Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery - We've made friends in PA

Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery

July 4, 2015

Happy 239th Birthday United States of America!

Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery
Lehigh Valley, PA AVA

A great way to say celebrate is to add a few bottles of wine to the picnic table.  Wine shouldn't be considered high brow - it's an age old drink that helped with celebrating many occasions.  In fact, it is told that Portuguese Madeira wine was used to toast the signing of the Declaration of Independence.   If wine was popular with both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to celebrate then we're OK with it too.

Vynecrest Vineyards
Tasting Room

We have a couple of bottles we're chilling for this weekend from Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery in Pennsylvania.  While driving back South, we stopped for a break at the Welcome Center just as we crossed into Pennsylvania.   The Welcome Center provided us with information on wineries on the Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Wine Trail.  So we decided to check one out on our way through the Keystone State.

We were welcomed at Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery,  just outside of Allentown and only about 10 minutes off Highway 78.  Established in 1974, the property overlooks the rolling hills of the Lehigh Valley, an AVA that was granted to the region in 2008.  The views are spectacular and the welcome from their staff was equally warm and friendly.

Vynecrest's iPad Player Piano
Downstairs in Tom's Vyneskeller

With over 40 years of history, they know what grows well in the area.  They are proud of their dry, red Chamborcin, which is regional star for this AVA.  Also, their flagship red is their Lemberger, which will go well with burgers from the grill.  Too bad we weren't there on the weekend, because downstairs they have an iPad Baby Grand Player Piano and Jazz on the last Sunday of the month.

Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery
Tom's Vyneskeller with views

Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery
Tom's Vyneskeller

So if you can't make it to Breiningsville, PA this weekend, look to your own backyard and check out the winery that you have been meaning to visit.  And if you can get to Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery, do it.