Thursday, October 14, 2010
Patuxent Wine Trail goes Local!
It's a rolling festival! All of the wineries on the Patuxent Wine Trail will host special guests the weekend of Oct 23/24. If you have not visited your local wineries yet this is the perfect time to do it. Check out the website for details on who will be at which winery, and how best to travel the trail.
As for POLW, we're hosting Cafe des Artistes on Saturday and Thompson's Corner Café on Sunday.
They'll be here noon to four.
A side note: The park is currently under construction, so you'll see a lot of equipment, drainage fencing, and detours. No worries, though...be assured we are OPEN FOR YOU!
As for POLW, we're hosting Cafe des Artistes on Saturday and Thompson's Corner Café on Sunday.
They'll be here noon to four.
A side note: The park is currently under construction, so you'll see a lot of equipment, drainage fencing, and detours. No worries, though...be assured we are OPEN FOR YOU!
Friday, August 13, 2010
News from the winery manager
Wow, what a day.
It started at 6:30 am meeting Mark at the truck to let him in to get power set up for the bottling rig. Had a little excitement in that I set off the alarm and had to talk with operator 57 of our alarm company to forestall the visit from the police! Was interesting way to begin.
The crew all showed up and we got to work. A great group of friends and family helped, some from as far away as California and Seattle! We all shared Grace's breakfast Burritos and Mary's donuts and other pastries. Promptly at or about 9 am we got started on the bottling and all went very smoothly. It was hot, brutally hot and humid but things went well. Both red wines went through quickly and relatively painlessly.
We broke for lunch and when we started up again with the Barrel Fermented and Aged Chardonnay the problems began. The labels would not stick to the bottles. We tried everything; we slowed down, we sped up, we hand pressed the labels, nothing worked. In the end, after a number of phone calls to Pat and to the label folks we just decided to bottle without the label and fix that problem when we can. We now have 100+ cases of beautiful Chardonnay without labels - oh well, stand by for a call for a labeling party at the winery.
Much thanks to all who came out to help us, I hope it was fun for you and that you will come back and enjoy the wines many times in the future.
It started at 6:30 am meeting Mark at the truck to let him in to get power set up for the bottling rig. Had a little excitement in that I set off the alarm and had to talk with operator 57 of our alarm company to forestall the visit from the police! Was interesting way to begin.
The crew all showed up and we got to work. A great group of friends and family helped, some from as far away as California and Seattle! We all shared Grace's breakfast Burritos and Mary's donuts and other pastries. Promptly at or about 9 am we got started on the bottling and all went very smoothly. It was hot, brutally hot and humid but things went well. Both red wines went through quickly and relatively painlessly.
We broke for lunch and when we started up again with the Barrel Fermented and Aged Chardonnay the problems began. The labels would not stick to the bottles. We tried everything; we slowed down, we sped up, we hand pressed the labels, nothing worked. In the end, after a number of phone calls to Pat and to the label folks we just decided to bottle without the label and fix that problem when we can. We now have 100+ cases of beautiful Chardonnay without labels - oh well, stand by for a call for a labeling party at the winery.
Much thanks to all who came out to help us, I hope it was fun for you and that you will come back and enjoy the wines many times in the future.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Fall bottling day scheduled
We're bottling our Fall releases on Wednesday, August 11. We get started early in the morning and run the line all day, so be sure to stop by and see us in action.
Three new offerings will get bottled:
1634 - Our oak barrel fermented Chardonnay, and two dry reds: Quarterdeck and Captain's Table.
Three new offerings will get bottled:
1634 - Our oak barrel fermented Chardonnay, and two dry reds: Quarterdeck and Captain's Table.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Tasting Room, Day 1
Thank you to all of the folks who paid us a visit on this, the first day of business at the winery! Hope to see you again really soon!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
2010 Spring Release preview
Members, family, and friends got together April 14 and 15 to help with bottling our first wines! Much of the 2009 vintage is now in bottle. It just has to rest for a few short weeks to get used to its new cozy glass quarters before we can starting pouring!
We're releasing six wines this Spring, and will release (at least) two more this fall.
Here's the Spring release lineup...
Vidal Blanc - dry white varietal
Chardonnay - mostly unoaked
McIntosh Run - semi-sweet apple wine
Breton Bay Breeze - semi-sweet white blend
Breton Bay Shoals - semi-sweet red blend
Autumn Frost - lusciously sweet dessert-style wine from Vidal Blanc grapes
We're releasing six wines this Spring, and will release (at least) two more this fall.
Here's the Spring release lineup...
Vidal Blanc - dry white varietalChardonnay - mostly unoaked
McIntosh Run - semi-sweet apple wine
Breton Bay Breeze - semi-sweet white blend
Breton Bay Shoals - semi-sweet red blend
Autumn Frost - lusciously sweet dessert-style wine from Vidal Blanc grapes
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