PUTNEY MOUNTAIN WINERY

"CHARLES DODGE'S
HANDMADE
APPLE BUBBLY
[IS] EXTRAORDINARY"

Stephen Meuse,
Boston Globe

Welcome to Putney Mountain Winery, recently judged producer of "Best Fruit Wine" in the Northeast at the 2010 Northeastern States Big E Wine Competition. Our website is currently under construction, but in the meantime we'd like to offer you a bit of information about our winery and our wines.

We have been producing award-winning, artisanal fruit wine since 1998. Our winery thrives on the age-old wisdom that the finest wines come from the finest fruits. Our wines exemplify the richness and variety of fruits that have been raised for generations in the Connecticut River Valley.

We offer an array of sparkling, still and dessert wines made from fresh, local fruit including heirloom apples, pears, rhubarb, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries. We hand-crush, press and craft our wines as soon as the fruit is harvested. Many of our wines have won regional and international awards.

Please come visit us in person where you can try and buy our wines.

Tastings & sales at Putney Mountain Winery (where we make all our wines), 8 Bellows Falls Road, Route 5 in the Basketville store in Putney. 11-5 daily. Tel. 802 387 5925.

Tastings & sales in the Cabot Cheese store in Quechee Gorge Village on Route 4, Quechee. 11-5 daily. Tel. 802 285 5335.

Or at several fine southern Vermont farmers markets:

• Thursdays in Manchester, VT(3-6 pm)

• Saturdays in Brattleboro, VT (9-2), Londonderry, VT(9-1) and Rutland, VT (9-2)

• Sundays in Dorset, VT (10-2)
  

Our wines are also sold through Baker Distributing and are available at many stores.

Thank you and stay tuned for our new website that will offer detailed information about our products, where you can find our wine, the farmers who produce the fruit we use, and how best to stay in touch. In the meantime, feel free to call us at (802) 387-5925 for more information.

Summer 2010 Wine List

Apple Maple - $14.99

Heirloom apple wine with a touch of pure Vermont maple syrup. A fruity, semi-sweet wine, "apple" beginning, "maple" finish. Apples from Scott Farm in Dummerston.
*Nice balance to spicy food, delicious with poultry or pork
*Makes an outstanding mulled wine with cinnamon, cloves and maple syrup.

Heirloom Cuvee - $16.99

Marries the best qualities of several heirloom apples in a complex demi-sec wine with subtle notes of citrus and honeysuckle.
*Serve chilled before dinner or with fish, poultry or a light dinner.
*Add Vermont Cassis or Simply Cranberry for refreshing summer drink.

Rhubarb Blush - $15.99

A refreshing summer wine . Subtle combination of Vermont rhubarb, strawberry and raspberry wines.
*Served chilled before dinner or with dessert.

Simply Cranberry - $15.99

Richly Flavorful tart and semi-dry cocktail and dinner wine. Cranberries from Orcranics on Cape Cod.
* Add to our Heirloom Cuvee sparkling cider wine for a "New England Mimosa"
* Mix with seltzer for a cool, refreshing summer drink

Simply Pear - $14.99

A dry, crisp wine with a hint of fruit and overtones of citrus. Organic pears from Dwight Miller Orchard in Dummerston.
*Anytime you would have a dry wine.
*Delicious with a lighter fish or fish soup
*Try it with quiche or frittatas.

Simply Rhubarb - $17.99

An elegant white wine. Native acidity of the rhubarb balanced by a complex lingering fruitiness. Organic rhubarb from Dwight Miller Orchard in Dummerston.
*Complements shell fish, a dark flesh fish or fish stew
*Adds elegence to poultry

Vermont Cassis - $18.49

Rich, luscious dessert wine. Gold medal wine with intense, complex fruitiness that finishes with a hint of tartness. Black currants from Cherry Hill Farm in Springfield.
*Irresistible with anything chocolate or over ice cream or berries.
*Drink it alone or with ice to savor its sweet and tart intensity.
*Enlivens white wine, vodka or champagne.

8 Bellows Falls Rd, Putney, VT 05346 | 802 - 387 - 5925 | putneywine@aol.com