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Upcoming Events in Your Area
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Third Thursday Music Series
Trump Winery
From
Thursday, June 20, 2013 To Thursday, June 20, 2013
Enjoy FREE live music in the Tasting Room from 5-7PM on the third Thursday of every month. Tastings, glass pours, and bottles of wine will be available for purchase. Come and join us on the patio beside our toasty fire pits for a relaxing night of good music and great wine!
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Tarot Card Reading & Wine Tasting
Crossing Vineyards & Winery
From
Thursday, June 20, 2013 To Thursday, June 20, 2013
"Wine & Spirits" Tarot Card Reading & Wine Tasting
At Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Rd, Washington Crossing, PA
Thursday, June 20, 7:00 pm
Get together with your friends for a fun "Ladies Night Out." Enjoy wine tasting, dessert and a private Tarot Card reading. Space is limited. Reservations are a must.
Cost: $35 per person. Must be 21 or older to participate. For entertainment purposes only.
Call 215-493-6500, ext. 19 or buy on-line: www.crossingvineyards.com. Email: info@crossingvineyards.com
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Friday: Movie Night at Veramar Vineyard Brought to you by the “Magic Lantern Theater”
Veramar Vineyard
From
Friday, June 21, 2013 To Friday, June 21, 2013
7pm Cost $8.00
Get ready for some great entertainment under the stars at Veramar. Bring your blankets & lawn chairs for this fun filled night. Movie starts at dusk, bring your own picnic or we will have light fare available for purchase (and of course wine!). (Movie admission is $8 payable to Magic Lantern Theater, a non-profit organization)
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Friday Evening in Paradise - Sarah Swanner
Paradise Springs Winery
From
Friday, June 21, 2013 To Friday, June 21, 2013
5pm-9pm
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“Fruit Set” Vineyard Tour”
Hiddencroft Vineyards
From
Friday, June 21, 2013 To Friday, June 21, 2013
Join our winemaker for an informative walking tour of the vineyard. Wine tasting and barbecue dinner included. $25/person or $19/person for Case Club Members. Please contact us by e-mail or telephone to make your reservation. Rain date for this event is June 23rd (Sunday) from 2PM-6PM.
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Summer Wine & Music Series
Crossing Vineyards & Winery
From
Friday, June 21, 2013 To Friday, June 21, 2013
Summer Wine & Music Series at Crossing Vineyards & Winery.
1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA
Friday, June 21, 7PM.
Performing: The Fabulous Greaseband.
Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at gate. Bring a Lawn Chair. Wine & cheese available for purchase. No outside beverage permitted. New this season: made-to-order pizzas available from the "Pizza Wagon".
Call for reservations 215-493-6500, ext. 19 or buy on-line: www.crossingvineyards.com. Email: info@crossingvineyards.com.
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Featured Band: Junker Grain
Lost Rhino Brewing Co.
From
Friday, June 21, 2013 To Friday, June 21, 2013
8pm
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Live Music - Michael Stephenson
Valerie Hill Vineyard & Winery
From
Friday, June 21, 2013 To Friday, June 21, 2013
6:00pm to 9:00pm
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Music on the Deck: Jon Fritz
Naked Mountain Vineyard
From
Saturday, June 22, 2013 To Saturday, June 22, 2013
2pm until 5pm
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Vine Rewind Wine, Music & Art Festival
Linganore Winecellars
From
Saturday, June 22, 2013 To Sunday, June 23, 2013
The newest of the Linganore wine festivals will attract thousands of Linganore wine lovers, music fans, friends and families to picturesque Linganore Winecellars in the Mt. Airy, Maryland, just 39 miles from Baltimore/ Washington DC. At the 2nd annual Vine Rewind festival, guests can sample 19 featured Linganore wines- including the 2012 Best in Class Gold Medal Winner, Traminette- and take tours of their eco-friendly wine-making facility.
Rewind to your favorite decades-dance and sing along to hits from the past. Linganore brings 4 different bands to the festival to provide this trip down memory lane. Saturday, join The Leslie Avenue Band, https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Leslie-Avenue-Band/127904707279590?group_id=0, and Spiral, www.spiralband.net/, in the good times and Sunday rock out with All Natural, www.allnaturalband.com/, and the East- Coast premier 80’s tribute band, The Reagan Years, www.thereaganyears.com. Vendors will be selling handcrafted goods, fine art, delicious food and more.
The festival grounds open at 10am and music is from 12noon-6pm. Tickets are $20 for Adults 21+ and $15 for designated drivers or Activity Military (with valid id). Discounted tickets can be purchased in advance through Mdtix, www.mdtix.com/linganore. Linganore Winecellars is located at 13601 Glissans Mill Rd, Mt. Airy, MD 21771.
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WineCompass.com - a Tradex Consulting company
Vienna, Virginia
Fax: 703-991-2548
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32nd Vintage Virginia
From Saturday, June 01, 2013 To Sunday, June 02, 2013. Tickets on sale now! Join us on Saturday June 1st and Sunday June 2nd, 2013 for the 32nd Vintage Virginia, featuring the Commonwealth’s best wine, food and music each year during a fun-filled festival at Bull Run Park Special Events Center. This year’s Vintage promises to be the best in decades, with an emphasis on Virginian cuisine, showcased by free daily cooking demonstrations by TOP CHEFS from across the country!
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Rotgipfler
Austrian white-wine grape blended with Spatrot grape wine to give a superior zesty, intensely fruity wine.
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Sarah's Vineyard was founded in 1978 in an area that has a history of fine wines dating back to the nineteenth century. A change of ownership in 2001 brought a new winemaking team that remains dedicated to crafting small lots of wine that fully express the unique character of our area. The winery's eight acres of estate vineyards are evenly planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with small blocks of Roussanne and Viognier coming into production over the next few years. Situated in the Hecker Pass between the western Santa Clara Valley and the Pacific Ocean, the summertime climactic conditions are driven by the Pacific's proximity, providing cool afternoon onshore winds to ameliorate the valley heat. This afternoon and evening cooling extends fruit ripening through a long growing season, resulting in grapes that fully express the unique nature of our site. Estate wines are produced from vineyards having an average age of 20 years. The new owners immediately planted more Pinot Noir, carefully choosing a mix of four Dijon clones to provide a complex blend of grapes at harvest. Yields on the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay average 2 tons per acre. No pesticides are used in the vineyards, and most of the vineyard maintenance is done by hand. Since 2001, we have focused our efforts on small local vineyards, searching for those plots where the grower's care can be combined with frequent consultation with our winemaking team. We believe that great wines require great grapes. Finding local sources allows us to explore the growing practices and varietals that are best suited to our unique location. Recognizing that Sarah's Vineyard has already proven to provide great Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, our vineyard search has included those Burgundian varieties. We also believe that the area has great promise for cool-climate Rhône grapes, including Syrah, Roussanne, and Viognier. In 2004, our Syrah was sourced from four local growers. We pledge to continue our search for superior growers of cool-climate grapes in our area. The winery is small, with annual production typically between 2500 and 3000 cases. Staying at this small level allows us to focus our efforts at making the best wine possible from our great grapes. Attention to detail during the wine's progression from grape to bottle is at the core of our efforts. We recognize that the craft of winemaking involves caring for the wine as it evolves, rather than manipulating it into a preconceived style. Our wines are aged in 60-gallon French oak barrels. Each barrel is monitored during the course of aging, and topped by hand on a weekly basis. The winery's small size allows us to make decisions based on individual barrels rather than blends. Both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are typically aged sur lies, with minimal intervention before bottling. Syrah and Merlot are usually racked a few times before bottling, with the goal of bottling all our red wines without filtration or fining.
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