Having lived over 30 years in the Blacksburg area (and teaching at Virginia Tech for about that long,) John Boyer and Katie Pritchard, owner/operators of Blacksburg Wine Lab, have become passionate about expanding and diversifying the restaurant/retail scene of our small town to offer more refined, upscale venues for our denizen. That passion is what drove us to start  Wine Lab over eight years ago, and by any and all measures it has been a resounding success financially and culturally. Wine Lab has created a sense of community and congregation for professors, administrators, business professionals, retirees, VT alumni, and current students as well. We have become a destination restaurant  for visitors from far afield, while simultaneously providing an engaging venue for regular educational and entertainment activities for locals. And we want to do more…

We have completed out next creative venture aimed at expanding the high quality food & shopping experiences in Blacksburg VA. Our Draper Provisions & The LIbrary Cafe has rejuvenate a dilapidated building on the fringe of downtown Blacksburg turning it into a combination upscale neighborhood cafe / daily shopping marketplace / provisions retail store.  The open-air market feel will combine fresh grab-and-go beverages and lunch fare, with more curated international specialty food and kitchen products on one side, partnering smartly with a European-style cafe on the other. This will occur in an elegant yet comfortable atmosphere in which professors, students, government workers and business people, patrons of the arts, and young professionals come together to dine, shop, meet friends/colleagues, or just have a light lunch and libation during or after work.