If looking for a winery to attend I would recommend the Warwick Valley Winery. The Warwick Valley Winery is a family owned business that has over 5 acres of land producing more than 100 bottles of wine a day.

Welcome

As shown below this is the entrance to Warwick Valley. Since being up relatively far I would suggest this as a day trip. While driving into the place you can see the grapes and other trees growing such as apples, pear, and oranges also made into different hard liquors.

A view from the road

The process of making wine and all liquor starts with the viticulture. Viticulture is the process of making wine. Warwick Valley relies heavily on the process of vinification. Fermentation wise Warwick Valley uses classic oak barrels for fermentation. Vessels are used as well to produce sparkling wines.  Most of there wines are racked and then left for purchase. Their wines are not typically long-aged wines that are racked for many years and purchased by the crate.

Wines for Sale

Walking through the winery on the tour was interesting to do as the tour guide was very knowledgable from the types of grapes to the crus on the branches.  some varieties of grapes grown as Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris and many more. these are all types of grapes varieties that we learned about throughout the semester and are defined within the textbook. The winery itself has a trail like process through.

some grapes

Grapes

the tasting room was connected to the dining hall and the store. it was a small crowded area that was run by one bar back. He was a very busy man that was doing a tasting of about 8 wines that day. You had the option to choose your vintage and your blend and then you were able to taste them. one disappointing factor of the wine tasting that is it quite cramped as its a small area.

The Wine Tasting Counter

A major highlight of this winery was the food and music. The food there was absolutely amazing serving hand made fire oven pizzas that were delicious, and crispy homestyle french fries tossed in truffle oil. And the live music was from a local band. it’s a cute place that is family friendly and just an overall fun time. If you’re looking for a winery I would recommend Warrick Valley Winery.