Greetings!
As the summer is nearing it's end (where did it go?) we are quickly getting ourselves into "harvest mode" for the rest of the season. It looks as though we are just about a week behind last year in terms of ripeness at this point, so the first varieties of grapes will start coming in toward the end of the month! And as long as Mother Nature cooperates from here on, we will be finished with the majority of harvest before the end of October!!
Hopefully most of you can take the time for a visit to wine country during this most-exciting time of the year in the vineyards, and before the winter chills start to set in!
Sincerely,
The
Zugibe
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Where
are the
Freds?
 The
three
most
common
questions
that
are
asked
in
the
tasting
room,
in
order
of
occurrence
are:
1.How
do
you
pronounce
"Zugibe"?
2.When
did
the
tasting
room
open?
Well,
we
can
say
with
a
great
deal
of
certainty
that
our
winemaker
Fred
is
spending
any
and
all
of
his
time
juggling
a
handful
of
wines
in
the
winery
around
the
clock,
and
our
little
Fred
is
starting
the
2nd
grade!
But
our
delicious
blended
wine,
4
Freds
Red,
is
about
a
month
away
according
to
the
winemaker. There
are
just
so
many
wines
in
the
works
that
it
really
is a
juggling
act for
a
one-man
winemaking
"team"
to
take
on.
But
very
soon
we
are
adding
our
first
cellar-rat
to
help
with
production
and
especially
with
the
coming
harvest...it's
going
to
fast-paced
and
intense
like
last
year. We
are ALL
anxiously
awaiting
the
return
of
the
Freds,
but
in
the
meantime
please
stop
by
to
enjoy
some
of
our
delicious
white
wines,
and
the
super-smooth
2008
Pinot
Noir
and
Cabernet
Franc.
And along
with
the
re-release
of 4
Freds
Red
we
will
be
rolling
out
our
Zenith,
Cabernet
Sauvignon
and
some
other
surprises!!!
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September
3
Concert
Rebecca
Collen &
The
Chore
Lads
We are
very
excited
to
welcome
Rebecca
Colleen
and the
Chore
Lads out
for the
first
time to
the
Zugibe
stage!
They are
an
incredibly
talented family
of
musicians who
have
been
playing
around
the
Finger
Lakes,
amazing
folks
with
their
unique
blend of
bluegrass,
folk,
and
gospel!
And we
really
can't
wait to
hear
them
perform
"Fields
of Gold"
which is
a family
favorite
of ours
(Dad was
a big
fan of
Eva
Cassidy's
version)!
Bring a
lawn chair
or
blanket
and come
out for
some
relaxing
times by
the
Zugibe
stage.
Get a
glass
(or
bottle)
of one
of our
new
wines or
one of
our old
standards,
and
enjoy a
cheese
plate
featuring
the
delicious
Muranda
cheeses! |
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Two New
Wines
Releasing
this
Weekend
This
weekend
marks
both the
retiring
of two
wines
and the
addition
of two
brand-new
varietal
wines.
We are
almost
out
(less
than a
case
each) of
our 2007
Cayuga
White
and our
2008 Dry
Riesling.
And
although
it is
sad to
see two
exceptional
wines
retire
to our
memories
we are
happy to
be
rolling
out our
2010
Sauvignon
Blanc
and our
2009
Riesling!!!
The 2010
Sauvignon
Blanc
marks
the very
first
vintage
that we
bottled
this
particular
variety
as a
stand-alone
varietal
wine. We
have
enjoyed
it in
both
versions
of our
Estate
White
wines
('08 and
'09) and
finally
are
harvesting
enough
fruit to
justify it's
bottling
alone.
This
wine
features
classic
flavors
of
gooseberry
and
citrus
with a
smooth
and
crisp
finish.
We are
also
very
excited
to have
our 2009
Riesling
arriving
in the
tasting
room. We
can
finally
do this
as we
have
almost
completely
burned
through
our 2007
and both
2008
Rieslings.
This is
the
first of
the
"new"
rieslings
to hit
the
floor
and the
2010's
(one a
dry and
one a
semi-dry)
will
quickly
follow.
The 2009
is an
off-dry
(1.5%
r/s)
with a
perfect
balance
of
acidity.
This
wine
also
features
an
abundance
of
apricot,
pineapple
and
orange
peel!!!
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4248
East
Lake
Road
Geneva,
New York
14456
315-585-6402 |
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