Colin McEnroe Show: Connecticut Winemakers and Wineries
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Published: Jul 22, 2010
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Colin McEnroe Show: Connecticut Winemakers and Wineries
For most of my life, wine was something that happened somewhere else.
And if you know anything about me, you may know that I like to buy things made close to home here in Connecticut. So back in the 1980s, I made a little project out of locating a good wine, one that I could serve to people visiting from other places.
There weren't that many choices back then. There were maybe five wineries whose bottles were actually sold in stores. I finally found something, a wine from a vineyard called Hamlet Hill in Pomfret. I can't say my dinner guests from New York were anything other than pleasantly and suspiciously tolerant of it, but I felt good about serving it. And then, Of course, Hamlet Hill went out of business.
These days, it's no challenge at all. The landscape is dotted with new wineries, many of them producing very good wine. We'll talk about that today on the show as we visit with winemakers from around Connecticut.
You can join the conversation. Do you drink locally produced wine? Leave your comments below, e-mail colin@wnpr.org or Tweet us @wnprcolin.
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We meet people every day who didn't even know we made wine in Connecticut.
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E-mail from Laurie
I heard about your show today and I just can't believe that Connecticut natives are unaware of the fabulous wine produced right in their state. I have been to wineries in several other states (including Nevada, where I may have deeply insulted them by expressing my shock that wine grapes could grow there, although I think a winery on the edge of Death Valley rather than Napa Valley should be used to such reactions.) Universally, they are surprised to hear that decent wine is grown in Connecticut as they seem to believe we exist on the edge of the Arctic Circle and that only disgustingly sweet fruit wines could be grown here. Thank you for spreading the word about the wonderful wines grown in our own backyard. My only wish is that more restaurants would carry local wines on their wine lists.
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