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.
Summer Hours
The winery will be open
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 in July.
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Employees of the Month:
Flint Ridge Vineyard employs a herd of American Blackbelly sheep to graze our land. We like to think of them as our four-legged fermenters. We ferment the grapes to make wine and they ferment the grass to make meat. Rather than viewing our weedy fields as a burdensome chore to mow, we look on it as a resource, and translate a consumptive activity (mowing) into a productive activity (food production).
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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...
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.
