Va, NY, WV, Md wineries
 

Inspired by a recent visit to King Family Vineyards in Va. i visted a 'winefest' in my town this past weekend. I was truly surprised at how much i liked the Cab. Franc (and even the Chard) from King Family so i thought 'who knows what i'll find!'.

Well i guess i know what really bad wine is now. Some absolutely horrible stuff. I mean just nasty. Not 'bland, short finish, too much oak' bad but 'my god quick get me some water to rinse!' bad. One or two selections were 'ok' and i did buy a bottle of Reisling from Forks of Cheat Winery in WV that had an unusual tasting finish. It was otherwise a real bummer and much of the crowd was just a little too 'lets get drunk in this giant parking lot and pretend we're hippies in the 60's all over again'. not much less attractive than overweight single 40-somethings getting loaded on terrible wine and making out with some other lonely person in full view of the ROW.

Interesting experience but not worth repeating. Maybe a much larger 'festival' with a better selection of wineries would be a good time.

the finger lakes in new york are home to quite a few wineries, and very close to watkins glen.
come on up.

i was sorry to see only 1 or 2 NY wineries as i understand they do some great wines. WG is on the 'to do' list for sure.

+1 on the NY wineries. very beauitful, especially in the fall. the wine? some great, some lousy....but the wineries are spaced about 5 minutes from each other in spots so its no biggie to winery-hop

my car in front of one on seneca lake last month
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Bordy north of B-more puts on a good show w/ music and food summer weekends. Their wine is drinkable but nothing to brag about.

East end of LI. Great wine region. Vineyard after vineyard.

Stop at Breyermeir for pie on the way back.