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Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Ohio Wines Quietly Opening Some Eyes — and Minds
Ohio Wines are quietly gaining momentum - and a bit of national recognition.
The Ohio Wine Producers Association reports that more than 36,000 people
attended its Vintage Ohio event in August at Lake Metroparks Farmpark in northeast Ohio, and more than 7,300 lined up for samples of Ohio dessert wines in the Ice Wine tent, a new feature this year. And the folks at Valley Vineyards in Warren County say their annual three-day wine festival drew somewhere around 30,000 people.
Meanwhile, the Kinkead Ridge winery in Ripley is basking in the warm praise in Tom Stevenson’s paperback wine guide, “Wine Report 2006.â€? The book names Kinkead Ridge’s 2003 Viognier/Roussanne blend as one of the “100 most exciting wine finds in the worldâ€? and selects the winery as an up-and-coming producer in the Atlantic northeast region. The ‘03 is sold out at the winery, but the KR folks proclaim the ‘04 vintage is even better.
Some Dayton-area wine shops have Kinkead Ridge wines on their shelves; last week I tried the winery’s 2003 Syrah ($19.95), which is one of the best Ohio reds I’ve sampled. It’s a lighter-styled syrah with appealing flavors, a wine that shows the state can make red wines that can compete with the big boys as some of its white wines already do.
Eleven wineries at the other end of the state (in the Akron-Canton area) have banded together for a second annual “Halloween Haunt� event. For more information, link to The Ohio Wine Producers Association or call (800) 227-6972.
Interesting things are happening in the Buckeye state, wine-wise. Stay tuned.
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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