Schuylkill County winery makes a few tweaks for its eighth annual chili cook-off fund-raiser
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
Three of Galen Glen s top-selling wines are placed in the foreground of the view that customers get from the patio at the winery in Schuylkill County.
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The coronavirus wasn’t about to end a good thing.
One of the East Coast’s top wineries is planning to hold its eighth annual cook-off the next two weekends, albeit the pandemic will alter how it’s done.
The winery, at 55 Winter Mountain Drive, is partnering with Chef Mark Muszynski of Curious Goods at the Bake Oven Inn, a farm-to-table restaurant in nearby Germansville, to create three unique chilis.
30 vintages in, Lula Cellars’ Matt Parish excited by a ‘learning curve that keeps going up’
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
A photo of the team at Lula Cellars, located in California s Anderson Valley. Matt Parish is seated on the far right.
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Matt Parish joined Lula Cellars in the summer of 2017, taking over the winemaking at a limited production, ultra-premium winery situated in the “Deep End” of California’s Anderson Valley, a 2 1/2-hour drive north up the coast from San Francisco.
It’s located outside the town of Philo, in Mendocino County, 25 minutes from the Pacific coast.
A New Zealand native, Parish brought with him a portfolio packed with experience as a winemaker and wine executive. That includes winemaking roles at Constellation Wines US and various companies in France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, and as vice president and chief winemaker for the Americas at Treasury Wine Estates, which featured Beringer
What will wineries take away from 2020? Plenty, with many of the changes to be used permanently
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
For central Maryland’s Boordy Vineyards, its 75th anniversary year was certainly memorable, just not for the reasons it expected.
Any plans to mark the occasion for a winery that was founded by Jocelyn and Philip Wagner in 1945 were canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic along with other big events that it annually holds. In addition, at least for the moment, only those at least 21 years old are welcome to the site in Baltimore County, located a half-hour from downtown Baltimore, and switched from tastings to flights.
The Vineyard at Hershey’s wait for 2nd Governor’s Cup a lot shorter than for the first one
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
The first Governor’s Cup felt like a long time coming for Dauphin County’s Vineyard at Hershey.
Located along Route 283 near Middletown, the winery won its first last year with its 2017 Merlot taking best in show for dry wine. It was apropos, considering that the producer almost since its inception has built one of its annual major events around the release of its Merlot. The Vineyard at Hershey opened in 2009.
Its second Governor’s Cup, announced Tuesday, came much sooner. Once again in the dry wine category, The Vineyard at Hershey’s Firefly was named best of show. It is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. Per the release, “Firefly is a full-bodied red wine with the perfect blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot combining dark fruit with notes of plum, currant and spice. This wine has a warm, pleasant finish.”