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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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Gamza
The Gamza grape, currently widely grown in northern Bulgaria, is identical with the Kadarka of Hungary. Capable of producing an excellent red wine of full-bodied, tannic content suitable for aging.
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Lawrence Cortez and Romel Rivera emigrated from the Philippines with their families in the late 1970’s. They came in search of new opportunities to improve their lives; they came for the American dream, where hard work is rewarded and everyone has a chance to succeed. Although they initially arrived in different areas of California, these two men began a friendship in the Napa Valley town of Calistoga where they both worked in a vineyard tending the grapes. They even became family with the marriage of Lawrence to Romel’s cousin Nieves!
In 1996, Romel and Lawrence began to experiment with making their own wine, drawing upon their many years of experience and their intimate knowledge of grapes and wine production. After a few years of experimentation, family, friends and business associates urged them to create and sell their own wine. Lawrence and Nieves decided to invest in themselves and their family. The name Corté Riva pays homage to the winemakers, Cortez and Rivera. Both winemakers have exacting tastes and they demand quality. They prefer grapes from the Napa region because the volcanic soil stresses the vines in just the right amount resulting in small, tight, well-structured berry clusters filled with concentrated flavors. Lawrence and Romel choose only the best available fruit. Having lived and worked in the Napa Valley for so long, they are very knowledgeable about the variations in the Napa Valley terroir which includes climate, soil make-up and terrain. Family, friends and business associates continue to play a major role in the Corté Riva Vineyards label. The friends and family are always on hand to help with delivery, technical advice, miscellaneous assistance and, of course, tasting, particularly tasting! Pride Mountain Vineyards, where Romel is employed as assistant winemaker and Lawrence is a cellar master, and Pride’s head winemaker Bob Foley have been instrumental in the success and growth of Corté Riva. They have offered years of advice and valuable contacts to the new businessmen. The wines that have been created by Lawrence and Romel have been very successful. In 2003 the label offered their first release, 350 cases of 2001 Merlot which was named “Top Red of the Year” by Hi-Time Wine Cellars. Their next release was 600 cases of 2002 Merlot, which was rated at 91 by Wine Spectator, and 400 cases of 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon. This year's release included 600 cases of 2003 Merlot, awarded a score of 92 from Wine Advocate, 400 cases of 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, rated a 91 by Wine Spectator and an 89+ by Wine Advocate, and the planned release of 160 cases of 2003 Petite Syrah. Lawrence and Romel have realized their American dream, they, and their families, have worked hard and they are beginning to see the results.
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