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Solaris—a 100% solar-powered boat—holds just 24 passengers making it arguably one of the most intimate tasting room experiences in the Hudson Valley.
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Kingston Wine Co.'s Sam Hewitt will share her expertise with passengers, introducing them to a selection of local and international wines, ciders, and more!
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The perfect Friday happy hour! Sit back, relax, and sail quietly down the river as you sip on some tasty pours courtesy of Rondout's Kingston Wine Co.
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HUDSON VALLEY-BASED PRODUCERS
Led by Sam Hewitt of Kingston Wine Co. Friday, June 7, 6pm A tasting lineup of 3 Hudson Valley-based producers. First in the lineup we have an airy and dry sparkling cherry mead from Left Bank Ciders. Next will Heartsby True 'Wayward', an apple and mulberry sparkling cider . And last but not least we will be pouring ‘Pomquette’ from Rose Hill farms, a co-fermented delight of apple cider and grape skins for color and depth of flavor. |
KINGSTON WINE CO'S GREATEST HITS
Led by Sam Hewitt of Kingston Wine Co. Friday, July 5, 6pm Three shop favorites that fly off the shelves A tasting lineup of 3 wines based on Kingston Wine Co.’s most popular shop favorites. First in line is the Hild Elbling Sekt #52, a bone dry sparkling white wine from Germany. Then we’ll taste a skin contact wine made from the grape trebbiano by Cirelli based in Italy. The last in the lineup will be Clos Fantine ‘Faugères Cuvée Tradition’, a dark hued, plumy and slightly farmy scented red blend from Southern France. |
EXPLORATION OF EASTERN EUROPE
Led by Sam Hewitt of Kingston Wine Co. Friday, August 2, 6pm Wine samples from Croatia, Georgia, and Slovenia An exploration of Eastern Europe through a tasting of 3 diverse wines. We will begin in Croatia with Vostinic ‘Ikons’, a crisp and aromatic white wine - something adventurous for those who admire sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio. Moving East, we will pour the 2018 Stori Mtsvane, a hazy, saline, and orchard fruit filled amber wine from Georgia. We will finish with a refreshing and softly sparkling red wine made from refosco by Rodica winery in Slovenia. |
ALL ABOUT RICE WINES
Led by Sam Hewitt of Kingston Wine Co. Friday, September 6, 6pm Japanese and Korean rice wines An introduction to rice wine styles through a tasting of 3 unique variations. We will awaken the palette with the earthy and dry notes of the Kiku-Masamune ‘Taru’ junmai sake. Next, we will pour something a bit more lively and luscious, the Daigo No Shizuku by Terade Honke with delicate notes of tropical yellow fruits and a silky soft texture. Finally, we’ll close the tasting with a Brooklyn made Korean Rice Wine, Takju produced by Hana Makgeolli. |
Plan Bee Farm Brewery presents wild ales of the season
Led by Emily Watson co-founded & owner of Plan Bee Friday, September 13, 6pm Join Plan Bee Farm Brewery's owner & co-founder Emily Watson as she tastes you through Plan Bee's seasonal wild ales. Plan Bee Farm Brewery is located on a 25-acre organic farm in Poughkeepsie where they produce 100% NYS ingredient wild ales. Every beer is cool-shipped, fermented in oak, & pitched yeast cultivated from their apiary. Tart, light & extremely seasonal, this tasting is an expression of each season on the farm; Barn Beer the flagship & beginning of all our wild ales, Dandeliaison with dandelions & honey from the farm to represent Spring, Beltane with watermelon, strawberries, red & black currants to represent Summer, & our newly released dark barn beer Cauldrife with roasted wheat to represent Fall. Come enjoy these ground-to-glass beers and travel through the seasons to discover the elements of taste with Plan Bee Farm Brewery! |
ABOUT SAM HEWITT
Sam has been at Kingston Wine Company for a little over 2 years now. This is where her wine journey began, and it continues to whisk her away into true depths of knowledge and intention. Sam is currently the buyer for wines of Eastern Europe (pretty much everything east of Germany and Austria), as well as meads, ciders and other fruit wines. One of her main objectives at Kingston Wine is to help everyone feel comfortable with interacting with wine, and open the possibilities of agriculture, economy, hospitality, and connection with people/the environment. |
ABOUT KINGSTON WINE CO.
Kingston Wine Co. focuses on classic, traditionally made wines with little added and little taken away. We place an emphasis on biodynamic, organic, and natural wines. Most of the wines on our shelves are made using time-honored, historically rich techniques, achieving an authentic expression of place, history and culture. We are not dogmatic about one method or path—there are multiple roads to deliciousness, terroir and transparency. We do believe that the 'less is more' approach to winemaking is a better route for our culture, our environment, and our palates. In addition to introducing clients to affordable esoteric wine known little beyond where it is grown, we will also highlight the classics. We also house a curated selection of distilled spirits. |
About Plan Bee Farm Brewery
At Plan Bee Farm Brewery our mission is to brew 100% New York State ingredient beer. We source all our ingredients from the state of New York with many grown on site. Our beers go from ground to glass within measurable feet of their origins. Our goal is to work with local businesses to produce a delicious product for the community we serve. At Plan Bee Farm Brewery, our beers are created by the limitation of local resources. From the yeast we cultivate from our honey comb, to the grain and hops in our fields, if it isn’t in our community it doesn’t enter our beer. Today, brewers talk about ‘local’ craft beer while sourcing ingredients from around the world. At Plan Bee Farm Brewery, we define ‘local’ as that which grows in New York State, if not on our farm. Over the course of the next few years we will work tirelessly to reduce the radius of our sourced ingredients. The goal is to be able to say, “I planted & processed everything in this beer personally.” |
About Emily and Evan Watson
Plan Bee Farm Brewery was born through the creativity and experience of Emily and Evan Watson. They moved to New York City in 2007 after Evan signed a recording contract. After several years of sharing music around the nation, Evan decided he was ready for a new challenge. From Emily’s experience growing up on a farm in Ohio to working in an environmental non-profit for the Hudson River and Evan working several years at the esteemed Captain Lawrence, they were ready to marry their experience. In 2013, Emily and Evan moved north to Fishkill, NY to a small farm and began working on their dream of a 100% sustainable brewery. In 2015, Plan Bee Farm Brewery moved to a 25-acre farm in Poughkeepsie, NY. The new location features an original 3-story 1830's barn which fully renovated houses their stainless steel 10BBL steam-fire brewhouse, local HV open oak fermenters, coolship, and a barrel aged sanctuary for wild, 100% NY ingredient farmhouse & sour beers tied directly to the farm & the Hudson Valley. |
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