IT AMAZES ME how often the same column subjects turn up again and again because of new and different accomplishments.

Mark Hollingsworth is one of those people.

I first wrote about him several years back when he was a student at Mary Washington College during the week and the captain of Tides Inn's large wooden yacht on weekends.

I revisited him two summers ago, in his hometown of Irvington in Lancaster County in the Northern Neck, after he'd renovated both an old sailboat and a powerboat and was giving water tours of the region.

A few months back, I bumped into Mark in Irvington and found out that he is in the midst of a new challenge: starting a different sort of winery on the outskirts of Irvington called White Fences.

Two things make this winery unique.

First, it's an offshoot of sorts of the Hope and Glory Inn, a wonderfully whimsical, eclectic spot that draws visitors to the waterside town in large numbers.

Second, it's going to be a different sort of winery, where for an annual fee people can be involved in everything from the planting of the vines to the picking of the grapes and even the making and tasting of the first vintages.

Indeed, a few dozen hearty souls turned out a few weekends ago to join Hollingsworth and others on the White Fences staff to plant the thousands of vines that will eventually fill four acres on a small farm just outside of Irvington.

The project belongs to Bill Westbrook, a partner with Hollingsworth's mother, Peggy Patteson, in the Hope and Glory Inn.

To that end, the winery will be closely tied and the wine marketed in conjunction with the Inn, which each year plays host to weddings, receptions and other sorts of festivities.

"We're going to be a boutique winery, not one that turns out tens of thousands of cases of wine each year," said Hollings-worth as he showed me the field that was to be the home of the vineyard. "When things get fully up to speed, we expect to do about 5,000 cases a year total, in four or five different varieties."

But there's more to the picture.