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Wine Tips - Pinnacle Ridge Cabernet Franc and Manatawny Soleils Jumeaux
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This week's wine tips.
Pinnacle Ridge Cabernet Franc 2008
This excellent example of a cabernet franc is deep ruby red in color. It has a very fruity nose with hints of pepper. It has herbal flavors and a smooth mouthfeel. It is aged in Pennsylvania oak barrels which gives the wine a “subtle toastiness”. They feel this is their best cabernet franc yet. Excellent when paired with hearty foods. Available only at the winery for $16 a bottle.
Manatawny Creek Winery Soleils Jumeaux
This tasty, cooling white wine is an excellent summer sipper. It is a slightly sweet blend of Cayuga white and Seyval Blanc wines. It is pale yellow in color with aromas of citrus and stone fruits. Its flavor is crsip and clean and easy to drink with hints of peach and apricot. It is available only at the winery and sells for $10.95 a bottle.
Up-coming Events
Private Tasting of 6 USA Red Meritages (or similar red blends)
Sunday, July 11, 4-6 PM, we are hosting a private (blind) tasting of six USA Red Meritages. Two seats are available at $25 each. As we prepare for Bottle Shock Revisited on September 18, we are tasting wines that we may use for that event. Join us and help determine what wines we will use as the finalists on
September 18.
Please email us at VintageConnections@Comcast.net or call us at 610-469-6164 to reserve these two remaining seats.
Sunday, July 18
Saturday, July 24
The Great PA WIne Toast
August 14
Across the Commonwealth
Let's Toast!
More Info Coming Soon
Bottle Shock Revisited!
USA vs. France blind wine tasting
Saturday
September 18
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Benefits the American Wine Society Educational Foundation
Wine and Appetizer pairing and
"blind tasting"
of USA vs French wines.
Taste and vote for your favorites!
Perkiomen Valley Library, Schwenksville
$49 per person
$90 per couple
$350 per group of eight.
More details coming soon!
Visit the Perkiomen Valley Chapter of AWS.
Mom's House
Benefit Wine Dinner
Saturday, October 23
Five course dinner, each course paired with a different wine.
Kimberton Arts Center 6:30 PM
For more information about Mom's House, click HERE
This Week's Fun Fact Contact us to schedule an event in your home, at your business, or for your organization.
This week's wine tips.
Pinnacle Ridge Cabernet Franc 2008
This excellent example of a cabernet franc is deep ruby red in color. It has a very fruity nose with hints of pepper. It has herbal flavors and a smooth mouthfeel. It is aged in Pennsylvania oak barrels which gives the wine a “subtle toastiness”. They feel this is their best cabernet franc yet. Excellent when paired with hearty foods. Available only at the winery for $16 a bottle.
Manatawny Creek Winery Soleils Jumeaux
This tasty, cooling white wine is an excellent summer sipper. It is a slightly sweet blend of Cayuga white and Seyval Blanc wines. It is pale yellow in color with aromas of citrus and stone fruits. Its flavor is crsip and clean and easy to drink with hints of peach and apricot. It is available only at the winery and sells for $10.95 a bottle.
Up-coming Events
Private Tasting of 6 USA Red Meritages (or similar red blends)
Sunday, July 11, 4-6 PM, we are hosting a private (blind) tasting of six USA Red Meritages. Two seats are available at $25 each. As we prepare for Bottle Shock Revisited on September 18, we are tasting wines that we may use for that event. Join us and help determine what wines we will use as the finalists on
September 18.
Please email us at VintageConnections@Comcast.net or call us at 610-469-6164 to reserve these two remaining seats.
Sunday, July 18
Saturday, July 24
The Great PA WIne Toast
August 14
Across the Commonwealth
Let's Toast!
More Info Coming Soon
Bottle Shock Revisited!
USA vs. France blind wine tasting
Saturday
September 18
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Benefits the American Wine Society Educational Foundation
Wine and Appetizer pairing and
"blind tasting"
of USA vs French wines.
Taste and vote for your favorites!
Perkiomen Valley Library, Schwenksville
$49 per person
$90 per couple
$350 per group of eight.
More details coming soon!
Visit the Perkiomen Valley Chapter of AWS.
Mom's House
Benefit Wine Dinner
Saturday, October 23
Five course dinner, each course paired with a different wine.
Kimberton Arts Center 6:30 PM
For more information about Mom's House, click HERE
This Week's Fun Fact
Cabernet Franc is one of the parent grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon, having been bred with Sauvignon Blanc to create Cabernet Sauvignon. Someday, there will be a quiz!
posted by Dean and Lisa Foster at
10:00 AM
1 Comments:
Our friends Bob and Jacki commented that they love Pinnacle Ridge's Cabernet Franc, recently tasted Cab Franc's from all Lehigh Valley wineries, and all (but one we won't identify) were excellent. This grape grows very well in PA (and NY) and a bottle is generally about $15 but varies a little by winery. Cab Franc is the premier red grape and the main ingredient of Loire Valley (northern France) reds. We've tasted some $25 Loire Valley reds and most of the Lehigh Valley Cabernet Francs taste better (to us). Cab Franc is also one of the "Bordeaux" grapes and is added to Bordeaux to give the final blend a little more complexity, richness, a bit of a green pepper taste, and structure. Again, it is one of the parent grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon.
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