Hummingbird Ridge Winery Newsletter - January 2012

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY “WINE POURS”



JANUARY 2012 NEWSLETTER (Please forward this newsletter to your friends and family who are interested in wine)
In This Issue: Happy New Year; Upcoming Events; Wine Lineup; Recipe of the Month; Restaurants Serve Hummingbird Ridge Wine

It was a great Holiday season at Hummingbird Ridge Winery with lots of old friends stopping in and we made a lot of new friends too! Thank You all so much for supporting us in 2011 and we wish you all a Prosperous 2012! We have some new things planned for 2012, including new weekday hours, more wine choices including sparkling wines, more events at the winery, and beer and wine making supplies available at the winery. We will be announcing more information in the coming months.

Our motto is “Experience The Flavor” and our goal is for every Hummingbird Ridge wine to be balanced and flavorful. We are open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 6pm and our standard wine tastings are free of charge.
If you belong to a group, club or association and you would like a Private Wine Tasting for your group or your group is looking for a unique meeting place during the week or weekend, please call us at 717-315-0209 for availability. We hope to see you soon at the winery!!!

- UPCOMING EVENTS:
This month at the winery is our annual "Winter Winederland" event on January 20th to 22nd. Come in out of the cold and warm up with tasty treats, free wine and Port tastings, and special sale prices on our Port wines:

Pordevino, our red Port wine that dances across your tongue with delicious multi-layered flavors of blueberry, blackberry, cherry and even hints of raspberry and strawberry. Flavor to the Max!!! 17.5% alcohol (fortified with Brandy)
Pordeblanco, a truly unique taste experience! One of the only White Ports made on the East Coast. Our white Port wine features delicate citrus flavors of lemon, orange and tangerine into a long clean finish. Made from Riesling grapes. 17.5% alcohol (fortified with Brandy). You have to taste it to believe it!!!

Also, get your tickets now for a Special Valentine's Event Saturday, Feb. 11th at 6:30pm: Once again this year, we are partnering with Royal Manchester Golf Links to present a 5 Course Gourmet Dinner, with each course paired with a specially selected Hummingbird Ridge wine. This dinner sold out quickly last year, so get your tickets early. For more info and ticket orders, visit http://www.golffusion.com/royalmanchestergolflinks/tournaments/tournament.php?id=2065945

- January Wine Lineup: We are a microwinery and we make our wines in small batches so that we can focus on every detail of the winemaking process to craft the best wines for you. So at times we will sell out of certain wines. The following wines are currently available for tasting and purchase in our Tasting Room:

Red Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, full-bodied dry and delicious.
Semi-Dry Riesling, our crisp semi-dry white with bright citrus tones:
Hummingbird White, our soft and elegant semi-dry white
Sweet Dreams, sweet but smooth and flavorful
Ruby Elixir, our semi-sweet best-selling red.
Moonlight White, our (Award-Winning) semi-sweet Vidal Blanc with hints of honeyed pear and pineapple. (Moonlight is selling fast, so get it while you can!)
Pordevino, our port-style red wine with layers of blueberry and cherry flavor.
Pordeblanco, our port-style white wine, a unique flavor sensation with delicate citrus flavors.
Coming Soon: Our first blush wine called Celebration Blush, the perfect wine for any celebration!

- Recipe of the Month: Here is a delicious recipe that will warm you up over the winter with a taste of Hawaii. We featured it at our Wine and Cheese event last year and it was a big hit, Hummingbird Ridge Winery "Hawaiian Cheese Bread" Recipe
Ingredients: 1 bottle Hummingbird Ridge Semi-dry Riesling; 1 loaf (1 pound) Hawaiian Sweet Bread (available at most grocery stores); 8 ounce block of Swiss cheese; 1 small red onion, chopped; 1/2 cup butter, melted; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon salt.
Instructions: Pour yourself a glass of Hummingbird Ridge Semi-dry Riesling and sip while preparing bread. Cut bread into 1 inch slices down to 1 inch from bottom of loaf (Do not slice all the way through loaf, leave 1 inch). Repeat cuts in opposite direction to intersect with first cuts. Cut swiss cheese into 1/4 inch slices. Insert cheese into bread between cuts. Combine onion, butter, garlic, and salt and spoon over bread. Wrap loaf in foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve with Hummingbird Ridge Semi-dry Riesling. Enjoy!!!

- We are proud to announce that the following Central PA eateries are now carrying Hummingbird Ridge wines:
Silver Lake Inn, Lewisberry
Back Woods Grill, Etters
The Field House, Etters
Two Brothers, Etters
Culhane’s Steak House, New Cumberland
Fireside Restaurant (formerly Pierres), New Cumberland
Etters VFW, Etters
Yorktowne Hotel, York
Please visit these fine establishments and enjoy a glass of Hummingbird Ridge wine!!!

- Purchase Hummingbird Ridge official logo merchandise at our online store at http://www.cafepress.com/teeshirts4fun/6968274

- Thanks Again to all of you who have stopped in to see us and try our wine!!! Tell your friends about us!!!
- Visit us on the internet at http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.com/ (official website), http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.blogspot.com/

(our blog), and visit our new Facebook page and become a fan of Hummingbird Ridge Winery at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hummingbird-Ridge-Winery/261984513530

- Hummingbird Ridge Winery is a proud member of the Mason Dixon Wine Trail!!! Visit http://www.masondixonwinetrail.com/  for more information.

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY
"EXPERIENCE THE FLAVOR!!!"
OPEN FOR FREE TASTINGS SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS
FROM 11AM TO 6PM
735 KISE MILL RD
YORK HAVEN PA 17370
717-315-0209

Email: info@hummingbirdridgewinery.com

Hummingbird Ridge Winery Newsletter - December 2011

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY “WINE POURS”



DECEMBER 2011 NEWSLETTER (Please forward this newsletter to your friends and family who are interested in wine)
In This Issue: Wine Trail Event Recap; Happy Birthday To Us!!!; Wine Lineup; Recipe of the Month; Holiday Wine Tip; Restaurants Serve Hummingbird Ridge Wine

We had some beautiful unseasonably warm weather for the Mason Dixon Wine Trail "Wine Just off the Vine" event in November. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces and also great to welcome new guests to our winery. Our mascot, Wally the Wine Bottle, was there to greet everyone and play his guitar. If you've never seen a wine bottle play guitar, then you've got to come to Hummingbird Ridge for wine trail events.

Our motto is “Experience The Flavor” and our goal is for every Hummingbird Ridge wine to be balanced and flavorful. We are open on Saturdays & Sundays from 11am to 6pm and our standard wine tastings are free of charge. We will also be open on Friday, December 9th & Friday, December 16th for Holiday shoppers. We have a nice variety of wine accessories and wine for the wine enthusiast on your gift list.
If you belong to a group, club or association and you would like a Private Wine Tasting for your group or your group is looking for a unique meeting place during the week or weekend, please call us at 717-315-0209 for availability. We hope to see you soon at the winery!!!

- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!!! We are celebrating our 2nd year anniversary this coming weekend, December 3rd & 4th. Stop in and enjoy free food, wine tastings, and wine specials. Thanks to all of you, our first 2 years have been terrific and we have a lot of plans for making the winery even better for you. So stop in this coming weekend so that we can say Thank You!!

- December Wine Lineup: We are a microwinery and we make our wines in small batches so that we can focus on every detail of the winemaking process to craft the best wines for you. So at times we will sell out of certain wines.The following wines are currently available for tasting and purchase in our Tasting Room:
Red Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, full-bodied dry and delicious.


Semi-Dry Riesling, our crisp semi-dry white with bright citrus tones:


Hummingbird White, our soft and elegant semi-dry white


Sweet Dreams, sweet but smooth and flavorful


Ruby Elixir, our semi-sweet best-selling red.


Moonlight White, our (Award-Winning) semi-sweet Vidal Blanc with hints of honeyed pear and pineapple.


Pordevino, our port-style red wine with layers of blueberry and cherry flavor.


Pordeblanco, our port-style white wine, a unique flavor sensation with delicate citrus flavors.

- Recipe of the Month: Here is an easy and delicious recipe that is perfect for Holiday parties. We featured it at the Wine Just off the Vine wine trail event last month and everybody loved it, Hummingbird Ridge Winery Easy Ruby Meatballs Recipe


Ingredients: 1/4 cup Hummingbird Ridge Ruby Elixir wine; 1 can (14oz) jellied cranberry sauce; 1 bottle (12oz) chili sauce; 3/4 cup packed brown sugar; 1/2 tspn chili powder; 1/2 tspn ground cumin; 1/4 tspn cayenne pepper; 1 package (32oz) frozen fully cooked homestyle meatballs, thawed.


Instructions: Pour yourself a glass of Ruby Elixir wine. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the first 7 ingredients; stir until sugar is dissolved. Add meatballs; cook for 20-25 minutes or until hot, stirring occasionally. Makes about 6 dozen. Serve with Hummingbird Ridge Ruby Elixir. This sauce is also wonderful over chicken, pork, and meatloaf. Enjoy!!!

- Holiday Wine Tip for your Holiday Parties & Dinners: Since you will be serving a variety of people with a variety of food items, the best tip is to have a variety of wines available. For the person who only imbibes on the Holidays, a sweet red wine like Hummingbird Ridge Ruby Elixir is a perfect choice. For the experienced wine drinkers in the crowd, have a dry red wine like Hummingbird Ridge Red Reserve on hand. And for pairing with Holiday foods, Hummingbird Ridge Semi-dry Riesling goes great with seafood, while Hummingbird White is perfect with party appetizers. Two great wines to pair with Holiday dessert are Hummingbird Ridge Moonlight White and Pordevino, our hearty red port wine. Whatever you pour over the Holidays, all of us at Hummingbird Ridge Winery wish you all Happy Holidays!!!

- We are proud to announce that the following Central PA eateries are now carrying Hummingbird Ridge wines:
Silver Lake Inn, Lewisberry
Back Woods Grill, Etters
The Field House, Etters
Two Brothers, Etters
Culhane’s Steak House, New Cumberland
Fireside Restaurant (formerly Pierres), New Cumberland
Etters VFW, Etters
Yorktowne Hotel, York


Please visit these fine establishments and enjoy a glass of Hummingbird Ridge wine!!!

- Purchase Hummingbird Ridge official logo merchandise at our online store at http://www.cafepress.com/teeshirts4fun/6968274

- Thanks Again to all of you who have stopped in to see us and try our wine!!! Tell your friends about us!!!

- Visit us on the internet at http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.com/  (official website), http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.blogspot.com/  
(our blog), and visit our new Facebook page and become a fan of Hummingbird Ridge Winery at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hummingbird-Ridge-Winery/261984513530  

- Hummingbird Ridge Winery is a proud member of the Mason Dixon Wine Trail!!! Visit http://www.masondixonwinetrail.com/  for more information.

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY
"EXPERIENCE THE FLAVOR!!!"
OPEN FOR FREE TASTINGS SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS
FROM 11AM TO 6PM
735 KISE MILL RD
YORK HAVEN PA 17370
717-315-0209
Email: info@hummingbirdridgewinery.com

Hummingbird Ridge Winery Newsletter - November 2011

 

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY “WINE POURS”
NOVEMBER 2011 NEWSLETTER (Please forward this newsletter to your friends and family who are interested in wine)

In This Issue: Groovy 60's Party; Ports are Back!; Wine Trail Event; Wine Lineup; New Production Facility; Recipe of the Month; In Memoriam; Restaurants Serve Hummingbird Ridge Wine

We had some beautiful weekends in October  (except for the last snowy one) with the leaves showing their beautiful fall colors, and our 60's music party last month was cool, groovy, and far out with "The Happy Hippies" performing the hits of the 60's while the crowd enjoyed sipping on Hummingbird Ridge wine on the deck and the lawn. That will be our last lawn concert of the year, but we have had many requests for more music events, so we will continue them next Spring.

It is a glorious time of year and it is wine season everywhere! Be sure to stop by Hummingbird Ridge Winery for Free tastings of our New Releases.
Our motto is “Experience The Flavor” and our goal is for every Hummingbird Ridge wine to be balanced and flavorful. We are open on Saturdays & Sundays from 11am to 6pm and our standard wine tastings are free of charge.

If you belong to a group, club or association and you would like a Private Wine Tasting for your group during the week or weekend, please call us at 717-315-0209 for availability. We hope to see you soon at the winery!!!

- Port Wines are Back!!! Yes, our Red Port and White Port wines are now bottled and available for tasting and purchase. Port wines are wines that are fortified with Brandy. They are dessert wines but they are higher in alcohol than normal wines. Our winemakers have developed a method for crafting port wines that are extremely flavorful!

Our Red Port, Pordevino, is bursting with blueberry and cherry flavors and is more of a traditional style port. Our White Port, Pordeblanco, is one of the few white ports that we know of being made in the East coast. It is a truly unique taste experience with delicate citrus flavors of lemon and tangerine. You have to taste it to believe it! Come on in and taste both of these premium ports and give your taste buds a treat.

- Upcoming Mason Dixon Wine Trail Event:
Sample the New Wine Releases of the 13 wineries of the Mason Dixon Wine Trail (formerly Uncork York Wine Trail), including Hummingbird Ridge Winery. Receive a wine trail logo glass, 10% discount on all wine purchases, food samples at each winery, and the first chance to sample the new vintages, all for just $15. Ticket is good for both weekends. This is a Great chance to start your Holiday shopping and enjoy wine at the same time! For info and tickets, visit http://www.masondixonwinetrail.com/index.asp?act=page&pag_id=65  

- We are in the process of completing our new Production Facility, which will be designed to allow us to increase wine production and add new wines to our wine lineup and also allow us to increase our Tasting Room space. We look forward to producing more quality wines for you with our new facility!

- November Wine Lineup: We are a microwinery and we make our wines in small batches so that we can focus on every detail of the winemaking process to craft the best wines for you. So at times we will sell out of certain wines.The following wines are currently available for tasting and purchase in our Tasting Room:
Red Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, full-bodied and delicious.
Semi-Dry Riesling, our crisp semi-dry white with bright citrus tones:
Hummingbird White, our soft and elegant semi-dry white
Sweet Dreams, our sweet and flavorful Niagara
Ruby Elixir, our semi-sweet best-selling red.
Moonlight White, our (Award-Winning) semi-sweet Vidal Blanc with hints of honeyed pear and pineapple.
Pordevino, our port-style red wine with layers of blueberry and cherry flavor.
Pordeblanco, our port-style white wine, a unique flavor sensation with delicate citrus flavors.

- Recipe of the Month: Here is an easy and delicious recipe that is perfect for your Holiday parties and dinners. We featured it at our Wine & Cheese Tasting & Seminar last month, Gorgonzola & Walnut Stuffed Mushrooms:  Ingredients: 1 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese; 1/4 cup Panko crumbs; 1/4 cup Heluva Good French Onion Dip; 1/4 cup chopped walnuts; 1 Tblsp. minced garlic; 16 medium mushroom caps. Preheat oven to Bake at 350 degrees. Mix together the first 5 ingredients. Wash mushrooms, Take mushroom stems out and discard the stems. Stuff the mushroom caps with the mixture and bake on a cookie sheet until mushrooms are soft and the cheese is brown, about 10-15 minutes. Serve with Hummingbird Ridge Red Reserve. Enjoy!!!

- In last months newsletter, we mourned the passing of Cathy (Cat) Towers, co-owner of the Silver Lake Inn and an avid supporter of Hummingbird Ridge Winery. It is with great sadness that we also mourn the passing of her husband and co-owner of the Silver Lake Inn, Rex Towers. Both of them battled serious health issues, but they supported Hummingbird Ridge Winery from the beginning. We will miss them both greatly, but we are consoled in the fact that they are together again.

- We are proud to announce that the following Central PA eateries are now carrying Hummingbird Ridge wines:

Silver Lake Inn, Lewisberry
Back Woods Grill, Etters
The Field House, Etters
Two Brothers, Etters
Culhane’s Steak House, New Cumberland
Fireside Restaurant (formerly Pierres), New Cumberland
Etters VFW, Etters
Yorktowne Hotel, York
Please visit these fine establishments and enjoy a glass of Hummingbird Ridge wine!!!

- Purchase Hummingbird Ridge official logo merchandise at our online store at

http://www.cafepress.com/teeshirts4fun/6968274

- Thanks Again to all of you who have stopped in to see us and try our wine!!! Tell your friends about us!!!

- Visit us on the internet at http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.com/  (official website), http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.blogspot.com/
(our blog), and visit our new Facebook page and become a fan of Hummingbird Ridge Winery at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hummingbird-Ridge-Winery/261984513530

- Hummingbird Ridge Winery is a proud member of the Mason Dixon Wine Trail!!! Visit http://www.masondixonwinetrail.com/ for more information.

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY

"EXPERIENCE THE FLAVOR!!!"

OPEN FOR FREE TASTINGS SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS

FROM 11AM TO 6PM

735 KISE MILL RD

YORK HAVEN PA 17370

717-315-0209

Email: info@hummingbirdridgewinery.com

Hummingbird Ridge Winery "Wine Pours" - October 2011 Newsletter

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY “WINE POURS”



OCTOBER 2011 NEWSLETTER


In This Issue: Thank You; Upcoming Events; New Releases; New Production Facility; New Wine Trail Name; Recipe of the Month; In Memoriam; Restaurants Serve Hummingbird Ridge Wine

The "monsoons" of Summer have hopefully left us now and the cool breezes of Autumn will hopefully dry us out. The leaves are starting to put on their annual colorful show and the grape harvest is in progress. It is a glorious time of year and it is wine season everywhere! Be sure to stop by Hummingbird Ridge Winery for Free tastings of our New Releases.

Our motto is “Experience The Flavor” and our goal is for every Hummingbird Ridge wine to be balanced and flavorful. We are open on Saturdays & Sundays from 11am to 6pm and our standard wine tastings are free of charge.

If you belong to a group, club or association and you would like a Private Wine Tasting for your group during the week or weekend, please call us at 717-315-0209 for availability. We hope to see you soon at the winery!!!


- We would like to Thank everyone who came out to the 2nd Annual "Put a Cork in It" Wine & Dine Benefit for Relay for Life/American Cancer Society at Hummingbird Ridge on Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st. All enjoyed 4 delicious courses perfectly paired with 4 wines, along with Sangria and Warm Cider Wine.

- Upcoming Events:

October 15, 1-4pm; Hummingbird Ridge Winery presents free live music with an 60's Music Tribute by "The Happy Hippies". Wear your tie dye and come out and enjoy all the 60's songs that you know and love, and enjoy Hummingbird Ridge wine by the glass or bottle! Free Admission. Bring lawn chairs. Non-Hummingbird Ridge alcohol is not permitted on winery premises.

- October 28, Wine and Cheese Tasting and Seminar, featuring 5 courses Cheese Dishes (featuring Premium Cheeses from around the World) paired with 5 different Hummingbird Ridge Winery wines. Participants will also experience a series of fun exercises and seminars designed to test and enhance their wine knowledge, aromatic and taste senses, and winemaking knowledge.

- New Releases: Attention all of you Ruby Elixir and Moonlight White fans- They Are Back!!! Yes, our best-selling sweet red wine Ruby Elixir is back and available for tasting and purchase. Also, more of our Moonlight White, which won a Silver medal at this year's Finger Lakes wine competition in the Vidal Blanc category is bottled and available for tasting and purchasing. Stop in and taste these 2 Delicious wines!

- By Mid-October, you will notice a new building on the winery premises. This will be our new Production Facility, which will be designed to allow us to increase wine production and add new wines to our wine lineup and also allow us to increase our Tasting Room space. We look forward to producing more quality wines for you with our new facility!

- As many of you know, the Uncork York Wine Trail, of which we are a member, has been going through some changes, including a name change and the addition of more wineries. The new wine trail was officially announced last month at a media event. The new name is The Mason Dixon Wine Trail and it will now include some Maryland wineries, as well as Pennsylvania wineries. This will make our wine trail bigger and better, with more wine choices for you! For more information, visit the wine trail website at http://www.masondixonwinetrail.com/


- Recipe of the Month: Gourmet Toasted Cheese Sandwiches- Here is a simple way to take Toasted Cheese Sandwiches to a whole new level. We featured these at our last Wine & Cheese event and they were a big hit. Ingredients: Slices of your favorite bread, Brie cheese, 2 Granny Smith apples (cored peeled and sliced). Butter the backs of the bread, place several slices of Brie cheese and several slices of apple on the dry inside of the bread. Toast until cheese is melted and outside of bread is golden brown. Serve with Hummingbird Ridge Semi-dry Riesling and Enjoy!!!

- Hummingbird Ridge Winery is mourning the passing of Cathy (Cat) Towers, co-owner of the Silver Lake Inn and an avid supporter of the winery. Cat was a great friend to the winery and she wanted Silver Lake Inn to be the first restaurant to carry our wines. She believed in us before we believed in ourselves and we miss her greatly. We raise a toast to you, Cat!

- We are proud to announce that the following Central PA eateries are now carrying Hummingbird Ridge wines:
Silver Lake Inn, Lewisberry
Back Woods Grill, Etters
The Field House, Etters
Two Brothers, Etters
Culhane’s Steak House, New Cumberland
Fireside Restaurant (formerly Pierres), New Cumberland
Etters VFW, Etters
Yorktowne Hotel, York
Please visit these fine establishments and enjoy a glass of Hummingbird Ridge wine!!!

- Thanks Again to all of you who have stopped in to see us and try our wine!!! Tell your friends about us!!!

- Visit us on the internet at http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.com/  (official website), http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.blogspot.com/
(our blog), and visit our new Facebook page and become a fan of Hummingbird Ridge Winery at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hummingbird-Ridge-Winery/261984513530

- Hummingbird Ridge Winery is a proud member of the Mason Dixon Wine Trail!!! Visit http://www.masondixonwinetrail.com/  for more information.

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY

"EXPERIENCE THE FLAVOR!!!"

OPEN FOR FREE TASTINGS SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS

FROM 11AM TO 6PM

735 KISE MILL RD

YORK HAVEN PA 17370

717-315-0209

Email: info@hummingbirdridgewinery.com

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY - SEPTEMBER 2011 NEWSLETTER

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY “WINE POURS”

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

In This Issue: Beatles Event Recap; Upcoming Events; Wine Update; Recipe of the Month; Tip of the Month; Restaurant Partners

-         A big Thank You to all of you who came out for the Beatles Tribute event at Hummingbird Ridge Winery last month. We had a blast with the "Day Trippers" playing all Beatles songs and everyone singing along. We will be having our last Deck Party of the year in October with a musical tribute to the 60's by the "Happy Hippies" playing all music from the 60's. Wear your bell bottoms and tie dye shirts. More information to come.

- Once again this year, we are presenting a Wine & Dine Benefit for Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. Hummingbird Ridge Winery presents "Put a Cork In It", a Fun evening of Food and Wine to benefit Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society. Receive a Hummingbird Ridge Logo Wine Glass and 4 Delicious Courses paired with 4 Specially Selected Hummingbird Ridge wines.

4 Sessions to choose from: Friday, Sept. 30 at 6pm or 7:30pm or Saturday, Oct. 1 at 6pm or 7:30pm. Please join us for a fun evening of Great Food and Wine for a Great Cause!!! Tickets are only $25 and are available at Hummingbird Ridge Winery or call Judy at 717-515-4268 for tickets or more information. Seating is Limited. All Proceeds Benefit Relay For Life & American Cancer Society

- Come and visit Hummingbird Ridge Winery at the Hanover Wine Festival, "Tasting on the Hill", Sept. 24th & 25th. Come out and see wineries, live entertainment, and many other vendors.  Visit www.winetastingonthehill.org  for more information.

- We hope to have our new wine production facility up and running soon. We have received most of our permits and approvals. This new facility will allow us to enlarge the tasting room and have capacity to produce more wine, so look for some big changes coming soon.

- We are a microwinery, which means that we produce our wines in small batches, which allows us to closely watch every detail of the wine process, so our wine lineup changes as we sell out of some wine and bottle other wines.  The lineup for September is:

Red Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, full-bodied and delicious. Available for tasting with a good supply in stock. 

Semi-Dry Riesling, It’s back and available for tasting with a good supply in stock. 

Hummingbird White, our soft and elegant semi-dry white: Available for tasting with a good supply in stock.

Sweet Dreams, our sweet and flavorful Niagara: Available for tasting with a good supply in stock.

Crimson Nectar, our delicious sweet Red: Available for tasting with a limited supply in stock.

The following wines will be bottled and available within the next 30 to 60 days.

 Hummingbird Red (dry Red)

            Ruby Elixir (our best-selling sweet Red)

Moonlight White (award-winning Vidal Blanc)

Pordevino (Red Port)

Pordeblanco (White Port)

Blue Diamond (Blush Port)

  

- Recipe of the Month: Delicious Spaghetti Sauce from a Jar in Minutes: Most spaghetti sauces in a jar at the supermarket are bland and watery, but who has the time to make it from scratch. An easy solution is to “doctor” up the jar sauce and turn it into a delicious flavorful sauce in minutes. Of course, you will need some delicious Hummingbird Ridge wine for the sauce and for the cook. 1) Pour yourself a glass of Hummingbird Red wine  2) Pour your favorite jar spaghetti sauce into a sauce pan 3) Add a splash of Hummingbird Red wine from your wine glass into the sauce and add a drizzle of good olive oil 4) Add your favorite herbs, fresh or from your spice rack 5) Simmer on medium heat for 10-15 minutes 6) Serve over pasta and Enjoy!  Quick and Easy and much more flavorful! And if you want to kick it up even more, while the sauce is simmering, sauté some onions in good olive oil with mushrooms, pork or turkey sausage or pepperoni and add to the sauce. Add anything you want, the options are endless.

- Tip of the Month: With local wineries now springing up in most parts of Pennsylvania, be sure to ask for local wine when you go to your favorite restaurant. Restaurant owners need to know that there is a demand for local wine before they will take a chance on it. If local wine is available on a restaurant wine list, many customers will choose the local wine to support local business. So make it a point to ask the waitress or bartender at your favorite local restaurant for local wine choices.

- We are proud to partner with the following  Central PA eateries are now carrying Hummingbird Ridge wines:

Silver Lake Inn, Lewisberry
Back Woods Grill, Etters
The Field House, Etters
Two Brothers, Etters
Culhane’s Steak House, New Cumberland 

Fireside Restaurant (formerly Pierres), New Cumberland

Etters VFW, Etters

Yorktowne Hotel, York
Please visit these fine establishments and enjoy a glass of Hummingbird Ridge wine!!!

- Thanks Again to all of you who have stopped in to see us and try our wine!!! Tell your friends about us!!!

- Visit us on the internet at http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.com/   (official website), http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.blogspot.com/  
(our blog), and visit our new Facebook page and become a fan of Hummingbird Ridge Winery athttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Hummingbird-Ridge-Winery/261984513530  

- Hummingbird Ridge Winery is a proud member of the Uncork York Wine Trail!!! Visit http://www.uncorkyork.com/  for more information.

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY

"EXPERIENCE THE FLAVOR!!!"

OPEN FOR FREE TASTINGS SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS

FROM 11AM TO 6PM
735 KISE MILL RD

YORK HAVEN PA 17370

717-315-0209

Email: info@hummingbirdridgewinery.com

Hummingbird Ridge Winery - August 2011 Newsletter

 

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY “WINE POURS”

AUGUST 2011 NEWSLETTER
In This Issue: Summer Sangria Celebration; Upcoming Events; Wine & Cheese; Wine Trail Update; Parrotheads at HRW; Local Restaurants Serve Hummingbird Ridge Wine
We sure had some hot days in July, but Hummingbird Ridge Winery has been doing its best to help keep everyone refreshed with our Summer Sangria Celebration, featuring free samples of a featured Sangria every weekend, with Sangria available by the glass to enjoy on our New Wine Deck. Stop by in August for Sangria!!!

Our motto is “Experience The Flavor” and our goal is for every Hummingbird Ridge wine to be balanced and flavorful. We are open on Saturdays & Sundays from 11am to 6pm and our standard wine tastings are free of charge.

If you belong to a group, club or association and you would like a Private Wine Tasting for your group during the week or weekend, please call us at 717-315-0209 for availability. We hope to see you soon at the winery!!!

- Upcoming Events:

August 20, 1-4pm; Hummingbird Ridge Winery presents Free live music with an acoustic Beatles Tribute by "The Day Trippers".  Come out and enjoy all the Beatles songs that you know and love, and enjoy Hummingbird Ridge wine by the glass or bottle!  Free Admission. Bring lawn chairs. Non-Hummingbird Ridge alcohol is not permitted on winery premises.

- We held our first educational event at the winery last month with a Wine and Cheese Tasting and Seminar, which featured 5 courses of Light Snacks and Appetizers (featuring Premium Cheeses from around the World) paired with 5 different Hummingbird Ridge Winery wines. The participants were also led through a series of exercises designed to test their wine knowledge, aromatic and taste senses, and teach some winemaking skills. We will be scheduling another session like this in a couple months.

-      As many of you know, the Uncork York Wine Trail, of which we are a member, has been going through some changes, including a name change. The new name will be The Mason Dixon Wine Trail and will now include some Maryland wineries, as well as Pennsylvania wineries. This will make our wine trail bigger and better, with more wine choices for you! The new website is www.masondixonwinetrail.com  Look for more info coming soon.

- A big Thank You to everyone who came out to the Grand Opening of our New Wine Deck on June 4th. We had a great time with live music by the "Son of a Beach" Jimmy Buffett Tribute. There were a lot of Parrotheads there from the local Parrothead Clubs and we Thank Mary Chopak of the Parrotheads in Amish Paradise club, who wrote the following about the event in the club newsletter, The Tequila Times:  

"On a recent Saturday afternoon in June, Hummingbird  Ridge Winery in Newberrytown hosted the grand  opening of their new deck with a Jimmy Buffett deck  party featuring “Son of a Beach”.  It started off as a perfect spring day, low humidity  and plenty of sunshine. Andy and I stocked the car with chairs, some finger foods and my sister and her  husband who were visiting for the weekend.

When we arrived at the winery, we were astonished at the amount of people that had already arrived. We staked a claim in an area under shade where we could hear the music as all the tables were filled. Looking around we spotted some of our Amish Parrotheads and also folks from the Hanover Society Club.

As my sister had not been at Hummingbird before, we took her inside to taste the delicious wines. Judy, another Amish Parrothead, was helping out with the wine pouring. After tasting we purchased a bottle or two and went outside to mingle with the other Parrotheads and enjoy the music. It was a great venue and only after some liquid sunshine started falling did we make our way out of the winery."

- We are proud to announce that the following  Central PA eateries are now carrying Hummingbird Ridge wines:
Silver Lake Inn, Lewisberry
Back Woods Grill, Etters
The Field House, Etters
Two Brothers, Etters
Culhane’s Steak House, New Cumberland 

Fireside Restaurant (formerly Pierres), New Cumberland

Etters VFW, Etters

Yorktowne Hotel, York
Please visit these fine establishments and enjoy a glass of Hummingbird Ridge wine!!!

- Thanks Again to all of you who have stopped in to see us and try our wine!!! Tell your friends about us!!!

- Visit us on the internet at http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.com/  (official website), http://www.hummingbirdridgewinery.blogspot.com/
(our blog), and visit our new Facebook page and become a fan of Hummingbird Ridge Winery athttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Hummingbird-Ridge-Winery/261984513530

- Hummingbird Ridge Winery is a proud member of the Uncork York Wine Trail!!! Visit http://www.uncorkyork.com/  for more information.

HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE WINERY

"EXPERIENCE THE FLAVOR!!!"

OPEN FOR FREE TASTINGS SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS

FROM 11AM TO 6PM

735 KISE MILL RD

YORK HAVEN PA 17370

717-315-0209

Email: info@hummingbirdridgewinery.com

Hummingbird Ridge Winery Presents Beatles Tribute Aug. 20, 1-4pm

Hummingbird Ridge Winery, Central PA's newest winery, continues the celebration of their New Wine Deck, featuring an Acoustic Beatles Tribute by "The Day Trippers" on Saturday, August 20th from 1-4pm. Free wine tastings, as well as wine available by the glass or bottle. Enjoy wine on the deck and the lawn as you rock to the songs of The Beatles! Free Admission. Free Parking. Bring Lawn Chairs.

Hummingbird Ridge Winery, Central PA's Newest Winery, invites you to "Experience the Flavor" of our hand-crafted award-winning wines. Winery is located at 735 Kise Mill Rd, York Haven PA (1/4 mile from Susquehanna Speedway), just off I-83, Newberrytown Exit 32, minutes from York and Harrisburg. Open every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 6pm.  For information, call 717-315-0209 or email info@hummingbirdridgewinery.com  Visit our website at www.hummingbirdridgewinery.com