Today we had a great day out east at 3 wineries: Shinn Estate, Lieb Cellars, and Baiting Hollow.
Shinn:
Here we had a guided tour through the vineyard, under the beautiful sun. We learned about wine making from the vineyard owner, and how the grapes are raised. Shinn practices bio dynamic style production, which is like super organic, and is working towards being officially certified as such. We were able to taste the grapes right off the vines (yummy) and learned about the trip they take to get to the bottle (and then our glasses!). The wines we tasted there were crisp and interesting, and overall well balanced, if on the simple side.
Lieb:
Here we did a reserve tasting. The wines were crisp and refreshing. Surprisingly we favored the whites. Some people picked up some cheese and we enjoyed the glorious weather and ate lunch outside.
Baiting Hollow:
We arrived to a music performance on their outside porch. We waited to taste 6 wines (they were very busy, which was our first good sign). We began with a great white, an interesting (different, if not amazing rose) and a few meh reds. We had a corked wine too, that was mostly drank (no one else caught it, even took us a while, since we had never had a corked bottle before, but alerting the staff got us a complimentary taste!) And we ended with a great dessert wine (albeit pricy, but still got 2 bottles!) that tasted to me like rhubarb strawberry/raspberry pie!
All and all a great day! Aren't you sad you missed it!
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