We tasted in the Hudson Valley, within minutes of the RV park in Newburgh, NY. |
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| Many of the fruit farms (peaches, cherries, apples) have been converted to grapes, not just in Hudson Valley, but many states. There was still a lot of fruit to be seen as we drove around the area, though. We take advantage of them all... | |
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| Adair vineyards, just down the road from the RV park... | The tasting room is in an old barn, we have seen lots of old barns lately... |
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Upstairs in the barn, we find the wine and are ready to taste... |
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| Rivendell Winery just waiting for us... | The tasting room and beautiful grounds. |
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| Lots of vineyards, these are Whitecliff's vineyards | Some of the equipment it takes to make wine, you have a de-stemmer and some stainless fermentation tanks. |
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| The white cliffs that the winery got their name from. | These are not ghosts, they are grape vines that have been covered with nets to keep the deer and birds from the grapes. This is the heaviest I have seen grapes netted, but we did see lots of nets. |
| New wine tasting friends, Irwin & Deborah McKown. We ran into them at the 2nd winery and decided to stay together to finish out the day. They are into skeet & clay shooting but with a challenge, you have to move from station to station. They manage a website all about Shooting Sports. Really nice people :) |
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| Last, but not least, Stoutridge Vineyard. | Tasting room, winery and distillery, all in one very nice building. |
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| Steve Osborn, very proud of his entire project; winery & distillery. | Steve and his specially made fermentation barrels. |
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| One of the stills in the distillery. Keep a look out for Stoutridge Vodka some day soon. | View from the outdoor patio of the property at Stoutridge. |
