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Subject: Re: Winery visit
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:48:32 -0500
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Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2025-03-27 4:58 p.m., Ed P wrote:
>> I went to Bunker Hill winery today.  Have not been there for a while.
>>
>> I did buy some wine, but I also took them about 35 empty bottles that 
>> I saved for them to recycle.  It is a real small Mom & Pop operation. 
>> When visiting, every time the owners are doing everything.
>>
> It's nice to have wineries close to home.  We had one open up around the 
>   corner from us. They planted a couple years ago and started selling 
> their products last year. I haven't dropped in to try them out yet.They 
> only have a  couple acres of grapes so far, at least on that property. I 
> was surprised to see them planting a vineyard there.  Niagara is a major 
> grape growing region but most of the vineyards are on the north side, 
> along and near the escarpment and around Niagara on the Lake.  The soils 
> are completely different. I am on the back  side of the escarpment and 
> it is sandy loam, not shale and limestone.
> 
> Do you have to take the wine bottles all the way back there to recycle? 
> In Ontario we pay a a deposit on all alcohol containers including the 
> bladders in boxed wines. We take then back to the Beer Store to collect 
> the deposits.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> I consider most of what they make "fun" wines, good, not something to 
>> pair with a $100 steak.  I got a bottle of the Dandelion Petal Nice 
>> light flavor, good to just drink on its own.  Bottle of Orange, made 
>> from local fresh juice.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> I was wondering. I had a look on Google Maps and they don't seem to have 
>   many grapes growing around there.  A number of our local wineries grow 
> a lot of their own grapes but a number of them buy mostly from family 
> owned grape farms.  FWIW, some of the best local wines are made by a 
> small number of independent winemakers. One of my neighbours is a 
> premier wine maker who gets contracted to oversee production at a number 
> of small wineries and is very active in the Cold Climate Chardonnay 
> organization. His work takes him to Oregon, France, South American and 
> Australia.
> 

Isn't Mogen david wine made somewhere near you?  Probably MD 20-20 too.