October Newsletter Greetings Friends, We are finishing up the 2016 harvest this week with Vidal and Chambourcin. It's always nice to have all of the
October Newsletter
Greetings Friends,
We are finishing up the 2016 harvest this week with Vidal and Chambourcin. It's always nice to have all of the grapes in and not have to worry about birds, hurricanes or anything else that could harm the grapes.
They're back! Spiced Winter Red and Spiced Winter White are now for sale at the winery and online.
$1 per bottle of First Blush (our wine of the month) will be donated to Breast Cancer Coalition of PA, an organization devoted to research and run by breast cancer survivors.
October Specials
* Wine of the Month - First Blush, additional 10% off
* 3 Pack of the Month - 3 Spiced Winter White for $35.00
available at winery only, 3 pack cannot be combined with other offers
Upcoming Events
October 8 - Live Music in the Vyneskeller
Steve Myers on the baby grand piano, 1-4pm
October 15 & 16 - Lehigh Valley Wine Trail Chambourcin Weekend
Vynecrest Winery is very excited to be partnering with Cibo food truck all weekend. Vynecrest will be offering complementary tastings of the 2014 Chambourcin with bite-sized homemade pizza squares by Domenico Buonsante, or as most people know him, Nico.
Nico has been a mainstay at various wine festivals as well as Christkindlemarkt for years, and this will be the first time his brand new food truck will be debuting along the Wine Trail. The Truck, named Cibo Pizza and More, will be selling food all weekend and if you have never had pizza from Nico you are missing out!!!
October 22 & 23 - Lehigh Valley Cider & Wine Festival, Coca-Cola Park
The 2016 Lehigh Valley Cider and Wine Festival – an on-field event featuring hard cider and wine tastings from local and regional cideries and wineries – makes its return on Sat., Oct. 22 and Sun., Oct. 23 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Coca-Cola Park. Attendees each receive a collector’s stemless glass to enjoy their cider and wine tastings and can also purchase a variety of food and crafts from local food trucks, vendors and artisans. The festival also includes live entertainment, the ability to purchase cider and wine by the glass, bottle or case and other fun activities such as an apple launch competition. Interested parties are encouraged to purchase their tickets today as the inaugural 2015 event sold out in advance.
October 23 - Bear Creek Harvest Wine Festival, Bear Creek Resort
Join us on Sunday, October 23 from 12-5pm for our Harvest Wine Festival at Bear Creek! Guests will enjoy wine and food samples from over 40 vendors. Each guest will receive a commemorative wine tasting glass, event program, free samples and have access to our Wine Check service. Live music by Jazz Liquidity in the Lodge.
Tickets are $35 and will be limited to 1,300 guests. Tickets must be pre-purchased online here
October 30 - Jazz Sunday
Live Jazz in the Vyneskeller with Dan Harakal and new pianist Lars Pottegier, 1-4pm
Glass Half Empty
By Jan Landis
When people talk about a company, they often talk about the face of a company, or who you think of when you think about a company. That made me think about Vynecrest and who is the face of Vynecrest Winery. If you look at our bottles, you might say that the face of Vynecrest is Maizey who’s picture appears on four Vynecrest labels. We’ve always been a “hand-on” owner family at Vynecrest and a great many of our customers know us. We’re almost always around somewhere-- John does the winemaker tours , Jan works in the Vyneskeller , Ky is in the wine cellar making wine and at all of our festivals, and Sam is everywhere. Dana, our Tasting Room Manager, is very much a hands-on presence almost daily. Fridays you will always see Janine and most of you know Michelle either from Kutztown or the Vyneskeller. And there is Jim, our very knowledgeable Tasting Room guy. Quite of few of our Tasting Room ladies have been with us for a long time, so that they are known by name by a lot of our customers.
Lately, as we’ve been growing, so has our Tasting Room personnel, and we’ve hired a number of new people. However, I like to think that one thing that is consistent about the Face of Vynecrest is that we are here to help you find a wine that you will really enjoy, and that we really like what we do. It seems like a cliché that we work like one big family, but it’s true. On Saturdays, after 5pm, all of us who have been working that day, will get together at the tasting bar and enjoy a glass of wine and each others’ company. That’s the real face of this winery.
Vynecrest Family
John, Jan, Sam Landis & Malachi Duffy
