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Shokolad Lover’s Weekend – Feb 8 & 9 and Feb 15 & 16

It’s time once again for that favorite wine trail event, Chocolate Lover’s Weekend.  This year to spruce things up a bit, the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail has decided to incorporate a little Olympics trivia in honor of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.   See the IUWT poster below for details on the medals we’ll be awarding.  Will you take home the gold?

As any baker or chocolatire knows chocolate comes in many shapes, sizes, and colors.  White chocolate.   Milk Chocolate.  Dark Chocolate.  Unsweetened.  Bittersweet.  Semi-sweet.  German.  Belgian.  Mexican.  Confectionery coatings.  Blocks.  Caps.  Shaved.  Chopped.  Powdered.  Even the hollow bunny.  The list goes on and on.  Visit us during this yummy event and try our intense chocolate waffles with whipped cream and our wine syrup (Bluebird & Strawberry Flame reductions).  Or indulge with a flourless brownie that’s  gluten-free.  Some strange combinations but definitely worthy of this special event.  See our recipe tab for our 2014 delectable offerings.  And on Sunday, Feb. 9th, our guests will also have the opportunity to listen to the music of Dalton Cartwright, winner of our 2012 talent contest.iuwt chocolate lovers 2014 Poster

 

 

Keeping Warm with a little Flame

Flame comboHope everyone is keeping warm this winter season.  It seems the weather men and Mother Nature can’t decide whether it’s going to be warm, cold, or just down right frigid outside.  But never fear, we have a solution.

Too cold out?  Need a quick warm-up?  Ward off the winter chill with a few ounces of our decadent Strawberry Flame or  our lighter Crystal Flame.  These port-style wines are sure to help warm you up whether you’re clearing snow from the deck or just making the trek from your car to the house.  Fortified with brandy, they’ll warm you from the inside out.

It’s  time again for our Bi-Annual T-Shirt Contest2014 t-shirt entry form We’re looking for our next show-stopping t-shirt design.  Do you have ideas or suggestions?  We would love to hear from you.  Designs do not have to be perfect.  We will send out the winning entry to a graphics artist to be cleaned up and digitized before sending it to the screen printer.  But there are limitations on the screen printing.  The maximum screen printing area is 16″ vertical (top to bottom) and 14″ horizontal (left to right).  So, designs going from one shoulder down to the bottom of the t-shirt are not possible.   Pictures of the past winning designs can be found on the “Events” link above.

The contest is open to persons of all ages.  The winning design will receive 2 T-shirts and a $75 cash prize*.  All entries must be received by 7pm on Sunday, April 6th.  The winning design will be announced on May 5th.  The T-shirts themselves will go on sale June 7th at Vintage Indiana in Indianapolis’s Military Park.   (* see entry form for more details about cash prize)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Have you got the Stockings hung by the chimney with care?  Better hurry because it won’t belong before St. Nicholas will be visiting.  Not sure what to put in those adult stockings?  Why not fill it with an assortment of wine goodies like some re-usable corks, a corkscrew, or maybe a tasting guide.  Whatever you chose, we wish you a warm, safe and happy holidays.  And as always, please drink responsibly.

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We’ll be open on December 24 til 4pm for those last minute shoppers needing bottle wine for the holiday table or to give as a gift.  The winery will be closed on Christmas Day so we can enjoy time with our family  but we’ll return on December 26th.

EXTREME HOLIDAY WINE SALE STARTS FRIDAY Nov. 22 til Dec. 1

* Holiday Wine Sale * 

This Friday, Saturday & Sunday Only!

November 29th thru December 1st

ALL WINE 30% OFF **

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Also this weekend, enjoy our warm mulled wine made with our 2013 Nouveau & our own secret blend of mulling spices – it will not disappoint!

And Parents, please, do not forget to pick up a free bag of our “Reindeer Flight Enhancing Supplement” for your children to sprinkle on the lawn on Christmas Eve!  (while supplies last)

** Due to extreme sale discount, the additional discounts for 6+ and 12+ bottles will not apply 11/29 thru 12/1.

 

Nouveau weekend has arrived!

Need a unique holiday gift for someone special or a Nouveau 2013great story to tell at the Thanksgiving Day dinner table this year?  Why not tell your guests about your own bottling experience at Best Vineyards during our Nouveau weekend, November 21 thru 24.  (It also makes for a great photo op.)  In keeping with the fifty year tradition in France, customers purchasing a bottle of the 2013 Nouveau wine this weekend will get the opportunity to rinse, fill, cork and label their own bottle of wine.  This wine was produced in the traditional style of the French Beaujolais Nouveau’s but with a Hoosier twist.  Chambourcin and NY Muscat clusters are fermented in a process called carbonic maceration which have produced a very young, fruit forward wine that will pair well with next week’s turkey.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

To our loyal fans, fellow employees and everyone who voted for us,

You did it.  Thank you so much as we could not have done it without you.  We have attained our goal of 250+ votes on the Chase Mission Main Street Grants site and will move on to round 2 in the grant selection process.  Our Facebook fans, winery connoiseurs, friends, co-workers and family are the greatest.  We can’t thank you enough.  Now, we wait and keep our fingers crossed with the hope of becoming one of the chosen 12 grant recipients.  Thank You

It’s time to VOTE for Best Vineyards Winery!

Best Vineyards has applied for a grant thru Mission Main Street Grants to help grow our small business but we need your help.  To send our application on to the next step in the selection process, we need you, our loyal customers, to vote for us.  Today thru Nov. 15, anyone (and everyone) can show their support by voting using their Facebook account.  Will you please help us?  It’s easy.  Just click the link below then log into your Facebook account when prompted.

https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/business/detail/42562

We would like to expand our production and open an additional tasting room in the Louisville area.

And if you feel we’re great pass the word and help us win our grant!

Thanks from the Best Vineyards Team

Did you miss the legendary Scotty T?

Wipeout with Scotty T on drums

The crowd was rocking Saturday afternoon while the Full House band belted out the tunes.  But when the drummer took a short break around 7:30pm and Scotty T. Byrum took over the drums for 1 song, the crowd went wild.  Wipeout!   Whether it was the crazy birds laughing at the surfers or some other strange phenomenon, Scotty T and the boys had the crowd on it’s feet.  Fantanstic job guys.  Can’t wait to see ya all back next summer.

Harvest, Harvest, Harvest

We’re gearing up for a busy weekend ahead.  Full House

Join us Saturday morning for our last Harvest.  Or visit us in Laconia during the Laconia Days festival.  Or, enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the winery with the Full House Band from 4-8pm.  We’ll be serving our warm mulled wine.

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