You don’t really need an excuse to drink fruity wine and eat Mexican food, but this week you’ve got one! Cinco de Mayo is on Thursday (an excuse in and of itself to celebrate), and you can prepare by picking up a bottle of our sangria. We make two varieties: a traditional red Sangria and Mango. Our traditional Sangria is a red wine aged with citrus fruit. It is delicious served over ice with added peaches, raspberries, strawberries and orange slices. If you’re really into sweetness, add a splash of Sprite or 7 Up. Also, be sure to see below for…
Pairing Linganore Wines for Thanksgiving: By: Matthew Lorman, Sommelier With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to start planning your Thanksgiving Day menu and begin selecting wines that compliment the feast. The question that always comes up this time of year is which wine pairs perfectly with turkey? The good news about this question is that there is no right or wrong answer; there are many Linganore wines that can compliment your spread from crisp whites to fuller bodied reds. It is important to remember that a typical thanksgiving spread contains a multitude of dishes showcasing a variety…
Those of you who have been fans of Linganore for quite some time have seen how we’ve grown. Just in the last year or so we rebranded our whole line! The winery and all of our buildings have grown quite a bit as well. Raise your hand if you sampled our wines in our old tasting room, or heck, if you go all the way back- Did you taste wine when our current tasting room was simply a dairy barn we made into a tasting area! We keep growing and expanding, making our customers’ experience better every day. To that…
A Day in the Life of a Winemaker We began doing barrel tastings today and started blending trials of the 2013 red wines. Over the past few years we experimented with lots of new techniques from processing to fermentation to aging of the wine. We have used many different types of yeast in the past two years to see the effect in taste and complexity they will have on the finished wines. We even included some European oak in our trials this past year just to see what difference in style of aging the wines will generate. The wines have…
Upgrades to our Storage to Keep Going Green: You may have noticed that we built a new barn near the lake to house our harvester last fall. This was so we could create a bigger warehouse, which we finished remodeling this month. The new warehouse has foam insulation to better control the climate for housing wines without the need for additional heating or cooling. This helps us to continue reducing our carbon footprint and allows us to store more wine at stable temperatures. Facility Remodels to Better Serve You: If you visited the barrel room or took a peak…
