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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

It won’t take long for you to realize that we do things a little bit differently around here. We refuse to accept that wine must taste of grass, tobacco, or dirt. Around here we like our wine like we like our women and ice tea…sweet! We don’t mess around when it comes to wine either, just check out the over 50 awards and medals we’ve won in our first four years!

All talk and no walk you say? Well pony up to our tasting bar and we will let our stunning selection of highly enjoyable libations walk all over your taste buds. Relish in pure unadulterated pleasure without worrying about how your swirling the glass. Sit back, Sip, Enjoy, Relax, Repeat…responsibly of course.

The winery is where the magic happens. All of our wines are made right here in house, just steps from the beach, where you’ll find the most unique winery on earth. Beach real estate isn’t cheap, s0 we squeeze a lot of wine out of a small space: about 900 square feet! We use three 2,000-liter jacket fermentation tanks and nine 2,000-liter racking and aging tanks. Filtering is handled by our 40-plate plate & frame filter, and all the bottling is done by hand right in the front window.

It’s not a lot of room, but it’s enough for us to create the most amazing libations known to man.

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Chocolate Shop Wine

Friday, January 18, 2013

Chocolate Shop, the ultimate “Chocolate-Lover’s Wine,” is a deep, ruby-red wine blended with rich, velvety chocolate. Chocolate Shop provides you with a romantic, indulgent wine experience like no other.

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Volcano Winery

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Aloha! Wine tasting in Paradise is just a sip away at Volcano Winery. We’ve been creating unique wine and fruit blends on the southern slope of Mauna Loa Volcano on the Big Island since 1986, making us the United States’ southernmost winery.

We gather local tropical fruits like the yellow guava and the jaboticaba berry and blend them with traditional wine grapes to create local wines inspired by volcanic fire and the bounty of the island. Our location near the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park lets us make vibrant wine that captures the playful spirit of Hawaiian paradise — and our relaxed, laid-back atmosphere.

In fact, our fruit -blended wines were so unique that the federal government (BATF) had to come up with new category designations to classify them!

We’ve seen many changes in our 25+ years, but the commitment to produce special, award-winning wines made with Aloha has always remained in our hearts.

If you plan on visiting the winery, you can enjoy a tasting with one of our fun and knowledgeable staff members and even drink wine by the glass out in the picnic area. Come relax and sip into “Hawaiian time.”

We’re open every day except for Christmas, from 10 to 5:30. Aloha!

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Linganore Winecellars

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

In 1972, amidst rolling hills, dairy cows, and cornfields, a small vineyard was planted in the fertile soils of an old dairy farm. That one small vineyard has proudly become Linganore Winecellars. Now operated by the founder’s children, we welcome you to share in our growing family tradition.

Linganore Winecellars cordially invites you to partake in an enjoyable and relaxed afternoon tasting our award-winning wines produced by our fertile soils, abundant sunshine, and skilled winemakers.

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Finnriver Farm & Cidery

Friday, March 16, 2012

Finnriver Farm and Cidery produces award-winning hard ciders and dessert wines on a small, remote organic farm, orchard, and craft cidery on the Olympic Peninsula.

Located along a salmon stream in the Chimacum Valley, we’ve been honored to be at the forefront of the Pacific Northwest hard cider revival and to craft ciders that recognize hard cider traditions from around the world while also offering fresh perspectives on the fermented apple.

We grow and source organic, wild-harvested, and seasonal ingredients, and since our founding in 2008, multiple branches of the Finnriver family tree have sprouted:

Finnriver Farm & Cidery grows, sources, and ferments organic apples & pears into a line of farmcrafted hard ciders and fruit wines.
Chimacum Valley Grainery grows and mills organic grains and produces local flours, pastas, and baked goods.
And Stellar J Farms, located at the original home farm, grows organic fruit and veggies.

Finnriver’s farm and orchard are certified organic and Salmon Safe, and the cidery is a Certified B Corporation. Welcome!

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Clear Creek Distillery (Hood River Distilleries)

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Handcrafted from Oregon orchard fruit, Clear Creek Distillery’s eaux de vie, fruit liqueur, and brandies have, for decades, married classic European brandy-making techniques learned in Alsace and Switzerland with the traditional European pot still.

No colors or flavors are ever added to our brandies. The distinctive “nose,” or initial smell of the brandy in a snifter, is the result of careful fermentation and distillation of perfectly ripe fruit. You will taste only the clear and fiery essence of Oregon’s finest fruits.

Owner/distiller Steve McCarthy and his brandies are respected internationally, served in the world’s best restaurants, and celebrated by connoisseurs everywhere:

“In Oregon, Steve McCarthy’s Clear Creek Distillery is producing what many experts feel to be the best fruit brandies…ever made in the U.S.” (The New York Times Magazine, Dec. 8, 1991). Steve McCarthy received Bon Appétit’s American Food & Entertaining Award “Wine and Spirit Professional of the Year” (September, 2001). His spirits have been called “the most extraordinary eaux-de-vie in America, indeed, in the world” (“The Wine Bible,” by Karen MacNeil, 2001) and “Gorgeous, impeccably pure eaux de vie” (Eric Asimov, The New York Times, August 15, 2007).

In 2014, McCarthy sold Clear Creek Distillery to Hood River Distilleries, Oregon’s largest and oldest craft distillery, which continues to make several of his original products using the same methodology and reverence to high-quality Oregon fruit and herbs.

A legendary figure in the handcrafted spirits business, McCarthy passed away in 2023.

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Eden Specialty Ciders

Thursday, December 1, 2011

At Eden Specialty Ciders (click for video), our mission is to produce high-quality, boutique ciders and wines from traditional and heirloom apples produced in Vermont orchards.

Eight pounds of apples go into the making of each 375ml bottle of ice cider. Our ice ciders have won many ice cider gold medals and been recognized by Food & Wine, The Art of Eating, Wine Spectator, Culinate, Eatocracy, Serious Drinks, Edible Manhattan, and “Martha Stewart Living Radio.”

Our customers are discerning chefs, sommeliers, and wine shop owners, wine drinkers, sweet-wine lovers, foodies, gift-givers, and also people who just love Vermont.

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Fabbioli Cellars

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Fabbioli Cellars, owned by Doug Fabbioli and Colleen Berg, is the result of a dream more than 30 years in the making. After moving to California in 1987 with hopes of finding land to grow grapes, the couple discovered that turning that dream into reality was more challenging than expected. In 1997, they returned to the East Coast, bringing with them valuable knowledge, skills, and confidence gained from their time out West.

In early 2000, Colleen discovered a 25-acre parcel in Lucketts, just north of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. The land proved ideal. By 2001, they began planting vineyards and building their home, focusing primarily on Merlot, with Petit Verdot for blending.

Doug’s passion for winemaking traces back to his grandfather, Leone Fabbioli, who crafted wine in his basement in the 1940s and ’50s with meticulous care and respect for quality fruit. Today, Doug carries on those traditions, combining hands-on attention with modern techniques to produce balanced, expressive wines.

Supported by a close-knit network of family, friends, employees, and volunteers, the winery thrives on shared effort—from vineyard work to bottling and tasting room service. United by a commitment to quality, sustainability, and community, the Fabbioli team continues to grow while showcasing the best of Loudoun County’s rural character.

Visitors are always welcome in the tasting room to experience the wines and the story behind them.

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Century Farm Winery

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Along with the vineyard, visitors to the Century Farm Winery in Jackson, Tennessee, can see what real-life West Tennessee farming looks like, including rows of cotton and corn.

Century Farm Winery was founded by Jo and Carl O’Cain and is now operated by Jo’s son, Bart Horton. This fully functioning farm has been growing a full gamut of horticultural crops since Jo’s family started farming the land over 150 years ago.

Originally the Spivey Farm, the winery’s name comes from its designation as a “Tennessee Century Farm” by the Center for Historic Preservation.

Bart makes a wide variety of award-winning wines from native grapes and fruit wines, including strawberry, pear, blueberry, concord, apple, cranberry, elderberry, and plum, along with a specialty 20% abv chocolate dessert wine.

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