On the Road with the Grape Guy
Report from - Wine Stop in Florida ... March 9, 2010
11 Mar 2010- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
My soon-to-be in-laws winter down in Florida, so when we arrived on Sunday they told us they’d like to take us on a winery tour of-sorts. On Tuesday morning we set out to discover one winery in the area. We had a choice of three (the winery map of Florida I had said there were 16 scattered throughout the state): Homosassa Springs, Clermont or Tampa … my first choice was closed on Tuesdays so we traveled to the one in Clermont: Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards – billed as being Florida’s biggest.
My in-laws aren’t oenophiles, nor do they visit wineries all that often (if ever), so they wanted to poke around and taste some of the local wines. The gentleman who greeted us at the door (Gino) was pushy about going on a tour (we must have declined 3 or 4 times). I finally stumbled upon a woman (I did not catch her name) who offered to give us a little tasting and provide me with some information about Lakeridge and the grape growing in Florida.
First off, Lakeridge’s production is based on the Muscadine grape ... (to read more and see some pictures, click here )
