Showcase of Vermont Wineries
Showcase of Vermont Wineries
3-8:30pm, Friday
11am-8pm, Saturday
11am-6pm, Sunday
Vermont Grape and Wine Council showcases one of Vermont’s emerging and expanding industries, Vermont wineries and grape growers. With more than 20 registered wineries in Vermont, an increasing number of vineyards are making a variety of award-winning wines from cold, hardy grapes grown here in Vermont. Vermont also produces Ice Wine, which is a specialty desert wine made from grapes that freeze on the vines. For more information, please visit: www.vermontgrapeandwinecouncil.com.
Participating Wineries:
Snow Farm Vineyard
Harrison Lebowitz
190 West Shore Road
South Hero, VT 05486
802-392-9463
Vermont’s oldest commercial vineyard and grape winery, producing international award-winning wines, including Wine Spectator’s fifth highest rated US produced ice wines.
Neshobe River Winery
Bob Foley
79 Stone Mill Dam Road
Brandon, VT -05753
802-247-8002
Small Family owned winery, located in Brandon, Vermont at Old Mill Inn Bed and Breakfast. Tasting room on-site in hand-crafted, blended wines.
Lincoln Peak Vineyard, LLC
Chris Granstrom
142 River Road
New Haven, VT 05472
802-388-7368
Vermont wine from 100% Vermont grapes. Lincoln Peak grows, makes and bottles the wines. The Vineyard wins awards, including two-time winner of Best in Show award at the International Cold Climate Wine Competition. Visit our family farm just north of Middlebury. Open daily 11:00am-5:00pm. Offering wine and t-shirts.
Champlain Orchard, Inc.
Elissa Mathis
2955 Route 74 West
Shoreham, VT 05770
802-892-2777
Honey crisp ice cider, sparkling ice cider and hard cider.
East Shore Vineyard
Bob and Linda Livingstone
69 East Shore North
Grand Isle, VT 05488
802-372-4174
Summer snow, Arctic Frost, Fronteanc Rose, Cabernet Franc (recently won medals from Taster’s Guild International Wine Judging Competition) and other varieties.
This vineyard overlooks Lake Champlain, which provides a micro-climate favorable for growing cold-hardy grapes that produce award-winning wines. They produce wines for all palates from dry to sweet and ice wine.
Eden Ice Cider Company
Eleanor Leger
Po Box 71
West Charleston, VT 05872
802-895-2838
Eden Vermont Ice Cider, northern Spy, Orleans Apple Wine
Eden Ice Cider Company has pioneered the development of unique ice ciders and has won gold medals at the Finger Lakes and Los Angeles International Wine Competitions. Their wines have been recognized by Saveur, The Art of Eating and Serious Eats.
This year, WhistlePig will be debuting their newest product at the Festival! WhistlePig “100/100”, “the finest rye whiskey available anywhere,” according to Master Distiller Dave Pickerell, is a 10yr, 100 proof, 100% straight rye whiskey hand bottled at the WhistlePig farm in Shoreham, VT. After serving as the Master Distiller for Maker’s Mark over 14 years, Dave Pickerel partnered with WhistlePig CEO and founder Raj Bhakta and spent 18 months scouring North America for the world’s best rye whiskey. After this exhaustive search, Bhakta and Pickerell released WhistlePig’s 10yr rye whiskey in 2010 to widespread acclaim: Wall Street Journal identified WhistlePig as on of the Top 5 Best Whiskies of 2010 and Wine Enthusiast awarded our rye 96 points, the highest rating ever awarded to a rye whiskey.
For more information, please visit: http://whistlepigwhiskey.com/home.php.