Debuting on Spring Sip & Savor weekend this Ice Wine is made from 100% Vidal Blanc fruit that was harvested at 37 Brix at a sustained temperature of 16 degrees Fahrenheit. The wine has 15% residual sugar, a velvety smooth mouth feel and very soft finish with flavors of Apricots and Peaches.
Silver Leaf Vineyard & [...]
Category Archives: Spring Sip & Savor
Silver Leaf Vineyard will be introducing its Ice Wine "Sip & Savor" weekend, May 2nd & 3rd
April 27, 2009 – 3:30 pm
Photos from the 2008 LPVA Spring Sip & Savor
April 26, 2009 – 10:25 am
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Coming up this weekend – May 2&3, 2009. Get all the details and tickets from our Sip & Savor page.
Spring Sip & Savor PJ contest prize details and Saturday morning mixer info
April 17, 2009 – 4:26 pm
Get a head start on warm weather fun and join us for our annual Spring Sip & Savor wine trail event. This is a great event for those who like to room to roam while out exploring the wineries & vineyards.
The event will kickoff with a complimentary Saturday morning mixer featuring coffee from Higher Grounds, [...]
Spring Sip & Savor: Tender Ridge Angus and Bel Lago have teamed up and will serve heavenly steak and wine flights
March 20, 2009 – 12:39 pm
Exclusively at Bel Lago Winery, Tender Ridge Angus beef will offer steak flights featuring top sirloin, strip steaks and rib-eye steaks paired with Bel Lago red table wine, pinot noir and Tempesta. Tickets to the May 2 and 3 Spring Sip & Savor include not only steak and wine flights at Bel Lago Winery but [...]
Spring Sip & Savor: Ciccone Vineyards Awesome 80's Pajama Contest and After Hours Party
March 17, 2009 – 12:39 pm
Ciccone Vineyards totally wants everyone to dress in there most awesome 80's pajamas! If you are a betty we want to see day-glo colors, crimped hair with scrunchies, and leg warmers! If you are a boy toy we want to see parachute pants, maybe some acid wash and if you are brave enough… a mowhawk! [...]
Introducing the LPVA 'Primo PJ Trail Event Contest'
March 4, 2009 – 2:48 pm
An added twist to this year's Spring Sip & Savor is our 1st ever 'Primo PJ Trail Event Contest'. Participants will don their pajamas when they set out in the morning and try to win one of the prizes that many of the wineries will be offering. The grand prize consists of two nights lodging [...]
2009 'Taste the Passion' Special Weekend Events
February 6, 2009 – 8:00 am
To add to the weekend's festivities, several of the wineries will be holding special events exclusively for "Taste the Passion" ticket holders to celebrate the beauty and fun to be had in this winter wonderland. These events will provide countless photo opportunities, so be sure to bring your camera.
Parties
A Friday night benefit mixer to kick [...]
Swiss Onion Soup Recipe – As Tasted at Gill's Pier During Sip & Savor
June 9, 2008 – 3:46 pm
By popular request here is the recipe for the Swiss Onion Soup that was served at Gill's Pier during the Spring trail event, Sip & Savor. Enjoy!
SWISS ONION SOUP
Yield 5 Cups
Ingredients
2 Cups Water
5 Tblsp Butter
1 Tsp Garlic Puree
3 Cups Onion – thinly sliced
¾ Tsp Dry Mustard
½ Tsp Salt
3 Tblsp Flour
1 ½ [...]
Winemaker's Choice: Shawn Walters of Forty-Five North Vineyard & Winery
April 25, 2008 – 12:18 pm
Wine: 2007 Pinot Gris – clean, crisp and well balanced…a great summer wine
Food: Wild mushroom, goat and raclette cheese wrapped in a puffed pastry
Shawn Walters Winemaker
Quote from Scott Harvey of Scott Harvey Wines – Napa Valley, CA
"I'm proud to be associated with one of the new stars of American winemaking. In my opinion Shawn Walters [...]
Winemaker's Choice: Alan & Linda Eaker of Longview Vineyard & Winery
April 25, 2008 – 8:51 am
Wine: 2006 Semi-dry Reisling
Food: Cherry marinaded pork tenderloin with cherry chutney
Why: I wanted to use local cherries and cherry wine in the preparation, and offer a white wine to compliment the pork, "the other white meat". Sometimes folks tend to only think of white wines with chicken and fish, and I think that they will [...]