February Newsletter Greeting Friends February is a great month to visit the winery. It's a little less crowded on the weekends with less tourist tra

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February Newsletter

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Greeting Friends

February is a great month to visit the winery. It's a little less crowded on the weekends with less tourist traffic. You can beat the March crowds and enjoy a tasting upstairs or a glass of wine downstairs in the Vyneskeller.

We have few wine dinners coming up over the next couple of months. See below for additional information.

Wine of the Month - Late Harvest Vidal, additional 10% off*
3 Pack of the Month - 3 Vignoles for $30.00*

*at winery only, 3 pack cannot be combined with other offers

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Upcoming Events

February 13 - Valentine's Wine Dinner at Camillo's Restaurant, 7pm

Reserve your seats for our Valentine's Wine Dinner Featuring Vynecrest Winery

5 Courses paired with Wine $49/pp

MENU:

Appetizer - Eggplant Roulade(eggplant stuffed with feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic rolled and baked with our house tomato sauce). Paired with Vynecrest Red

Salad - Burrata over mixed greens topped with Balsamic Glaze. Paired with Naked Chardonnay

Pasta - Penne alla Vodka. Paired with Chambourcin

2nd Dinner Course - Salmon Pesto. Paired with Pinot Noir

Dessert - Raspberry Cheesecake. Paired with Late Harvest Vidal

Always a great night, great wine and food! Call 610-683-5637

February 14 - Valentine's Day

Our Vyneskeller wine bar will be opening early for Valentine's Day. From 10am to 12pm we will be selling $3 mimosas and featuring Frank Sinatra on our Ipad baby grand piano. Pastries, croissants & chocolate covered strawberries will be available for purchase. A great beginning to Valentine's Day! Reservations suggested. 610-398-7525

We will have live music from Steve Myers (stevemyerspiano.com) in the Vynskeller later in the day from 1 to 4:00pm.

February 22 - Jazz Sunday, Live Jazz music in the Vyneskeller, 1:00 - 4:00pm

March - Lehigh Valley Wine Trail Vino in the Valley Passport Program

There are still tickets available for the March Passport Program. The winery will be open for tastings but all food pairings are exclusively for passport ticket holders. Tickets can be purchased online here or at the winery.

For more information on the Lehigh Valley March Passport Program, click here.

March 12 - Kutztown Tavern Beer/Wine Dinner, 6:30 - 9pm

Tired of the same old dinner, join us for a interactive beer/wine dinner at the Kutztown Tavern on March 12th. Head Brewer Colin Presby from the Kutztown Tavern and Sam Landis from Vynecrest go head to head on a five course dinner asking you "who paired it better?" You will not only be exposed to a great evening of beer, wine and great food but a chance to win prizes and come away with some great take home gifts. Stay tuned to our websites "What's Happening" page for more information regarding menu, reservations and final details.

All reservations will go through Kutztown Tavern, 610-683-9600

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By Malachi Duffy,

Why is the Lehigh Valley such a great place to grow wine grapes?

Some people might say it's not. I would agree with them, if the goal is to create consistently reproducible vintages.

That's not what this area is about and that's what makes it so great. Every year is different and we get to shape the grapes we grow and the wine we make to best fit that particular year. Just because the grapes are different from year to year doesn't mean they are of lower quality. It just means some years are better suited for certain varieties than others. That's why we grow 24 different varieties of grapes with different clones and rootstocks within those varieties.

Don't get me wrong. Some varieties are a little frustrating some years. Pinot Grigio a couple of years ago comes to mind and it can be a huge pain in the ass in the vineyard. It is a small cluster variety and the grapes are tightly packed together in that cluster. With the right combination of time of year, temperature and rainfall, rot can be a big problem. But, you have to take the bad with the good. That same year produced a Lemberger that won a double-gold medal.

The Lehigh Valley is a great location because we do get variation in weather but it's not so extreme that it kills off the vine in the winter or creates such unfavorable growing conditions that we don't have anything worth picking come September. What it does create are conditions where everything we pick is going to be good, but a few varieties every year will be great.

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Cheers!

Vynecrest Family
John, Jan, Sam Landis & Malachi Duffy

For more information, visit www.vynecrest.com

Winery, Breinigsville - Open 7 Days a week, 11am - 5pm (5:30 on Fri)
Vynecrest on Main, Kutztown - Open 7 Days a week, 12pm - 6pm

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