcoholic beverages purchased on site permitted only. Please no drinking and driving. Access to the Stable Barn and Pole Barn are restricted due to concurrent events at the winery. No smoking in or near any structures. No dogs off leash.

Registration

Adult Member Registration: $20
Adult Non-Member: $30
Youth (6-17): $10
Child (0-5): Free
Adult Camping: $+10
Youth (0-17) Camping: Free

Make Checks Payable To: SCA, Inc., Barony of Ponte Alto

Registration Notes: Please include your modern and SCA name, Membership Number if applicable and what is included in your payment.

Cancellation Policy: any cancellation/request for refund made prior to the event date will be honored. All Cancellations/Requests for refunds must be submitted in writing (email is acceptable). No refunds are issued until the event books have been closed and/or all checks have cleared.

Event Steward: Mowgli of Anglesey
E-mail: mowgliofanglesey@gmail.com

Bardic

Friday evening: There will be a Bardic in the Tavern

Saturday evening: There will be a Bardic around a Fire pit

Equestrian

Equestrian activities throughout the day Saturday and the winery welcomes you to bring horses anytime Friday and camp over night Friday and Saturday nights.

Armored

A fun filled day of Armored Melee and more Melee fighting.

Heavy MIC: Excellency Teagan of Anglesey

Authorization
Melees
Pick-ups
Combat Archery
Siege
Youth Combat

If you are willing to marshal and/or usher, please volunteer!

Rapier

Join us for a melee focused day of rapier combat.

The scenarios will primarily focus around two feuding families where you'll represent one of the families as you try to fell the opposition through a tavern, alleyways and through the mansion of the opposing family.

RBGs and spears welcome!!

Target Archery

Naran Bagsh will oversee the Archery Range. there will be Period targets, including the Puta and Qabak.

9:00am Inspections begin
11:00am Clout shoot
3:00pm Range closes

Arts and Sciences

Our theme for the competition is “Celts and Vikings”. Bring your creations!

For this contest we will have a special guest judge: Queen Anya Shchulepnikov.

Vivat! And see you there!

Accessibility

Parking

Parking is near the fighting/lyst field as indicated on the site map.

Restrooms

The site has indoor restrooms with accessible stalls in the Greenlee Tavern.

There will also be an outdoor portable restroom.

Access

There are no stairs to access the portions of the winery reserved for the event, but walking is necessary to get between the fighting field and the Greenlee Tavern (100 yards) and to walk the winery grounds in general, which are lovely. Marshal activities will be on a partially sloped grassy area and within the fighting enclosure/lyst. There are some sloped areas overall at the site.

Site Map

Directions

From D.C./Northern Virginia Make your way to I-66 West Take Exit 43A to merge onto US-29 S toward Gainesville/Warrenton
Keep left to continue on US- 15 S/US-29 S, follow signs for US-17 S/Culpeper/Fredericksburg;
Continue to follow US-29 S
Turn right onto State Rte 718 Turn right on Mountain Run Lake Road
When you get to the Main House with a fork in the road, turn right for parking

From Fredericksburg/Richmond From I-95, make your way to Rt. 3-W Continue onto VA-3 W/Plank Rd
Merge onto US-15 S/US-29 S
Continue to follow US-29 S Turn right onto State Rte 718
Turn right on Mountain Run Lake Road
When you get to the Main House with a fork in the road, turn right for parking

Last Updated: 05/07/2025 by Robin