Coming Soon June 25

The previous vintage (2023) won a gold medal in the Shanadoah Cup.

We expect no less from this 2024 vintage

Sunburst Cayuga White

Coming Soon June 2025

Paul & I spent many years in Curacao.  This wine reminds us of warm summer nights watching the beautiful sunsets that the caribbean offers.   Imagine a burgundy white (thats the yeast we used) with a lovely balance of fruit.  

Coming Soon June 25

The previous 2023 vintage won best of Catagory in 17 states at the Alantic Seaboard Competiton in 2024

We sold out of this wine VERY QUICKLY and expect no less from the 2024 vintage.

Coming Soon June 25

The previous vintage (2023) Gold medal winning wine in the Alantic Seaboard Competition 2024

We expect no less from the 2024 vintage

These are two of our best selling wines.  FREE SHIPPING!!

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023
Bronze Medal in the Governor's cup 2024
Red Blend –90% Arandell, 10% Petit Verdot  

 Our number one selling wine is very similar to a Cab Franc.   Very well balanced and drinking very well in its youth.  Great with BBQ meats!!!!!

BRONZE MEDAL IN THE FINGERLAKES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023, 

 SILVER MEDAL IN THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE GOVERNOR'S CUP 2024

   This is one of our best white wines to date. Think PEACHES. Enjoy this lovely, light, crisp wine, full of aromatics of peaches which follows through with lots of flavor.  This wine is great alone or with just about anything.

This wine will not be available until later in 2025.

Petit Verdot has romas of mostly black fruit flavors ranging from plum, blackberry and blueberry to slightly lighter black cherry. The unique and intriguing flavors of Petit Verdot are herbal and floral notes such as violet, lilac, lavender, sage, and dried herbs. This wine has just been bottled and it will take a few months for it to get through bottle shock.   We will monitor this wine and get it out to you as soon as possible.

Coming Soon June 25

We changed the yeast in this vintage to get more varietial characteristics out of the wine and WOW did it work.  The best Cayuga to date.

Silver Medal Winner at the Atlantic Seaboard Competition, August 2024!

Buckle up for our 2021 vintage just bottled. On the lees three years. 70 cases total. The complexity is amazing. Lovely brioche on the nose and a lovely complexity with marzipan and lemon and such an incredible balance. This sparkling wine is offering up a huge mouthful of flavor!!!! We will put this wine up against most champagnes in its price range. A bit of Pinot Meunier of course. World championships here we come 2025. We are hoping to beat our own Bronze from last year.

This is a sweet dessert wine made from Cayuga Grapes. 

Reviewed by Julia Harding/Jancis Robinson

GOLD MEDAL-Shenandoah Cup 2024

Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Competition August 2024!

This is a very special 2023 vintage of barrel reserve wine.   100% Arandell grapes.  We increased the Oak adding some wonderful blueberry, vanilla, and stewed cherry notes.

A lovely expression of the german wine!

Gold Medal Winner at the August 2024 Atlantic Seaboard Competition!

Review by Julia Harding/Jancis Robinson

Full screwcapped bottle 1,202 g. Purchased grapes from North Mountain vineyard. Whole-bunch pressed. Fermented cool in tank. TA 8 g/l, pH 3.31, RS 10 g/l.
Pure, scented lemon-and-lime freshness and a hint of mango. Sweet lemons all the way to the rounded, soft but balanced, mouth-watering finish. The acidity and the fruit are excellent partners. The overall impression is harmonious and off dry. Impressive depth of flavour. Extremely youthful and may age longer than my cautious drink dates suggest. (JH)

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2022

Cayuga/Chardonnay we blended this wine with a tad of Chardonnay.  You won't find any over oaking here.

 Vivid and Fresh

Silver Medal Governor's Cup 2024

Bronze Medal Winner Atlantic Seaboard Competition 2024

Soliel d'Ovest Estate 2022 was reviewed by world renowned wine critic Julia Harding. Below are her tasting notes.
Score 16 (superior)
Full screwcapped bottle 1,151 g. Cool fermentation and ageing in stainless steel. This is a cold-hardy hybrid bred in Minnesota in 1988 and released in 2022. This interspecific hybrid includes 45% Vitis vinifera, 28% Vitis riparia, and less than 10% each of Vitis rupestris, Vitis labrusca and Vitis aestivalis.

Intense, ripe tropical fruits on the nose with a hint of roses giving it a floral aspect – smells a little like Gewürztraminer. Ripe on the palate, too, highly scented, with a citrus freshness balancing those tropical fruit flavours and rose-petal notes. Much higher acidity than on a Gewürz, which makes this easy and refreshing. Really nicely made to bring out all the attributes of this variety to give a refreshing yet flavourful white with intensity and surprising length. I can imagine this variety might also be good in a blend as it is quite intense. Not for keeping, though. (Though perhaps I will be proved wrong.) (JH)

91 Points in the American Wine Society Awards 2023

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

Bronze Medal Winner at the Atlantic Seaboard Competition, August 2024!

This is an "Orange Wine."  What is tThat? It's a white wine that was fermented on the skins – made like a red wine, but with white grapes. Not many vineyards make orange wines, we thought it would be fun and it turned out wonderfully!  

BRONZE MEDAL IN THE FINGERLAKES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023, 

 SILVER MEDAL IN THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE GOVERNOR'S CUP 2024

   This is one of our best white wines to date. Think PEACHES. Enjoy this lovely, light, crisp wine, full of aromatics of peaches which follows through with lots of flavor.

SILVER MEDAL WINE

Bronze Medal Winner at the 2024 Atlantic Seaboard Competition 

Aromoa's of strawberries, elegant, beautiful salmon color, nicely balance and a favorite of guests.   Not sweet at all at .01% RS   This has fruit forward notes but dry.  A excellent wine. 

GOLD MEDAL- Shenandoah Cup 2024

We used a german yeast to produce a very unique profile, different than some of the exsisting Traminettes.

Your initial experience will be lilac on the nose, with some grapefruit and lemon peel on the pallet, followed by a lovely elegant finish.     A really interesting fun wine.  Lovely color and clarity.   This is a very dry white wine.    

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

Silver Medal in our Governor's cup 2024

Bronze Medal Winner Atlantic Seaboard Competition 2024

If you love Big Red wines, this is a lovely grape that is compared to Cab Sav.   We put a touch of American Oak on it, otherwise it spent it's life in French Oak.   This dry lovely balanced wine is stunning. Earthy, mouth-watering, fruit compote, lingering, and soft.

Bronze Medal Winner in the Atlantic Seaboard Competition 2024

A beautiful, bold blend –
66% Merlot, 29% Tannat, 14% Cab Franc

This amazing blend is sure to please the palate of the bold red lovers!   Dark Cherry, Pepper, and baking spices, Lovely soft Tannins come through from the Tannat,  from the extended oak aging, Stewed red fruit and black currant on the nose.

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

Bronze Medal in the Governor's cup 2024

Red Blend –90% Arandell, 10% Petit Verdot  

Our number one selling wine is very similar to a Cab Franc. Very well balanced and drinking very well.  Hightly recommend with BBQ.

GOLD MEDAL- Shenandoah Cup 2024

This wine is staying true to repeated consistancy and gold medals.    On the two vintages we have had on this very young vine, we have produced 2 gold medals.  

Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Compeition only 2 months in the bottle.   Headed for greatness like its previous vintage.  

Marquette 2023

This wine was reviewd by world renowned wine critic Julia Harding and below are her tasting notes:   
Score 16 (superior) for the sold out vintage of 2022.  Below is her review.

The current 2023 is even better.

Full bottle 1,140 g. This is the first time I have tasted Marquette, a complex hybrid created in 1989 in Minnesota. Aged 9 months in French oak.
Lightish cherry red and vibrant cherry and strawberry fruit on the nose. Just slightly herbal and delicately floral – nicely so. Light-bodied with lively red fruits and very gentle tannins. Fresh and refreshing. A really nice surprise with no really obvious hybrid notes except perhaps at the very end when there is something strawberry like. Excellent freshness on the finish. Juicy and mouth-watering. (JH

GOLD MEDAL WINE !!!!!

Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Competition only 2 months in the bottle.  WOW!

Black raspberry, blackberry, kirsch, violets cedar.   soft tannins, nice concentration of fruit, dry

2024 ASWA BEST OF CATEGORY/Gold Medal Winner: 2023 Le Meilleur by Briedé Family Vineyards, VA. Made with the hybrid grape La Crescent – and a touch of traminette – is from the Shenandoah Valley AVA. This light and refreshing white is off-dry with clean, fruity flavors of apricot and citrus. Perfect for relaxing with a French-style charcuterie board. “Le Meilleur” = The Best!

 

Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Competition, August 2024!

This wine is a blend of Cab Franc, Arandell, and Chambourcin. Right before bottling, we add german chocolate to give it that unique flavor.

Number #1 selling wine!