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Upcoming Events in Your Area
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Taste Wine Like a Pro!
Crossing Vineyards & Winery
From
Thursday, May 17, 2012 To Thursday, May 17, 2012
At Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Rd, Washington Crossing, PA
Thursday, May 17, 7:00 PM.
Learn how to sip, smell and swirl like the experts. Get the background, the basics and the buzzwords. No snobs allowed!
Cost: $30. Includes instruction, wine tasting and learning materials.
Call for reservations at 215-493-6500, ext. 19 or buy on-line: www.crossingvineyards.com
Email: info@crossingvineyards.com
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40th Annual Clifton Homes Tour
Paradise Springs Winery
From
Thursday, May 17, 2012 To Thursday, May 17, 2012
Paradise Springs will host the Clifton Homes Tour Marketplace for the second year in a row. Vendors will line the winery with a box lunch option available for lunch.
Homes Tour Menu:
Apple Walnut Salad
Cobb Salad
Southwestern Chicken Salad
Club Sandwich
Vegetarian Sandwich
All menu items - $13.95 (includes soda or bottled water)
Lunch with glass of wine of your choice - $21.95
Reservations Required for lunch. Please call the winery at 703-830-9463. Reservations must be made no later than COB May 15th. Credit cards will be run COB May 15th. No cancelations after this time.
Live Music in the afternoon from 3-6pm.
Home Tour Tickets can be purchased by visiting :
http://cliftoncwc.org/homes-tour-marketplace/
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Laurence McKenna Thursday Music
Mad Fox Brewing Company
From
Thursday, May 17, 2012 To Thursday, May 17, 2012
7PM. Laurence McKenna is a frequent presence on the Mad Fox stage as a solo act and with his band Shag. He returns to the Mad Fox stage in his solo acoustic mode bringing his bright vocals to bear on originals and covers. Read more about one of our favorite artists at his solo act web site - http://www.shagtheband.com/fr_laurencemckennasolo.cfm
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Cask Night - American Craft Beer Week
Mad Fox Brewing Company
From
Thursday, May 17, 2012 To Thursday, May 17, 2012
Mad Fox's brewing team sets all six beer engines to work with APA, Stout, Wee Heavy, Porter, Mild and Yards IPA. This is the first tast of our new Mild and the first cask of Porter this year!
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Meet the Artist with hannah katherine
Bluestone Vineyard
From
Friday, May 18, 2012 To Friday, May 18, 2012
Our current artist is hannah katherine. She is a local artist and recently joined our team as the Special Events Coordinator. Although you can usually find her at Bluestone, Friday, May 18th, she will come out from behind the wine bar to meet guests and chat about the artwork.
Her current work is heavily influenced by botanical designs. She creates her pieces by layering watercolor washes with dynamic line work to create detailed compositions that are often whimsical and evocative.
Come out to Bluestone on Friday, May 18th to meet hannah and see her work!
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Wine Down Friday: Doug Alan & Ray Jozwiaka
Elk Run Vineyards
From
Friday, May 18, 2012 To Friday, May 18, 2012
6-9pm. $5.00 cover. A prolific songwriter, Doug's acoustic-based folk, blues sound speaks to the soul and the human condition. An outstanding guitar player, we may hear him on harmonica and an assortment of hand percussion as well.Ray Jozwiak "Gonzo Piano" is technically outstanding and highly imaginative. Ray's music combines Classical, Jazz, Funk, and just about everything else. A Great evening's entertainment will be had with these talented artists.www.dougalanwilcox.com www.rayjozwiak.com
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Fireside Fridays! - goatFISH
Black Ankle Vineyards
From
Friday, May 18, 2012 To Friday, May 18, 2012
Enjoy live music along with your favorite Black Ankle wines. Music is played either in the tasting room or in our patio area and accompanied by indoor or outdoor fires, depending on the weather. No reservations accepted, just come on by to enjoy the evening! 6-9pm
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Friday night Music
Potomac Point Winery
From
Friday, May 18, 2012 To Friday, May 18, 2012
Enjoy fare from our bistro while sipping wine and listening to live music by Jason Masi.
6:30pm-9:30pm $5 cover
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Sunsets At The Vineyard
Barren Ridge Vineyards
From
Friday, May 18, 2012 To Friday, May 18, 2012
Join us in our Audrey Blackford Room or on our patio(weather permitting) for an evening of wine, music, and food! Where: Barren Ridge Vineyards When: 7pm-10pm Admission: $10.00 per person/ Not including dinner More Details: Bring your own food or pre order our menu below! No outside alcohol please. A dance worthy evening to William Walter &...
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Music in the Glass House: Steven Michael Smith
Glass House Winery
From
Friday, May 18, 2012 To Friday, May 18, 2012
6:15-9pm
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WineCompass.com - a Tradex Consulting company
Vienna, Virginia
Fax: 703-991-2548
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Vintage Virginia Wine Festival
From Saturday, June 02, 2012 To Sunday, June 03, 2012. Taking place at the historic Bull Run Regional Park Special Events park, just 20 minutes from Washington DC, Vintage Virginia offers a one-stop-shopping environment, where you can taste before you buy! Take advantage of the opportunity to meet your local winemaker …or better still, reserve a spot in the Top 5 Tasting Tent.
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Malvoisie
Minor grape found mainly in Corsica. Used to produce local, high-alcohol wines blended from grapes of mainly Spanish origin such as the Grenache and others. The grape called by the same name in the Languedoc region of France is actually the Bourboulenc.
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From the serenity of California’s great central valley oaks arises the expression of fine wine produced in world-class quality microclimates. Only California can produce so many different expressions of flavor and resonance from each variety, and capture the heritage and flavors of oak to provide a premier wine you can share with family and friends. Our red wines have been selected from a few of these vineyards that produce their own distinctive bouquet and flavor, giving a unique experience to each and everyone who savors fine wine. Two of our red wines, cuvee and cab-shiraz, have been recognized as some of the best red wines at the 2003 California State Fair, both winning awards. Ordering California wine can be done on our website so that you can buy California wine online or by mail. We are a California winery direct sales company that will sell California wine online or by mail as well as at our Tasting Room. Our Mission is to Create a $60 bottle of wine and sell it for $15.00. We believe that Wine should be a conversation piece. We like to create a wine that intrigues your pallet—causing one to linger trying to identify each nuance of the wine. The end product is a complex wine that has a smooth finish. Our Wine Maker, Manual Tavares, was born in San Miguel in the Azure Islands the son of Portuguese parents who moved to the United States in December of 1963. Manuel’s father always made wine and Manuel began helping at the age of 10. Tavares grows the grapes, barrels and blends the wine, and sells it. He’s been in the vineyard his entire adult life, growing grenache, carignane and mission grapes since the 1970s. And he has been dabbling in winemaking in the Portuguese tradition for years with his father as his teacher.
When the wine market became bloated in 2001, Tavares could not find a home for his grapes. Neither could other growers — and they banded together to form Mokelumne Oaks. Fortunately, the 2001 crop in the Lodi area was light, allowing the grapes to have more intense flavors. That’s just what Tavares wanted. “I intentionally left the grapes longer on the vines to increase (the sugars),” he said. “There is a boldness in the taste.” There also is a balance of oak flavors, which Tavares created by aging his red wines in a combination of one-year-old and two-year-old American and French barrels.
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