Celebrate Easter with local Lehigh Valley wines

The wineries of the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail would like to share with you their recommendations for wines to pair with your Easter meal this Sunday. All of them are open Friday and Saturday so you can stop in to taste wines and purchase the ones you want to share with your family and friends.

Amore Vineyards - Try our Pink Passion with ham, or pork and sauerkraut.

Franklin Hill Vineyards - Start your Easter celebration with Pomegranate Martinis. A splash of vodka with our newly released Pomegranate wine with appetizers. For dinner, try Seyval or Kiss; both pair well with turkey or ham. Simply Red goes great with desserts.

Blue Mountain Vineyards - The light fruity flavor of our newly released 2007 Pinot Noir will compliment a glazed Easter ham. Our Riesling and White Merlot would also compliment the smoky flavor of ham.

Pinnacle Ridge Winery - Recommends our 2010 Riesling, our 2009 Oasis and for dry red lovers our 2009 Chambourcin with all the classic Easter dinners. Ham and scalloped potatoes or leg of lamb with sides of asparagus and roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Clover Hill Vineyards - Sparkling wines are a wonderful choice to pair with your Easter ham and kielbasa. 
Sparkling Pinot Noir ~ our pick for the Easter Holiday. Made from 100% Pinot Noir, this bubbly is dry, but very fruity. 
Brut ~ a dry, traditional sparkling wine made predominately from Chardonnay.
Cuvee ~ semi-sweet, yeasty and rich flavored sparkler.
Blackberry Sparkler ~ a sweet bubbly made with an addition of local blackberries. 

Vynecrest Winery - Vynecrest First Blush a semi-sweet wine similar to a White Zinfandel, that exudes an elegant body with a clean finish. A great Easter wine and it's our Wine of the Month of April -  regularly $9.99, now 10% off.

We'd like to wish everyone a wonderful Easter holiday!

The Lehigh Valley Wine Trail wineries wish you a Happy Easter

The owners of the nine family-owned and operated wineries of the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail would like to wish all of their friends and customers a very happy and special Easter holiday weekend.

We hope you are able to enjoy the fine weather predicted for this weekend with your friends and family, making memories and enjoying the time together.

And if a bottle of one of our fine local wines happens to grace your Easter dinner table, we thank you for your patronage and look forward to seeing you in our wineries again soon.

Lehigh Valley wineries offer their pairing suggestions for Easter Dinner

Easter is a special occasion that brings families together for a day of egg hunting in the backyard, visits with an oversized bunny, and baskets filled with candy and treats. But the highlight of the day is the celebratory meal.

The nine family-owned and operated wineries of the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail understand how important that meal is and are pleased to offer the following wine pairing suggestions for this year’s dinner.

Amoré Vineyards & Winery, Nazareth
Pink Passion is a perfect match for pork and sauerkraut or ham.

Big Creek Vineyard and Winery, Kresgeville
Vin di Pasqualina is best served lightly chilled with lamb.

Blue Mountain Vineyards, New Tripoli
The newly released 2009 Vignoles pairs nicely with ham, lamb or pork.

Sorrenti Cherry Valley Vineyards, Saylorsburg
Seyval Blanc, a crisp, clean white wine similar to Pinot Grigio, with citrus- like characteristics, is fantastic with shellfish, fish and fowl.

Clover Hill Vineyards & Winery, Breinigsville
Clover Hill Cuvee is a semi-sweet, traditionally made sparkling wine. It’s excellent as an aperitif or served as a Mimosa.

Franklin Hills Vineyards, Bangor
Kiss, which is a blend of Cayuga and Vidal with just a touch of Chambourcin, is perfect with an Easter dinner of turkey or ham.

Galen Glen Vineyard & Winery, Andreas
Vin Gris is a crisp rosé blended from Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Chambourcin with hints of cherry, making it ideal to serve with ham or turkey.

Pinnacle Ridge, Kutztown
The 2009 Riesling is the perfect accompaniment to the Easter meal.

Vynecrest Winery, Breinigsville
Vynecrest White is a versatile, semi-sweet, all-occasion dinner wine. It's a "house" blend of grapes with an aroma of apricots and green apples, with a soft pleasant finish.

Join the nine wineries of the Wine Trail on April 24 and 25 for their first A.V.A. (American Viticulture Area) Weekend, as they celebrate this important, new national designation. Visitors will learn about the uniqueness of the region’s soil that adds complexity to their wines.

The Lehigh Valley Wine Trail is a non-profit organization of wineries whose mission is to promote agri-tourism and to create a premiere wine destination and grape growing region while promoting Pennsylvania wines from the region. All of the member wineries have won numerous awards at state, national and international levels.