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Issue
32 December 2007
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In
This Issue:
Our Latest
Adventure:
The Winery at
Versailles
Upcoming Winery
Adventures
What's new
at the Winery Adventures website
December Wine
Recommendations Have Been Posted
New
Animal-Theme Wine Charms Available!
Feature
Article:
Kinkead Ridge Wine
Internationally Recognized
Area
wine events
Featured
businesses:
Terra Nova House
Victorian elegance with the comfort of home in
Grove City, Pennsylvania
www.terranovahouse.com
Voted: "Top Ten B&B
in America"
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Vinifera -
The Inn on Winery Row
Near more than 45 award-winning wineries in
Grimsby, Ontario
www.viniferainn.ca |
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you have questions, comments, winery events you would like listed or if
you would like to submit an article
for
consideration in a future newsletter, you can contact me by emailing sharon@wineryadventures.com.
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Our recent
visit to The Winery at Versailles
 We
took a short weekend trip in November to visit a nearby winery that we
hadn't had a chance to experience yet...The Winery at Versailles. We were
extremely pleased with our visit. Gary and I spent the entire afternoon
there over a tasting and a couple of glasses of wine. Their beautiful
3-level tasting room was the perfect place to spend a chilly afternoon
sampling their vast selection of wines. We've already written the
review, so visit the Southwest
Ohio Wineries page for all the details. Pictured:
Sharon and Gary outside The Winery at Versailles in Versailles, Ohio.
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A Unique
Retreat in Greenville, Ohio
Wayman's
Corner Bed and Breakfast
While on our latest wine trip to southwestern Ohio, we booked our accommodations at
Wayman's Corner Bed & Breakfast.
This beautifully restored home is a treasure in the heart of Greenville,
Ohio. We truly felt at home during our stay and our hostess, Vicky Root,
was so hospitable and accommodating. We stayed in the upstairs porch room
and enjoyed a wonderful night's sleep. Located a very short distance from
Versailles, Ohio...it's the perfect place to stay after a day of wine
tasting at the Winery at Versailles. Check out their website
for more photos and information about the accommodations they offer. Pictured:
Gary and Sharon on the front porch at Wayman's Corner Bed and Breakfast in
Greenville, Ohio.
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Where
we're headed:
Planning, planning,
planning: We will be taking a three-month hiatus during the winter
months and hitting the road again March 2008. Over the next couple of
months we will begin planning our 2008 adventures. We'll keep you posted
and let you know as soon as we have decided on our first destination of
the new year.
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December Wine
Recommendations
December
is Holiday Wines
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Feature
Article:
Kinkead Ridge
Wine Internationally Recognized
A Kinkead
Ridge Estate wine (grown in Ripley, Ohio), the 2004 Cabernet Franc,
has been honored in the 2008 Wine Report Paperback as
one of the Top 100 Exciting Wine Finds, an international list
compiled by Tom Stevenson, British editor of the New Sothebys
Wine Encyclopedia. In 2006, the winery won a similar
accolade for their 2003 Viognier/Roussanne. "Succulent,
intensely flavored fruit, ripe, supple tannins, and a truckload of
flavors - from cherries, cassis, chocolate, and cream, to vanilla
and coconut... This shows what promise there is in Ohio."
In the report, this wine is also #7 on the Top Ten List of Greatest
Quality Wines from the Atlantic Northeast.
Only
11 other American wines made the list, including wines from Texas,
Washington, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana and California.
2005
Moscato Bianco, Flat Creek Estate, Texas Hill Country;
2004 Cuvee Elena Grenache/Mourvedre/Syrah, Syncline, Washington
State;
2005 Late Harvest Vignoles, Stone Hill Winery, Missouri;
2005 Marigold Vineyard Gewurtztraminer, Peninsula Cellars, Michigan
2004 Camerata Red Wine, Cadence, Washington;
2005 Tre Colore, McPherson Winery, Texas;
2005 Gewurtztraminer, Zmor, Russian River Valley CA;
2005 Chateau Estate Blanc 2005, DeLille, Washington;
2005 Pinot Grigio, Tamas Estate, California;
2005 Aglianico 2003, Seghesio, Russian River Valley;
2004 Creekbend Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oliver Winery, Indiana
The
winery will open to the public three more times in 2007 for holiday
shopping December 1, 8 and 15. The winery's fifth anniversary is
December 8, the same weekend as Ripley's River Village Christmas
celebration.
Kinkead
Ridge was a top five finalist in the Wine Spectator's First
Annual Video contest; they were awarded a pair of tickets to the Wine
Spectator's Grand Tasting, at the New York Wine Experience in
October, an opportunity to taste wines from 250 prestigious wineries
from around the world. The video may be viewed at http://www.winespectator.com.
Kinkead
Ridge''s 2006 Viognier/Roussanne has been selected as a 2007
favorite in the Wine Buzz magazine, December issue.
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Area Wine
Events:
December 1&2, 8&9
and 15&16
Wreath Fineries at 10 Wineries
New York's Shawangunk
Wine Trail
Wreath
Fineries at 10 Wineries". The
Shawangunk Wine Trail??™s Holiday Event. Receive a SWT souvenir etched
wine tasting glass and a handmade grapevine wreath at the first winery
visited and then travel along the Wine Trail. Then, at each of the next
10 Wineries receive a beautiful, ornament to decorate your wreath, along
with tastings of special holiday foods and wines. 3 weekends. Event
Hours 10am to 6pm each day. Internet Sales made after 11-26-07 will not
be mailed but will be held at your starting winery.
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Tickets
are good for One Day only. (Saturday Tickets qualify to purchase a
Sunday additional ticket at a reduced rate)
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You
will be assigned a starting winery by the SWT.
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No
Groups of more than 20 traveling together will be allowed.
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NO
BUSES larger than 20 person capacity will be allowed - and will
only be accepted at selected wineries.
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All
groups traveling together will be PRE-ROUTED by the SWT, and we
reserve the right to limit the number of groups.
Saturday
Singles $35, Saturday Couples Tickets $55, Sunday
Single Ticket $25, Sunday Couples
Ticket $45, Designated Driver Ticket
$15. Visit http://www.shawangunkwinetrail.com
for more information.
Click here for our full list of area wine events!
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