| Kentucky is known for its Bourbon. No doubt people | | | | award winning Vidal Blanc wine and use the Vidal |
| doing the Northern Kentucky Payroll service wouldn't | | | | grape in their estate wine. They have another label |
| mind doing a slug. What few people know is that | | | | called Kentucky Orchard. Stonebrook winery |
| wineries abound in Kentucky. Certainly people doing | | | | produces peach, pear, blueberry, blackberry, |
| Northern Kentucky Tax Planning wouldn't mind sipping | | | | strawberry, raspberry, cranberry and cabernet |
| on Maggie Adams Blush, or Colonel's Ridge Cabernet | | | | Sauvignon wine. They hold special events and once a |
| Sauvignon, or perhaps a nice Elk Creek Merlot, or Elk | | | | month have a dinner in their wine tasting room. Elk |
| Creek Petite Syrah. Or maybe a nice wine from La | | | | Creek winery is located in Owenton Kentucky, about |
| Ferme du Cerf? Kentucky was home to the first | | | | an hours drive from Louisville, Lexington and |
| American commercial winery. Wineries and vineyards | | | | Cincinnati. It is Kentucky's largest commercial vineyard |
| flourished in the rolling hills. Prohibition was the undoing | | | | and is a popular destination winery. In addition to |
| of the business, forcing many vintners to switch | | | | having a long list of award winning wines, the |
| crops or walk away. The last ten years has seen a | | | | vineyard has a bed and breakfast, spa services, an |
| renaissance of wine making. Kentucky has many | | | | art gallery, cooking classes, and live entertainment on |
| interesting wineries and some award winning wines. | | | | weekends in the Winery and a concert series outside |
| Many of the wineries are a pleasant place to spend | | | | during the summer. Some of the award wining wines |
| some time. | | | | include; the Reserve Syrah, the Cabernet, the Bone |
| Acres of Land Winery is on Barnes Mill Road near | | | | Dry Red, the Pinot Grigio, the Vidal Blanc and the |
| Richmond Kentucky. Once a full time tobacco farm, it | | | | Ghostly White. Elk Creek offers a variety of |
| is now home to vineyards and a restaurant. It | | | | accommodations and plenty of things to do on a visit. |
| produces a variety of wines. Chamborcine and | | | | Chrisman Mill Vineyards is located in Nicholasville |
| Vignoles Vinerifa are some of the regional wines | | | | Kentucky. They have been producing and bottling |
| grown on the farm. The river region has the River | | | | wine since 1999. All their grapes come from |
| Valley Winery in Carrollton. Some of their award | | | | Kentucky. What makes for a more American |
| winning wines include the Vidal Blanc, a German style | | | | vineyard then one that produces red, and whites in |
| crisp dry white wine, the Medovina, a honey mead | | | | the bluegrass country. Some of their award-winning |
| wine with a light clean flavor, or the Cynthia, a dry | | | | wines include the 2006 Ensemble, the 2005 first |
| red table wine that has won multiple awards. These | | | | vineyard reserve, 2007 Sweet Jessamine Rose and |
| are just a few of the wines from River Valley | | | | the classic Vidal Blanc, a consistent award winning |
| Winery. They have a tasting room and all their wines | | | | wine. |
| are 100% Kentucky grown grape. | | | | Next time you are in Kentucky, enjoy the rolling hills |
| Stonebrook winery is 20 minutes south of Cincinnati | | | | and the bourbon, but don't miss out on the |
| located in Camp Springs, Kentucky. They have an | | | | wonderful vineyards and the award winning wines. |