Blue Canyon Kitchen & Tavern, 8960 Wilcox Drive, Twinsburg, will hold a wine tasting at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 24 featuring Buttonwood Winery.
Wine fest weekend in Kirtland
Cleveland wine fest coming
The Cleveland Wine Festival is July 29 and 30 in Voinovich Park in downtown Cleveland. The festival offers food, wine and beer tastings, as well as wine education, cooking demonstrations and live music. There will be more than 270 wines to sample, food from Morton’s The Steakhouse, Zinc Bistro, Ponte Vecchio Ristorante, La Strada and…
New York wine region creates beer trail
The Finger Lakes region in Upstate New York is known for wine. But there are some pretty nice breweries scattered throughout. (Including Wagner Valley, which last I looked was the only combination winery-brewery there.) The breweries have always been overshadowed by the wineries, which each year attract massive amounts of tourists. A group of breweries is…
Akron Art Museum’s annual wine auction is set for June 11
This year’s event will feature wines from Napa Valley’s Beau Vigne, with vineyard owners Ed and Trish Snider in attendance. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with cocktails, followed by 7:45 p.m. dinner prepared by green caterer Spice of Life Catering, which prepares organic meat and produce from Ohio. There are live and silent auctions…
Wines of the World – Customer Appreciation at the Akron Art Museum
Ten wine selections from 5 regions including France, Italy, Napa, Australia, and Argentina were offered for tasting. See the full post for a gallery of images from the event.
Breitenbach receives Ohio Quality Wine Award
Kudos to Breitenbach Wine Cellars in Dover for being one of three Ohio wineries to receive the Ohio Quality Wine Award, for making their wines with at least 90 percent Ohio-grown grapes. Other wineries recognized include Ferrante Winery in Harpersfield Township and Burnet Ridge Winery in North College Hill.
New winemaker on staff at Troutman, Wolf Creek
Prize-winning wines
When the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster held its annual Ohio Wine Competition, several local wineries walked away with medals, including Red Horse Winery in New Franklin, which won Best of Show for Fruit Wine for its blackberry. The blackberry wine also was awarded a gold medal. Red Horse was the only…
