It’s me; I am the someone. While I tend to like every winery I visit, the Three Rivers Wine Trail has a collection of some of my favorites, spread out across the beautiful countryside of rural, eastern Ohio. Hotel for your Trip The Three Rivers Wine Trail Best Overall Winery: Rainbow Hills. I chose Rainbow […]
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Raven’s Glenn Winery- A Taste of Tuscany on the Tuscarawas River
Raven’s Glenn Location and Hours Raven’s Glenn Winery, Restaurant and Event Center is just off of State Route 36 in Coshocton County Ohio. While the location may seem rural to some, it’s actually an easy drive of less than two hours from Columbus to the west, Cleveland to the north and Pittsburgh, PA to the […]
Nelson 151- 30 miles of Fun in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Nelson 151 in Nelson County Virginia Just off Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah Valley is the most fun County Road you’ll ever drive down. Nelson County Route 151 is a 30 mile stretch of road leading to 6 Wineries, 4 Breweries, 2 Cideries and a Distillery. Known as Virginia’s weekend address, sampling the libations along […]
Stone Crest Vineyard- A Winding Road, A Waterfall and Wonderful Wine
Location & Hours Stone Crest Vineyard is in Frazeysburg, Ohio off of route 16 at 10310 Odell Rd. Some out of town visitors describe the location as the middle of nowhere, but if you’re from eastern Ohio, you’ll find that description funny because the winery is only about 3 miles off of Rout 16. It […]
Indiana Wineries & the Indiana Wine Trails
If you love visiting wineries and tasting all they have to offer, visiting the Indiana wine trails is for you. Indiana is home to a variety of wineries, and the wine trails let you travel to wineries that crisscross the Hoosier state. Wine trails feature wineries that are located within a central area and are […]
Fruit Wines from Indiana- Not Just for Grapes
Beyond the Grape- The Best Fruit Wines in Indiana Fruit wines have come along way in the last decade or so, both in quality and acceptance. Once solely the purview of home winemakers, fruit wines are now being made by wineries all across the country. Boutique wineries tend to produce most of the fruit wines […]
Indian Bear Winery and Restaurant
Location & Hours Indian Bear Winery is in Walhounding, Ohio, off a narrow, winding road. It’s part of the Three Rivers Wine Trail, which spans Coshocton County. The other wineries on the trail are Stone Crest Winery in Frazeysburg, Rainbow Hills and Yellow Butterfly Wineries in Newcomerstown, Raven’s Glen Winery in West Lafayette and Baltic […]
Best Wine Accessories for Wine Lovers
If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the wine lover on your list, you can never go wrong with wine accessories. Wine accessories- like glassware, openers, racks, etc are useful gifts for oenophiles and for new wine drinkers, too. Wine Racks Since most people don’t have wine cellars, wine racks are a practical and […]
Lanthier Winery’s Festival of Trees
Each year from the day after Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve, Lanthier Winery in Madison, Indiana is filled to bursting with hundreds of Christmas trees. Lanthier’s Festival of Trees draws thousands of visitors each year to their historic building on the Ohio River. The more than 20 year old Festival grows each year, in the […]
Wine Descriptions for Beginners
For new or casual wine drinkers, it can be hard to remember the differences between a chardonnay and a sauvignon blanc. To make it easier, I’ve been looking for different wine descriptions to use without sounding like a high school student who discovered a thesaurus for the first time. Since I’m not a professional wine […]