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October 2007
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Adams
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Winery |
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Wine
Releases! |
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The
Belle of the Ball is back! Sweet Scarlet is better than
ever. This delicious, sweet red wine is a great sipping
wine. However, soon she will go by the name Rhedd's
Lady. We had to change the name due to some Federal
regulations.
Redleg
Riesling is now available as well. This is a dry white
wine that will be a delicious complement to a chicken or fish
dish.
Stop
by any weekend until the end of the year to sample our
mouthwatering hot mulled wines.
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Wine
Words are Fun! |
Developing your
wine vocabulary is always a great way to add a new
element to your wine drinking experience, plus they're just
fun to say!
Smokey -- the
aroma of smoke or charred
wood
Tannin -- one
of the key acids found in wine, derived from the skins, seeds,
and stems. This is what makes your mouth pucker when
drinking a red wine, especially a young
one
Spicy -- the
scents of various spices, different in different
wines |
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- Wine
Releases!
- Wine
Words are Fun!
- Corkpuller
Vs.
Corkscrew
- Home
Wine-Making Class
- Halloween
at the Winery
- Carlisle Farmers
Market
- Vintner's
Report
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Corkpuller
Vs. Corkscrew |
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So,
what is a corkpuller, exactly? A corkpuller is
essentially a handle with two prongs. One of the
benefits of a corkpuller is that it is small. So small
in fact, that it easily fits into your pocket. But, the
great thing about a corkpuller is, once you have mastered the
technique, you can remove corks faster than you can with a
regular corkscrew. A corkpuller excels in removing a
cork which is tightly seated in the neck of a bottle.
Some corks are coated with a paraffin to prevent dusting, and
these corks can become too tightly sealed in the bottle.
Using a corkscrew on such a cork will rip a hole out of the
center of the cork while most of the cork stays in the
bottle. The prongs of the corkpuller will be sufficient
in releasing the seal so that you can twist the cork out
intact.
However,
a corkpuller can prove to be problematic for corks that are
normally or loosely seated, especially if the cork is plastic
or recessed below the rim of the bottle. The cork's
resistence to the pressure of the prongs may not be
sufficient, and you will push the cork into the bottle.
This is the perfect situation where a corkscew is your best
option for cork removal. Adams County Winery uses
synthetic corks to cork all of the wines so the best
way to remove an Adams County Winery cork will
be with a corkscrew.
It
does not matter so much which opener you begin with, as long
as you watch the cork carefully. If the cork starts to
move while you are inserting the prongs, stop immediately and
use a corkscrew instead. On the other hand, if you have
inserted the corkscrew and the worm (spiral part of the
corkscrew) starts coming out without the cork, stop
immediately. Unscrew the worm, and get out your
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Home
Wine-Making Class |
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On
Sunday, October 21st at 1 p.m., join John at the farm
winery in Orrtanna for step-by-step instructions how to make
wine all by yourself. John will start from the beginning
of your wine making experience (like figuring out how to get
the box open) and end with the final step of bottling your
wine. You'll receive tricks of the trade and tips on how
to get the best product from a box. It'll even be better
than that box wine you purchase at the Wine & Spirits
store (if you live in PA). The cost is $25 per
person with a special rebate after completing the
class.
Spots
are filling up fast. Call or e-mail us today to
reserve your seat. 717.334.4631 or vintner@adamscountywinery.com.
If
you can't make it to the class on the 21st, we have another
home wine making class on January 19, 2008 from 1 to 3 p.m. at
the farm winery. Call or e-mail to make reservations
today!
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Halloween
at the Winery |
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Visit
with the ghosts of Adams County Winery from 12 to 4 p.m. on
October 27th. Taste their wine concoctions by
candlelight, taste their ghastly treats, and participate
in their ghoulish games. |
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Carlisle
Farmer's Market |
Visit
us at our new location in Carlisle, PA at the Carlisle Central Farmers
Market at 117
North Hanover Street in downtown
Carlisle.
Our booth is open on Fridays and Saturdays.
Fridays, we'll be there from 11 a.m to 6 p.m., and on
Saturdays, we'll be there from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
We'll bring our most popular wines, but if there is something
you want to make sure we bring with us, please let me
know. |
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Vintner's
Report |
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Ohioans!
Even though your rights have been curtailed about having wine
shipped to your house, FEAR NOT! The prohibition does NOT
apply to your favorite Adams County Wines. We are a small
enough winery that we can still ship to your house. All you
have to do is get on our website (www.adamscountywinery.com) and follow the
directions for ordering wine. We appreciate your
business.
The
same goes for all you others who live in a civilized state. If
your legislature says that you can have wine delivered to you,
we will do so.
Harvest
is over at the winery! The lads (Evan and Robert) and the
lassie (Chrissy, our student intern) picked Chambourcin
yesterday, crushed and de-stemmed it, and innoculated it. The
whole operations area smells of fermenting wine. I love this
time of year.
We
give lots of tours. We have the freebie, which is a good one,
and then we have some for which we charge a modest fee. But it
always amazed me that we invariably get the same two questions
in all tours..."John, do you stomp them with your feet any
more?" and "John, how did you get to be such a stud muffin?"
No,
we don't stomp them with our feet any more. We have toys, I
mean MACHINES, that do that for us more efficiently, and
without the need for a lot of foot washing.
As
to the other, I just smile. |
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John,
The Vintner
Adams County
Winery
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