To take part in #openlocalwine all you need to do is: Get a bottle of local wine (or cider) and open it Saturday, April 10. Enjoy it with a nice meal – either home-cooked or takeout from your favorite local restaurant. Post picture(s) of the wine or wines online – Instagram, Facebook, Twitter – using hashtag #openlocalwine. And tell us why you picked that wine (or wines) and who you are sharing it with. Raise a glass to the winemaker who made it. Drink it and enjoy it with your family.
Please also make sure that you @ mention the winery/winemaker as well as The Cork Report on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram (we are @ginashay1, @lennthompson, and @corkreportmedia on the latter two).
You can be drawn to this Virginia producer by the view or the tasting room, or you can come simply for the wine
Updated 12:22 AM;
Today 12:13 AM
Early Mountain Vineyards in Madison, Virginia, is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays. It s a little more than a three-hour drive from Harrisburg.
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Early Mountain Vineyards has become one of the must-see wineries in a state where there is an increasing number of them.
Located in Madison, Virginia, the winery is a little more than a three-hour drive from Harrisburg and two hours and 15 minutes southwest of Baltimore. It’s an hour and a half northwest of Richmond.
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New York ‘Winery of the Year’ has been down this road before
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Posted Apr 09, 2:46 PM
Paumanok Vineyards, in Aquebogue, New York, won Winery of the Year honors for the third time last month. It also won in 2004 and 2015.
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Paumanok Vineyards has been a Long Island fixture since 1983 when Ursula and Charles Massoud and their three sons brought their “Old World” values and love of wine to a part of the country that was just beginning to realize the potential that terroir offering fro producers.
Per their website, they planted premium vinifera grapevines on their 127-acre estate, located on Long Island’s North Fork. Among those grapes were Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. They planted 1,100 to 1,400 vines per acre, which produces more concentrated fruit and higher quality wines.
Time for wine: #openlocalwine event supports struggling Michigan wineries
Greg Tasker
Forget about that bottle of mass-produced wine on your supermarket shelves. Choose a local wine instead. A Michigan wine.
This weekend is especially good. A number of Michigan wineries are participating in #openlocalwine on Saturday, part of a nationwide effort to support local wineries, many of which have struggled during the pandemic. Wineries from across the country, including from Texas, Colorado, New York and Ohio, are also joining the growing effort.
The promotion is a win-win for wineries and oenophiles. Wineries gain sales and exposure on social media participants post photos of their wine choices. Customers get special deals from their local wineries and learn something about emerging wine destinations.