We have bottled 200 cases of Niagara and plan on bottling 200 cases of Vidal Blanc/Riesling and 200 cases of Harvest Moon later this week. These wines will be released for tasting and sales by the first weekend in May.

Last year during harvest, we decided we wanted to add a blush wine to our lineup. We had our first harvest of the grape Edelweiss from our own vineyard at Nimble Hill this year and we felt it would make a good blush wine. We have been working on getting it to just the right balance of acidity and sweetness. This wine will be light and fruity, a clean and innocent wine.

The official release date for our 2006 Cabernet Franc is August 1st, however, the shelves will be stocked and sales will commence on Saturday July 28th. The Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon will be soon to follow, stay tuned. This Cabernet Franc is a blend of grapes from Ackerly Pond Vineyards in Long Island and Milnes Vineyards in Tunkhannock. The fermentation was done in open top bins and the cap was puched aggressively 4 or 5 times daily during fermentaion to extract color and flavor. Near the end of fermentation the wine was racked into new American oak barrels and aged for 8 months in oak prior to bottling. It has aged an additional 2 months in the bottle prior to release. This wine drinks well now but will continue to develop with more time in the bottle.