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3970 PERT HILL RD, HOPEWELL, OHIO 43746
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Visit Flint Ridge Vineyard Winery!
Come spend an afternoon among the scenic hills of Southeastern Ohio. Relax with a glass of wine and enjoy the views from our terraces. Savor a gourmet pizza, fresh from our wood-fired stone oven. Venture for a walk in our vineyards and absorb the breathtaking panorama. Be rejuvenated by the fresh country air.
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New Wines:
Flint Ridge Vineyard is now offering a sweet & fruity white wine called New World White.
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Summer Hours:
Saturdays Noon - 6:00pm
or call to arrange wine pickup on other days.
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We have cheese plates available on most Saturdays or you are welcome to bring a picnic basket of food. Pizzas are available only on special dates because of the time involved in preparing the handmade crust and in firing the oven.
Our next Pizza Evening will be Friday, August 8th, 2008. Please call by August 6th to make reservations.
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We now have a selection of garden seed from
Seed Saver's Exchange
available at the winery for sale at $1.95 a pack. Stop by and look through our display as you begin planting your spring garden. These are open-pollinated seeds featuring heritage varieties. Visit their website for details of their work in preserving heirloom seed.
Long Island Cheese Squash, Bronze Arrowhead and Mascara Leaf Lettuces, French Filet Green Beans, Green Zebra and Black from Tula Tomatoes, Mixed Colors Broomcorn, Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry and Asparagus Peas are a few of the varieties of seed that we have available.
The vineyard is beautifully pruned, mowed and full of blossoming vines this year. The new baby geese will be out in the gardens soon to help keep the weeds down. Momma cow and her baby are enjoying the lush growth of grass around the vineyard as they mow for us.
In the tasting room we have some new wines available. The Traminette is one of the best we have produced with lovely fruitiness characteristic of that variety at its best. The 2006 Hopewell Red is a new favorite of many with the addition of Foch and a bit of oak in this vintage.
We have a new bottling of our Red Tail wine so there is plenty on hand for fans of that variety to enjoy over the summer.
WINEMAKER'S PHILOSOPHY AT FLINT RIDGE VINEYARD WINERY Our wines have a sense of place. They express our 'terroir'. Terroir is the French concept that sun, soil, and the soul of the winemaker combine to become expressed in a wine which can "only'" be described, after one has savored it, as coming from the Flint Ridge in Southeastern Ohio. As you'll read herein, our goal is to grow the highest quality fruit we, our sun, soil and soul, can eke out of the flint bearing clays and glacial spoil mounds of our farm. Our wines are an expression of our place. Like we aspire to be, our wines are intended to be subtle, straightforward, and revealing some more of themselves to he who engages them over time. If one of our wines is sweet, the sweetness will not overpower the grape.
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w h i l e e n j o y i n g t h e
m o m e n t s . . .
We're often asked, "Do you ever let guests stomp grapes during the crush?"
Now, what kind of question is this? What self respecting winery wouldn't? To add to the drama, we're a bit coy, but we answer... (CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER)
fine wines
from the edge of the flint ridge region of southeastern ohio
Our vision is to produce wines distinct to our place: sun, soil, seasons...
and soul.
Welcome.
Inside you'll find out about us, our place, its history, a bit of our history, our motivation, our products, and the place and people they capture in their flavors.
