Just in time!
Whew.
Just as we roll out the CT Wine Trail blog, the CT Dept. of Agriculture Marketing Bureau and the CT Wine Trail are throwing the 2009 Connecticut Wine Festival.
This is quite exciting because, well, I get to plan the order of my character assassination of CT's farm wineries. Okay, okay, "character assassination" is an overstatement. I just plan on being honest. Regardless, it'll be a great opportunity to plan my route and get a feel for what's going on in the world of Nutmeg State wine, or Charter Oak state wine, or whatever.
The festival is to be held August 1st & 2nd at the Goshen Fairgrounds. It's 25 bones per person, plus additional tasting tickets (you get 20, lush) or bottles or trinkets or cab fare home.
side note: I'm pretty sure there aren't any cab companies locally, so hire a limo or bring a designated driver, or gasp use the spit buckets
Directions can be found here
More info here
If that ain't enough, there's also the CT Shoreline Wine Festival August 15th & 16th hosted by Bishop's Orchards.
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Showing posts with label elm city wino. Show all posts
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Welcome
So, what's going on here?
I'm Matt, also known as the Elm City Wino. I had a blog for a while over at www.elmcitywino.com. Alright, I still have it, but I've let it lag in favor of much more glorious pursuits (Twitter -- @MattUva, and Bicycles -- scorchers.tk).
Aside from wine, I'm a social media junkie. Efforts from the Scorchers Blog have resulted in an entire team of sponsored riders, one rider sponsored by a much larger company, and a homegrown bicycle race in which we gave away over $16,000 worth of donated prizes to the 65 or so entrants. I tweet over on the Twitter at @MattUva. I've got a Facebook, a MySpace, a LinkedIn, even a MustLoveWine. Most of these are at my hip "on the regular" via an iPhone, a Blackberry, and an HTC Windows Mobile phone. I've got a laptop somewhere, too.
I currently work as a wine professional with one of Connecticut's more nerdy wine distributors. I've traveled to 100+ vineyards in the past year. I get to taste some pretty wild things on a daily basis. One of the most memorable of recent tastings was 2004 Grange with winemaker Peter Gago. Without getting into too much machismo, I think I've got this wine thing down.
My wife and I recently moved to Wallingford, CT. As it turns out, Wallingford has a winery -- Gouveia Vineyards. Surprisingly, after years of total wine addiction, I had never visited a CT winery. One lazy Sunday we decided to hit it up -- it was either that or do the dishes, so, well, yeah. We didn't go into the experience with high hopes and, well, we weren't disappointed. I was, however amazed at the quality of a few of the wines, to the point where I felt the need to share.
So here it is. I'm sharing.
My goal is to visit every CT winery throughout the course of this blog. I intend to be brutally honest whilst reviewing these wines, whether the "victim" is the winery, or the wine "establishment". I hope to give you, the reader, a real-life assessment of what CT's farm wineries have to offer.
There are rumblings in traditional wine media right now that give rise to a belief that good wine, made with care, can be made just about anywhere. I'm going to put that to the test.
Enjoy the read, and please give me feedback!
Cheers,
-elmcitywino
I'm Matt, also known as the Elm City Wino. I had a blog for a while over at www.elmcitywino.com. Alright, I still have it, but I've let it lag in favor of much more glorious pursuits (Twitter -- @MattUva, and Bicycles -- scorchers.tk).
Aside from wine, I'm a social media junkie. Efforts from the Scorchers Blog have resulted in an entire team of sponsored riders, one rider sponsored by a much larger company, and a homegrown bicycle race in which we gave away over $16,000 worth of donated prizes to the 65 or so entrants. I tweet over on the Twitter at @MattUva. I've got a Facebook, a MySpace, a LinkedIn, even a MustLoveWine. Most of these are at my hip "on the regular" via an iPhone, a Blackberry, and an HTC Windows Mobile phone. I've got a laptop somewhere, too.
I currently work as a wine professional with one of Connecticut's more nerdy wine distributors. I've traveled to 100+ vineyards in the past year. I get to taste some pretty wild things on a daily basis. One of the most memorable of recent tastings was 2004 Grange with winemaker Peter Gago. Without getting into too much machismo, I think I've got this wine thing down.
My wife and I recently moved to Wallingford, CT. As it turns out, Wallingford has a winery -- Gouveia Vineyards. Surprisingly, after years of total wine addiction, I had never visited a CT winery. One lazy Sunday we decided to hit it up -- it was either that or do the dishes, so, well, yeah. We didn't go into the experience with high hopes and, well, we weren't disappointed. I was, however amazed at the quality of a few of the wines, to the point where I felt the need to share.
So here it is. I'm sharing.
My goal is to visit every CT winery throughout the course of this blog. I intend to be brutally honest whilst reviewing these wines, whether the "victim" is the winery, or the wine "establishment". I hope to give you, the reader, a real-life assessment of what CT's farm wineries have to offer.
There are rumblings in traditional wine media right now that give rise to a belief that good wine, made with care, can be made just about anywhere. I'm going to put that to the test.
Enjoy the read, and please give me feedback!
Cheers,
-elmcitywino
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