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| - Went on the weekend for a tour and wine and cheese tasting.
The tour was mediocre - have had better. The information given was minimal, and the lady doing the tour couldn't answer the question as to when the grapes were picked for ice wine. Since they are pushing their ice wine, this should be known. We were however given a lot of information about the owners' families and what other businesses they are into or planning on doing.
For the wine tasting the group was placed on a table on the front porch. It was cold as it was later in the evening and facing east, so no sun. The amount of wine given per tasting was minimal - it was suppose to be 1 oz per glass, however, it got less as the serving went along. You could barely taste the wine before it was finished. It would also have been nice for someone to actually be present when we are tasting to explain the wine or answer questions. Instead, we got a quick spiel before the wine was poured, and then the server disappeared until the next wine was to be served. With the 4 wines tasted, it probably equaled to less than a glass of wine.
The cheese quality was basic. Really just small pieces of cheese, some seemed to have been cut and sitting for awhile, as the outside was dry.
Other tastings I have been to, gives 1/2 glass per tasting and give crackers or bread along with the cheese.
The wine tasted were also just OK. Nothing stood out as being excellent.
The property was beautiful however. They have some beautiful huge ducks on the home's property. It would be a beautiful setting for a wedding, minus the drawback of Ninth Line being adjacent to the gazebo.
This is a young winery, only 2 years in production, so some more time probably needs to be under their belts.
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