2011 Harvest Photo Contest Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of our first ever Harvest Photo Contest! We recieved so many beautiful photos it was hard to pick just three winners...so we didn't. We have a tie for third place and many fantastic honorable mentions! Thank you to all that submitted!!

1st Place and the winner of the $100 Gift Certificate for JTV Wine!

Peter Zoltai

2nd Place and Winner of $50 Gift Certificate for JTV Wine!

Debi Rapson

TIE 3rd Place and Winner of $25 Gift Certificate

Bob Morin

TIE 3rd Place and Winner of $25 Gift Certificate for JTV Wine

David Petty

Honorable Mentions and Winners of $10 Gift Certifiate for JTV Wine

Roger Ouellette

Rosemary Stanley

MaryLu Burke-Petty

Wine & Cheese Event!

This past weekend we harvested Seyval and boy what a large harvest it was! Our vines were as full as ever, taking us the entire Saturday to pick, and that was with the help of over 20 volunteers. While the rain held off most of the day, the grapes were slightly damp, making it a bit messy for picking and crushing.

We finish our harvest next weekend (fingers crossed). Stop by the vineyard to see the last of it before the grapes are all picked!

2011 HARVEST BEGINS!

So sorry for the delay in blog posts, but to make up for it we will be detailing our favorite season...HARVEST! We kicked off this year's harvest on September 17th by picking Aurore, Canadice, and Leon Millot. And boy what a weekend it was, whew! We have been busily picking, crushing, destemming, pressing...

We will continue picking until the middle of October as many of our varieties have been pushed back due to slow ripening. Next weekend we hope to get Marechal Foch in the tanks!

Indulge in Wine & Chocolate

We had a great event February 12th that featured a variety of our wines paired with Lindt Chocolate!

The tasting room

We paired our Organically Grown Zinfindel with the Excellence 85% Cocoa Bar and our Marechal Foch (Dry) with the Excellence Black Currant Bar

Our NH Port 2009 with the Excellence Chili Bar, our Rhapsody in Blue Icewine with the Petits Dessert White Mousse Bar, and our Orange Muscat with assorted Lindt truffles

The favorites? NH Port 2009 with the Excellence Chili Bar and our Marechal Foch (Dry) with the Excellence Black Currant Bar!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and to Lindt Chocolate for helping create such a decadent event!

February 8, 2011

Some pictures of what's going on today...

Gregg, our assistant winemaker, cleaning the tanks...at least he gets to use hot water!

Lab day- samples from our cellar.

A lot of upcoming tastings:

February 10- Serenity Cafe, Rye NH, 5:00-7:00pm

February 11- McKinnon's, Salem NH, 4:00-6:00pm

February 12- Epping Meat Market, Epping NH, 2:00-4:00pm

February 12- Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough NH 4:00-7:00pm

February 13- Jacques Flowers, Manchester NH, 1:00-3:00pm

February 17- Peterborough State Liquor Store, Peterborough NH, 4:00-6:00

February 24- Durham Marketplace, Durham NH, 4:30-6:00

Indulge in Wine & Chocolate! Saturday, February 12, we will be pairing a selection of our wines with a variety of Lindt chocolates for a Valentines celebration! Join us! No reservations are needed for the event, and it is complimentary! Happy Valentines Day!!

Warm Up with Wine and Cuddle with Cheese!

We had a great event last weekend that featured 4 of our wines paired with a variety of Vermont's Cabot Cheese! We paired our Riesling with Cabot's 50% Reduced Fat Cheddar, our Steuben with Cabot's Pepper Jack, our Zinfindel with Cabot's Seriously Sharp Cheddar, and lastly, our Marechal Foch with Cabot's Horseradish Cheddar. It was a very successful event, and a big thank you goes out to all everyone who stopped by! Here are a few pictures from our "Warm Up with Wine and Cuddle with Cheese" event....
Next up: In honor of Wine Week, we are having a complementary Barrel Tasting on Sunday, January 23 from 1-4pm, held on the hour. No reservations needed!