WINE NOTES
The South Coast Wine Trail Celebrating the wine harvest by Alton Long
By now, most all of the wine grapes have been harvested except for those few that are being left to hang in hopes of making a delicious late harvest wine or an ice wine. With all the effort of picking, crushing and pressing the grapes one would think the winemakers would be busy with the wine making process or at least too tired to party. But it seems that it is traditional to make the post harvest time a time to celebrate. These celebrations carry right over into the Thanksgiving and the Christmas holiday season. You do not have to go to California to take advantage of this special phenomenon because our South Coast wineries will have plenty of activity for you to enjoy. We have more than a half dozen fine wineries on our South Coast Wine Trail, which runs from the western tip of Rhode Island to Cape Cod.
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Westport
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Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery These wineries have filled November and December with special events. A great example of this is Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery’s incredible schedule for Thanksgiving weekend. This is the occasion for their Annual Open House, which takes PLACE ON .OVEMBER THE 3ATURDAY RIGHT after Thanksgiving. It is a family day which runs from 11am to 5pm, and best of all, it is free. This includes hayrides, farm tours, local artisans and food vendors. There will be music, wine tasting, plus Buzzards Bay Beer. And caroling, ornament making and a tree lighting will get you in the holiday spirit. When they say “wine tasting”, take them up on it. This can be a real treat. Westport specializes in outstanding sparkling wines and Chardonnay. In addition, by that time they will have released their 2007 Pinot Gris and Rkatsiteli and may be serving them at this time. If they haven’t sold out of these, you just might get a chance to taste them.
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Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod
Running Brook Vineyards
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Dartmouth
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Buzzards
Sakonnet Vineyards
Bay
Little Compton
Portsmouth
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Middletown
Newport Vineyards
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