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Upcoming Events in Your Area
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Friday Evening in Paradise - Katie and Logan Acoustic Duo
Paradise Springs Winery
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
5pm-9pm
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Memorial Day Weekend
Paradise Springs Winery
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Monday, May 27, 2013
Rockland's BBQ Sandwiches and Live Music: Join us all weekend long as we offer Rockland's famous BBQ sandwiches. No reservations needed. Live music Fri, Sat, Sun, and Mon.
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Bistro Night
Doukenie Winery
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
The perfect way to start your weekend. Each Friday night will offer either Don’s Brick Oven Wood Fired Pizza, Mediterranean Breeze authentic Greek fare, or The Roving Italian food truck featuring a delicious modern spin on Italian classics. Pair all with your favorite bottle of Doukenie wine. Listen to live music, relax by our glistening pond, and soak in the scenery while sitting outside on our deck and patio! Bring your family and friends! Wine for purchase by glass or bottle only, no wine tastings are given that evening.
Tonight's music – Paul Pfau
Tonight's food – Special Guest – MONKS BBQ
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Toast the Weekends
Bluestone Vineyard
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
Kelly May
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Fireside Fridays: California Bob
Black Ankle Vineyards
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
6-9pm
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Live Music: 7 Year Itch
Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
6pm-8pm
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Wine Tasting for Singles
Crossing Vineyards & Winery
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
Wine Tasting for Singles
At Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Rd, Washington Crossing, PA
Friday, May 24, 7:00 pm
Wine, Cheese and Music. A Unique Way to Meet New People.
Cost: $10 per person. Call 215-493-6500, ext. 19 or buy on-line: www.crossingvineyards.com
Email: info@crossingvineyards.com.
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Featured Band: Robert Hornfeck
Lost Rhino Brewing Co.
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
8pm
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TGIF Music!
Crossing Vineyards & Winery
From
Friday, May 24, 2013 To Friday, May 24, 2013
TGIF!
At Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Rd, Washington Crossing, PA
Friday, May 24, 8:00 pm.
You worked hard all week. Now treat yourself to a relaxing evening featuring the music of popular local artists. Even the price is laid back, just $10 per person! Wine and cheese available for purchase.
Cost: $10 per person. Reservation suggested. Call for reservations: 215-493-6500, ext. 19 or buy on-line: www.crossingvineyards.com. Email: info@crossingvineyards.com
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Live music with Fiery Run
Delaplane Cellars
From
Saturday, May 25, 2013 To Saturday, May 25, 2013
11:00AM - 06:00PM
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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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Syrah
Syrah is the eight hundred pound gorilla of Rhone grapes! In the vineyard and the winery, Syrah is typically an easy grape to work with - healthy, early ripening, resistant to mildew and rot; suitable for winemaking in a variety of styles. The wines from Syrah are tannic without being harsh. The wines will have a taste and smell of dark blue fruit like blackberries and blackcurrant, with a strong spicy side where one can find freshly ground pepper and other spices. Syrah is famous for its part in the French blends, such as Côtes du Rhone and Châteauneuf du Pape.
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Parador began as much a curiosity as a dream. – The question of why it was that thus far in California’s well-documented history of its wine industry, had the Tempranillo grape variety not been given much attention; in fact very little indeed. The supposition that California’s winemakers’ quest to emulate the wines of France, and to a lesser degree, Italy, seems to be how Tempranillo was delegated to the most outlying growing areas, and without much attention to clonal selection or other important quality factors. Thus began our quest to make a world-class wine using the Tempranillo grape variety along with the already renowned Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. In March of 1998, travel to Spain was the requirement in order to seek a high-quality selection of Tempranillo. With stars aligning, introductions were made and the most renowned patriarch of the Tempranillo grape enthusiastically gave the approval to use his Ribera del Duero clone. On to the Rioja, and another selection was attained. Back in California, after nursery services and the ground-clearing of a new vineyard site, adjacent to an acclaimed Cabernet planting, the dream was unfolding. While the baby Tempranillo vines grew up, the first Parador blends were introduced to the marketplace. 2001 marked the first vintage that a small crop of Tempranillo appeared on the previously unplanted, 1000 foot elevation hilltop ridge site. – This vineyard is known as ‘Rancho Chimiles’, and actually is a tiny piece of this amazing land area, once part of an original Mexican Land Grant, now owned by Terry and Lyn Wilson. Having been in the right place at the right time, the Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard owned by Henry and Susan Hossfeld became the backbone of the Parador project. This dramatic site, steep and terraced has distinctive volcanic soils, located in the south-eastern Napa hills in an area known as Soda Canyon. The resulting Cabernet fruit is also quite distinctive; structured graphite and herbal scented, compelling flavors, reminiscent of a St. Estephe. As the vintages of Parador progress, there is a refinement of the resulting wines and the philosophy behind the blends. Reserva cuvees are assembled and elevated in much the same way as reserve wines have been made in Spain and Italy for generations. Small lots of each special vineyard site are bottled to show the quality distinction of the fruit.
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