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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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Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California — at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety — and often assumes the moniker ‘Fume Blanc’. This popular synonym, credited to Napa’s Robert Mondavi, derives from the grape’s historic home of Pouilly in France’s Upper Loire Valley, where Sauvignon Blanc is the dominant varietal and goes locally by the name of ‘Blanc Fumé’. When treated with respect and afforded suitable growing conditions, Sauvignon Blanc is one of the wine world’s darlings. Steely, racy acidity, green, gooseberry fruit, asparagus and a grassy, herbaceous character characterize dry wines made from this grape.
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In 1981, Justin and Deborah Baldwin purchased 160 acres of land in the remote Adelaide Valley west of Paso Robles on California's Central Coast. They also released their first wine, a sparkling Blanc de Noir made from purchased fruit (their vines were not yet mature). In 1982, they planted 72 acres, concentrating on the three classic red Bordeaux grape varietals, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and Chardonnay. Nineteen eighty-five marked construction of the winery and in 1987, their first crush of 100% estate JUSTIN wines. The business continued to grow throughout the late eighties and early nineties, with increased production, a new winery building, and the opening of the JUST Inn, a luxurious French auberge. The Baldwins introduced the winery's monthly Guest Chef Dinners featuring some of the nation's best chefs as they prepare elegant candlelight dinners set amidst the barrels within the cellars. In 1998, they opened a restaurant on premise named "Deborah's Room." It quickly became a destination for fine dining, and truly highlights the winery's commitment to food and wine, as it and their chef make up the only program of its kind on the Central Coast. Their guest chef dinner series is another way they like to promote their wines to the public. At the forefront of the Baldwins' philosophy is a desire for their wines to be entirely estate grown, produced and bottled and to remain a family business with a reputation for being the leading boutique producer of premium wines on the Central Coast. They also want to have fun along the way and celebrate the healthful and fraternal contribution wine has made to society. Beginning with their first vintages, and continuing through their latest releases, JUSTIN wines have received numerous awards and accolades, including the London International Wine & Spirit Competition's Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande trophy awarded to the 1994 ISOSCELES for the Best Blended Red Wine Worldwide and named number 6 wine in the world by The Wine Spectator in 2000 for their 1997 ISOSCELES!
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