June 2007

The perfect day... new shoes  (the Easy Spirit outlet is located east of Ripley) and new wine. The Loze sisters go shopping!

Kinkead Ridge in France! Nancy's best friend Norma visited friends in France and brought a bottle of the 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon. It was pronounced: "un tres bon vin!" I like that blue tablecloth!

Bottling is over! Here's the "A" team and Megan enjoying some Cabernet Franc.

Sorry, now sold out. Still available in fine wine shops and restaurants throughout Ohio. April 2007: 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon wins GOLD medal at the Finger Lakes Wine Competition.Only 141 Gold Medals were awarded to 2126 entries. Only 15 Cabernet Sauvignon's won a Gold Medal. Kinkead Ridge won the only medal for a vinifera wine in Ohio. This wine also won a Silver Medal at the American Wine Society competition last November when it was very young and tight. The new gold medal reflects how beautifully it's developed!

Kinkead Ridge is on YouTube. Go to www.youtube.com, and type Kinkead Ridge into the search box. There are two major videos:  "A Vineyard Year" movie and a "Photo Album", as well as our entry into the Wine Spectator competition, and several "mini-videos" about vineyard and winery operations.

Kinkead Ridge at the Cincinnati Flower Show/Fine Food and Wine in the Moonlite Pavilion, April 21-22. We were really happy to finally meet Marilyn Harris! We also poured for the first time at Fleurs de Fete, and it was nice to get individual recognition in the program.

Kinkead Ridge featured in the May/June Wine Buzz.

Kinkead Ridge featured in "Taste Cincinnati" magazine, article by Jens Rosencrantz. See page 50.

Andrew Jones, British wine writer,  reviews Kinkead Ridge 2004 reds:

2004 Cabernet Sauvignon: 91.
This rich ruby coloured wine is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and has been blended with 6% Cabernet Franc for the first time, as well as 19% Petit Verdot making it the type of classic Bordeaux-style blend you would find in many chateaux in the Médoc region. It has quite a deep ruby color, offers vanilla hints from a mix of American and French oak and tempts with classic blackcurrant, plum and violet aromas before producing Morello cherry flavours on the flavorsome palate. The oak aging has contributed hints of vanilla and gentle, soft tannins which balance well with the fruit.

2004 Syrah: 90.

2004 Cabernet Franc: 86.

Six of our seven 2006 releases are now sold out at the winery. They may be available at selected retail shops.

Kinkead Ridge harvest and crush filmed by ThinkTV.org, a PBS affiliate.  Episode 209 includes:
   Ian Adams: Rural Images
   Ohio River Wines featuring Kinkead Ridge
   Chef Pierre: Thai Chicken Soup
   Doc Sanders: A Different Dairy.
This DVD is available for purchase from the Farm Bureau for $10, contact Cara Lawson, clawson@ofbf.org. See the television link on http://www.ourohio.org.

Kinkead Ridge featured in "C" magazine (What to Wear, Where to Go, Where to Be in Columbus). 2007 Valchemy Chef Richard Rosendale paired Kinkead Ridge 2004 Cabernet Franc with Braised Oxtails with Boursin Polenta. See www.rosendales.com for more information about Chef Rosendale and his upcoming restaurant.

2006 American Wine Society Competition, November 8-9, Baltimore Maryland, 695 medals awarded to over 1000 entries from all over the world.

We entered four wines and garnered four medals.

DOUBLE GOLD. 2004 Kinkead Ridge Cabernet Franc. Double Gold means every one of the six judges gave the wine a Gold Rating. Only two vinifera wines received this extraordinary recognition. 
SILVER. 2004 Kinkead Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon.
BRONZE. 2004 Kinkead Ridge Syrah
BRONZE: 2005 Kinkead Ridge Viognier/Roussanne
Click here to view the 2006 results.

KINKEAD RIDGE... or CHEVAL BLANC?
Melvyn Masters, wine author, owner of Mel's Bar and Grill (Colorado) and Tortoise Creek Wines, writing to Steve Hamm, the wine buyer at Whole Foods, Columbus about Kinkead Ridge Cabernet Franc. "I am having a blast with the Kinkead Ridge wines!
 I have poured them blind to various "experts" and love to watch the results; 'ah yes this is probably the Cheval Blanc 03'!!! Thanks for turning me on to them. "

Food and wine pairing:

 

September 2006 Kinkead Ridge featured in Our Ohio, "Ohio River Valley's Wine Resurgence".   Click here for this wonderful story.

Full page advertisement ran in Ohio Magazine, Country Living, Ladies Home Journal, Cincinnati Magazine and Cleveland Magazine.

"Why  go for those long distance relationships when you can find love in your own back yard." 

 

Words on Wine: 
Famous quotes throughout history about wine. Click here.

Funny drinking quotes:

"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
~ Jack Handy    

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