Amore: Celebrate AVA the AMORE way. " Taste the Terroir" Experience the taste difference produced by our mineral rich soil. You will taste the complexity in our wine. Also, we will serve homemade tomato sauce from our very own tomatoes. This will be a delight to remember. Our greenhouses will open for the season. Get hardy garden flower and vegetable plants. Think hanging baskets. Geological maps will illustrate the unique structure of our soil. Join us in celebration.

Big Creek: For Ava weekend BCV will be "Tasting the meaning of AVA."  We will have varietal wines from comparable AVA's for people to taste the importance of location. Is the designation "AVA" worth the ink.

Blue Mountain: Check back soon for details!

Cherry Valley: "meet the wine maker" and learn the differences of grapes grown  in our ava and how that effects the end product, tours of the winery will be available, and comparison tasting.

Clover Hill: Help Clover Hill Winery celebrate the land that we love to grow grapes on! We will be hosting a vineyard scavenger hunt at Clover Hill Winery.  Stop in the tasting room anytime between 12-5pm on Saturday or Sunday to receive your vineyard scavenger hunt list and rules, then off you go into the vineyard to find your items.  Return to the tasting room with your completed list and we will give you a prize!  Thanks for playing.

Franklin Hill: Come see and enjoy the first established Vineyard and Winery in the Lehigh Valley. Our vines are 34 years old. We are excited about planting our second Vineyard. We hope you will be able to see the early stages of the planting of our vineyard in the new Lehigh Valley AVA. We will be featuring Evanswood, Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc and Katie's Creek.  These Award Winning wines are still being produced from our original vines. Supporting Local Agriculture, we will be featuring our Gold Medal Apple Wine with apples freshly picked from Kachline's Farm along with their Apple Butter and Honey for sale. Delicious local cheeses from Klein's Farm will also be for sale.

Galen Glen: Interactive Soil Experience: Tours, Dessert and Master Gardeners. As stewards of our 200 year old farm, Galen will offer tours and tales of our soils.  In the theme of terroir, taste some “Dirt Dessert” paired with our Barrel 29. And on Sunday from 12:30-4:30, the Schuylkill County Master Gardeners will dispense advice on soil health, amendments, nutrients and their importance, pH and have soil test kits available to purchase.

Pinnacle Ridge: Pinnacle Ridge celebrates the anniversary of our AVA designation by holding educational talks in our vineyard on “Terrior.”(Putting it a bit more plainly, our soil.) Why is the Lehigh Valley such a prized grape growing region? What about its soil and climate make the Lehigh Valley so suitable? Pinnacle Ridge winemaker, Brad Knapp, will take you into our vineyard and talk about dirt, rocks, rain, minerals –ask questions- Brad loves the inquisitive! Pinnacle Ridge will be serving a variety of locally grown foods and pairing them with our amazing wines. Bad Farms from Kempton PA will be showcasing their cheeses made from their own cows! Pinnacle Ridge will serve home-made pizza using mushrooms from Oley Valley Mushroom from Lobachsville,PA and cheese from Bad Farms! Additionally, we will serve a Micro-greens salad made from local farmer, Oh, Produce in Kempton, PA.

Vynecrest: April 24 & 25-AVA weekend-Vynecrest Winery. Saturday April 24th, in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate our Lehigh Valley AVA, Percy Doughtery will be our guest at 1pm. Percy, a former geology professor at Kutztown University, is a Lehigh County Commissioner, Wine Judge and Wine Professor at Northampton Community College. He will be joining our winemaker John Landis in the vineyard to dig a hole and discuss the terroir of the Lehigh Valley. Reservations are not required. In the winery, we will have Rob & Marty playing live on Saturday, and Arianne on Sunday from 1:00 to 4:30pm. We will also have samples of our Jose Madrid Salsa to accompany tastings of our Estate -bottled Chambourcin. Open to the public, free admission. 

March Madness Passports are sold out! 
March Madness Passport 2010, $30 each

March Madness for Wine Lovers 2010 Passports will be available for purchase at all the wineries during this holiday season (at least until they sell out!) The passports sell for $30 each (passports can be mailed out to customers from the wineries for an additional shipping/handling charge of $1.00 per passport). They may be used each weekend in March at all nine wineries who will be featuring a special wine and food pairing each weekend. In addition, you will receive a deluxe Wine Trail corkscrew as a gift. After having your passport stamped at each winery, you will be eligible for a drawing of over 20 prizes.

Passport Prizes 2010

Lodging
Blue Mountain Summit
Holiday Inn, Breinigsville
Hampton Inn, Easton-Bethlehem
Hampton Inn, Lehighton
Wingate, Allentown
Hilton Garden Inn, Allentown West
Bear Creek Mountain Resort
Main Street Inn
Longswamp Bed and Breakfast

Dining
Moya * Broadway Pub * Really Cooking * Antelao * Bethlehem Brew Works
Cherry’s Sunset Family Restaurant * Vinny D’s * LaCocina Mexicana * Camillo’s

Other
The Pampered Chef * Grapes Alive
Amore Farms, Nurseries, Greenhouses
Premise Maid * Mr. Bill’s Poultry Market
Curious Goods * Interstate Landscaping
Country Junction * TN Printing

March Madness Food Parings for 2010

Amore Vineyards & Winery

Weekend 1: Chicken marsala medallions served over wild rice paried with Cayuga
Weekend 2: Beef stroganoff w/bowtie pasta paired with Chambourcin
Weekend 3: Sauteed madallions of chicken w/sundried tomato and asiago cream sauce tossed w/tri-colored penne pasta and fresh basil paired with Chardonnay
Weekend 4: Roast chicken, wild rice and mushroom soup or Beef, vegetable, rice soup paired with Vidal Blanc

Big Creek Vineyards: Big Creek is going Dutch so you won’t have to. Any of our dry or off dry wines , Red ,White , or Rose’ will  pair well with these Pennsylvania Dutch favorites. Let your own taste be your guide.

Weekend 1: Split Pea Soup
Weekend 2: Corn Chowder
Weekend 3: Creamy Potato Soup
Weekend 4: Ham and Bean Soup

Blue Mountain Vineyards

Weekend 1: Mexican Lasagna paired with 2009 Vignoles. Chocolate Fountain with fried tortillas paired with Victoria's Passion
Weekend 2: Rigatoni Oregante paired with 2005 Chambourcin/Shiraz blend Chocolate Chip Canoli Dip paired with Bri's Blush
Weekend 3: Braised Beef with Tomatoes & Herbs paired with 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon. Hot Fudge cake with a raspberry and Victoria's Passion sauce paired with Victoria's Passion.
Weekend 4: White Chicken Chili paired with 2008 Riesling. Apple Cobbler paired with heated Mountain Spice.

Cherry Valley

Weekends 1 & 2: Lucia's Rigatoni (recipe available in cookbook) paired with Foch and Proprietor's Red
Weekends 3 & 4 Tuscan Ravioli. A cream garlic rosemary sauce over ravioli. (This recipe is in the cookbook) paired with Vignoles and Proprietor's White.

Clover Hill Vineyards & Winery

Weekends 1 & 2: It is a March Madness Pierogi party at Clover Hill.  Getting in touch with our local foods; Clover Hill will be sampling 2 pierogis.  A traditional style pierogi made with Yukon Gold potatoes, cheddar cheese and onions will be paired with the 2006 Merlot.  A non-traditional pierogi will be made with jalapeno cream cheese and paired with Riesling. 
Weekends 3 & 4: Join Clover Hill Winery for our Asian Influence Weekend.  Vidal Blanc paired with chicken and smoked bacon skewers with an Asian barbecue glaze.  A vegetarian option will be available as well. 

Franklin Hill Vineyard

Weekend 1:Cabernet Franc (our best vintage yet!) and pasta tossed with a rich tomato and garlic sauce
Weekend 2:Auhentic Mexican black bean and beef chili, the perfect match to our award winning Evanswood
Weekend 3: White Jade and Seyval will be a delightful accompaniment to Kate's hearty Chicken stew.
Weekend 4:Sir Walter's Red and Catawba and serving up local tomato pie and focacia

Galen Glen: Galen Glen will feature two Kebobs both homemade Culinary Treats.

Weekends 1 & 2: Fiesta Beef Kabobs, a mouth watering mix of steak and vegetables, perfect with our Chambourcin or Cellar Red
Weekends 3 & 4: Our own Wine & Cheese Sausage Kebobs, with just  the right spice to complement the fragrant flavor profiles in our Gewürztraminer or Traminette

Pinnacle Ridge: PINNACLE RIDGE teams up with two LOCAL restaurants for March Madness 2010.

Weekends 1 & 3: PORKETTE SANDWICH and Homemade Baked Beans by CC’S WOODEN GRILL in Kutztown, PA. CC’S WOODEN GRILL cooks over real hard wood flames! Their Italian Porkette is seasoned and slowly smoked on a bed of carrots and onions and served in its own juices. (Wait until you try their baked beans!) Pinnacle Ridge is pairing our award winning 2008 Chambourcin or our new 2009 Quaff with CC’S Porkette sandwich. CC’S is a favorite Knapp family locale and we think it will become one of yours too! Good News: You can bring a bottle of Pinnacle Ridge Wine to CC’S WOODEN GRILL ‘cause it’s B.Y.O.B!
Weekends 2 & 4: PIZZETTES from CAMILLO’S RESTAURANT in Kutztown, PA. Pizzette is an individual pizza. Camillo’s will be serving their Pizzette fresh and hot out the oven. The pizza dough is that perfect kind of chewy/crunchy and the toppings are savory: garlic, EVOO, ricotta cheese, diced veggies on weekend #2 (vegetarian) and classic pepperoni and red sauce on weekend #4. A side of fresh field greens tossed with Christy’s Ultimate Balsamic Vinaigrette will bring Kudos to this week’s food and wine pairing. What goes with Savory Vegetarian Italian Pizzette? Pinnacle Ridge’s Riesling. With Pepperoni and Red Sauce? Pinnacle Ridge’s 2008 Pinot Noir. Oh, lucky Palette!

Vynecrest Winery

Weekend 1: Chorizo Sausage with Roasted Red Pepper Rustic Pizza paired with 2010 PA Farm Show Silver Medal Traminette
Weekend 2: The Ultimate Chocolate Cherry Cake paired with 2010 PA Farm Show Gold Medal Cherry DiVyne
Weekend 3: Vegetarian Rustic Pizza (Baby Bella, Spinach, Tomato, Zucchini) paired with 2010 PA Farm Show Bronze Medal Vynecrest White
Weekend 4:Caramel Apple Cream Roll paired with Late Harvest Vidal

Wine Trail Events

Join the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail for some of their festive events. Please also visit each of the wineries for more information of individual events. We look forward to your visit.
  • AVA Celebration – April 24-25 - The Lehigh Valley Wine Trail Winery and Vineyard owners have a love for the land and are proud to be grape growers. We are especially proud that in April of 2008 we received an AVA designation (American Viticulture Area) known as the "Lehigh Valley." An AVA is a federal designation that enables vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to identify wines they purchase. The Lehigh Valley AVA is distinguished in part by rolling hillsides, an agricultural climate and soil composed mainly of shale, sandstone and siltstone. Celebrate our AVA by enjoying the wines from the wine trail labeled with the AVA designation of the Lehigh Valley. Know that you are drinking something that is locally produced, unique, and specifically crafted to best showcase the Lehigh Valley!
  • Wine on the Mountain – July 24 & 25 - Held in conjunction with Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, this event includes wine samplings, local artisans displaying their arts and crafts, light fare available for purchase, and live entertainment. Tickets are required for this event and can be purchased at each winery as well as at the door.
  • Harvest Weekend – The Butcher, The Baker and The Winemaker – September 12 &13–The wineries proudly promote the state’s “Pennsylvania Preferred” program by partnering with manufacturers of other Pennsylvania products to showcase their high level of quality. Wine pairings, vineyard tours, food, music and other special activities are featured.
  • Chambourcin Weekend – October 17 & 18 - Taking place after the harvest is over, this event celebrates the “official wine grape of the Lehigh Valley,” the Chambourcin. It is the only wine made by all nine of the member wineries.
  • Nouveau Weekend – November 21 & 22 - This is the earliest chance to sample the first vintages of the new harvest. It’s also a great opportunity to purchase wines for the upcoming holiday season to give as gifts or to drink at dinner.