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Best Western-Leesburg Hotel and Conference Center
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Winter Hounds is an informal wine-tasting celebration of greyhounds and other sighthounds held every February. The 2027 event will be held again in Leesburg, Virginia.
We are in the process of identifying new wineries which want to participate. Many people attend from Thursday night through Sunday morning. During the day folks will travel with their greyhounds to local wineries and brew pubs around Leesburg to taste and buy wine. Most of our venues are giving us nice discounts on tastings and purchases. Our primary hotel this year will be the Best Western-Leesburg Hotel & Conference Center, 726 E. Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176. |
Rooms are still available at Best Western, even though our room block has expired.
Rooms are now about $119 with a $35 per night pet fee. You may reserve your first-floor room by calling the hotel directly at (703) 777-9400. Do not call the BW 800 number, as they won't know about our room block or discount. If you want to avoid any pet fee, you may wish to check out Red Roof Inn which is directly across the street from Best Western-Leesburg. I believe their rate is $99 with no pet fee. You just have to drive or walk across the street to hang out with everyone at the Best Western.
Friday morning we will be in the conference room setting up for the event. Registered attendees who wish to go taste wine on Friday can check-in and get their stuff and their information between 9-11 on Friday morning in the conference room. Registered attendees may also check in on Friday evening or on Saturday morning. Friday evening we will have vending and socializing in the conference room. You may bring your own food, snacks and beverages to enjoy in our social room.
Saturday morning (8AM to 11AM) we will have greyhound nail trimming using our Carol Becker type greyhound sling which lifts your pup off the floor and relaxes them for their nail trim. A local professional groomer will be doing the trims for us. Vending will start up again Saturday morning. Any local folks are weclome to come get their dogs' nails clipped and shop our evendor or look at avaialble dogs. Adoptable dogs will be on display 10AM to 2PM by James River Greyhounds.
Only those who are interested in our wine or beer tour need to register. Everyone else is welcome to walk in and particpate in the hotel festivities. Greyhounds of course are welcome too..
In the evening, folks gather again in our large social room to hang out with their hounds, like-minded people and friends. We usually have light music and folks often bring a beverage or their own snack of their choice. This hotel has no limitations on bringing in food and there are plenty of local places to order take out. (We will list some of these nearby restaurants in our E-booklet sent to registrants.)
Best Western-Leesburg offers free Wifi and free breakfast. Rooms also have a minifridge and a microwave. Some rooms are carpeted and some have a laminate floor. Hallways are carpeted and there are large grassy areas for walking right next to the3 hotel.
Winter Hounds is a much more intimate gathering than our larger summer event. Join us for a winter get-away of wine tasting, brew pubs and relaxing with your hounds in Leesburg, Virginia this February.
Winter Hounds-Virginia Registration
(Advance Registration will close at 5PM on Wednesday, February 4th, 2026.)
There are two ways to register for Winter Hounds-Virginia 2026.
1. Register by Mailing a Check:
You may send a check for $25 made out to GWT for each registration to
Winter Hounds-Virginia
111 Tyler Drive
Coatesville, PA 19320
Please be sure to include your name & address, telephone contact and email information so that we can reach out to you when needed and keep you updated on changes.
2. Register by PayPal:
You may also register on PayPal using our Grapehound Wine Tour PayPal address: [email protected]
PayPal allows you to use your credit card while keeping all your card information confidential. Just be sure to provide us your identifying information including your name and address, telephone and email contact information.. Registration is $25 per person, and we believe you will get that back in discounts at our numerous partner wineries.
We're having an issue with our registration link on this website.
Please do not register on this website.
Rooms are now about $119 with a $35 per night pet fee. You may reserve your first-floor room by calling the hotel directly at (703) 777-9400. Do not call the BW 800 number, as they won't know about our room block or discount. If you want to avoid any pet fee, you may wish to check out Red Roof Inn which is directly across the street from Best Western-Leesburg. I believe their rate is $99 with no pet fee. You just have to drive or walk across the street to hang out with everyone at the Best Western.
Friday morning we will be in the conference room setting up for the event. Registered attendees who wish to go taste wine on Friday can check-in and get their stuff and their information between 9-11 on Friday morning in the conference room. Registered attendees may also check in on Friday evening or on Saturday morning. Friday evening we will have vending and socializing in the conference room. You may bring your own food, snacks and beverages to enjoy in our social room.
Saturday morning (8AM to 11AM) we will have greyhound nail trimming using our Carol Becker type greyhound sling which lifts your pup off the floor and relaxes them for their nail trim. A local professional groomer will be doing the trims for us. Vending will start up again Saturday morning. Any local folks are weclome to come get their dogs' nails clipped and shop our evendor or look at avaialble dogs. Adoptable dogs will be on display 10AM to 2PM by James River Greyhounds.
Only those who are interested in our wine or beer tour need to register. Everyone else is welcome to walk in and particpate in the hotel festivities. Greyhounds of course are welcome too..
In the evening, folks gather again in our large social room to hang out with their hounds, like-minded people and friends. We usually have light music and folks often bring a beverage or their own snack of their choice. This hotel has no limitations on bringing in food and there are plenty of local places to order take out. (We will list some of these nearby restaurants in our E-booklet sent to registrants.)
Best Western-Leesburg offers free Wifi and free breakfast. Rooms also have a minifridge and a microwave. Some rooms are carpeted and some have a laminate floor. Hallways are carpeted and there are large grassy areas for walking right next to the3 hotel.
Winter Hounds is a much more intimate gathering than our larger summer event. Join us for a winter get-away of wine tasting, brew pubs and relaxing with your hounds in Leesburg, Virginia this February.
Winter Hounds-Virginia Registration
(Advance Registration will close at 5PM on Wednesday, February 4th, 2026.)
There are two ways to register for Winter Hounds-Virginia 2026.
1. Register by Mailing a Check:
You may send a check for $25 made out to GWT for each registration to
Winter Hounds-Virginia
111 Tyler Drive
Coatesville, PA 19320
Please be sure to include your name & address, telephone contact and email information so that we can reach out to you when needed and keep you updated on changes.
2. Register by PayPal:
You may also register on PayPal using our Grapehound Wine Tour PayPal address: [email protected]
PayPal allows you to use your credit card while keeping all your card information confidential. Just be sure to provide us your identifying information including your name and address, telephone and email contact information.. Registration is $25 per person, and we believe you will get that back in discounts at our numerous partner wineries.
We're having an issue with our registration link on this website.
Please do not register on this website.
