Chardonnay
Made from Chardonnay grapes grown on very old vines with the crop loads reduced to enhance flavor. It is our mission to bring you wines with as much flavor as possible and it is an expensive process. This wine was fermented in stainless steel tanks and bottled early to preserve its exceptional fruitiness and varietal flavor. It has 12% alcohol by volume and is not aged with oak. This produced an exceptionally drinkable new wine which will only get better with age. We think this wine is exceptionally good with seafood and vegetarian dishes. It is also one of those wines which go will with itself!
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Dry Cerise (cherry wine)
Our dry cherry wine is made from sweet cherries and has a unique flavor derived from them. Great for picnics and summer outings of any kind. The dry cerise works well with lighter fare. Great for picnics and summer outings of any kind.
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Dry Golden Pheasant Wine
A light and breezy blended wine, Golden Pheasant is as much at home being sipped on the deck as at the dinner table. A perfect compliment for light summer fare. Goes particularly well with vegetables and the pre-barbeque snack!
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Glitterati
Glitterati 2005 is one of our particular specialties; a methode champenoise sparkling wine made from Chardonnay grapes. The wine is first made still and bright. Then it is fermented again in its heavy bottle. The yeast is the shaken down to the top (a three month process of daily shaking the inverted bottle by hand). The yeast is frozen in the neck of the bottle and then removed. Still wine is then added to top off the bottle. It is nice and bubbly and we recommend it for all celebrations public and private. We have been known to celebrate sundown.
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Les Deux Freres
Our version of the famous dessert wine from Oporto Portugal is made from the Norton grape, fortified with grape brandy, and aged with oak. It has 10% residual sugar, but due to the acidity and flavor of the wine, sweetness is not the first thing one notices when tasting this wine. A great after dinner wine, with or even replacing dessert. It is also makes a fine apertif.
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Merlot
This is a quality oak aged red wine from Merlot grapes. It has robust flavor, particularly from the oak aging process, and is best enjoyed with a spicy roasted pork loin or fillet Mignon. Although the wine is in its youth, it is marvelous with all kinds of strongly flavored foods and cannot be overpowered. Since it is still a young wine it should be opened 30 to 45 minutes before drinking
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Semi-sweet Cerise (cherry wine)
A Pheasant Ridge specialty, our cherry wine is made from sweet cherries and has a unique flavor derived from them. This is not a fruit flavored white grape wines. There is no grape wine in it. The semi-sweet Cerise complements dessert perfectly.
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Sweet Golden Pheasant Wine
A light and breezy blended wine, Golden Pheasant is as much at home being sipped on the deck as at the dinner table. Traminette and cider, it is a perfect compliment for light summer fare. Goes particularly well with vegetables and the pre-barbeque snack!
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Traminette
A product of the Geneva New York research station ís grape breeding program, the Traminette grapeís parentage includes the Gewurtztraminer grape from Alsace. The resulting hybrid is more winter hardy than the Gewurtztraminer parent. If Traminette is grown correctly with a lot of sun on the fruit, the wine made from it is indistinguishable from Gewurtztraminer with its spicy fruitiness. In the wine making process we hold this grape overnight (after crushing and destemming) before we press it. As a result the wine has a deep yellow color reminiscent of the grape ís skin color and has enhanced varietal characteristics. This wine is great alone and with seafood and chicken dishes. I especially like it with elaborate chef salads. Made with certified organically grown grapes.
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