Update on last Saturday's Great PA Wine Toast

By now you no doubt know that last Saturday wineries across the state attempted to break a Guinness Book World Record for the largest toast. This was a promotion by the PA Wine Association created to help support and publicize the state's wine industry.

Thousands of us gathered at wineries, and even the Seven Springs Wine Festival, to toast at 4:15 p.m. to the winning toast as written by a local woman from Bangor and read by race car legend Mario Andretti.

Alas, we did not break the toasting record, but we think that everyone will agree that we had a great time trying!

A few of our wineries have started sharing their photos with us of the toast which we are posting to our Facebook fan page and our Flickr account. We've also posted the video of Mario's toast to our YouTube Channel. So even if you didn't join us that day, now you can get a feeling for what it was like.

Maybe we should try again next year?...

More details for Great PA Wine Toast this Saturday, August 14!

A few more of our Lehigh Valley Wine Trail wineries have announced their plans for this coming Saturday's Great PA Wine Toast event.They include:

Vynecrest Winery in Breinigsville will have a tour with the Winemaker at 1 p.m., Arianne Rox live music in the Vyneskeller from 1:30-4:30 p.m. and the big toast starting at 3:30 p.m. All participants get a keepsake souvenir glass. All events are free of charge. It is also the Dog Days of August and Vynecrest will offer hot dogs on the grill for $1.

Sorrenti Cherry Valley Vineyards in Saylorsburg will serve 1/2 glasses of their gold medal winning Seyval Blanc wine, raising them for the big toast.

Amore Vineyards in Nazareth will be introducing wines from their 2009 harvest, just bottled on August 12.

Blue Mountain Winery announces plans for PA Wine Toast event on 8/14

Our wineries are gearing up for the big event on Saturday, August 14 at 3:30 p.m. What event is that, you ask? Why, it's The Great Pennsylvania Wine Toast!

The goal of the state-wide promotion is to celebrate another record-setting year for the Pennsylvania wine industry. In the process, we hope to set a world record for the largest wine tasting ever conducted!

Proud Pennsylvanian, wine lover and racing legend, Mario Andretti, will serve as toastmaster, as he leads all locations in a simultaneous toast via video. Proceeds from the event will support The Fund to Benefit Children & Youth, right here in the Lehigh Valley. The organization helps provide items and services to children and families in need.


Blue Mountain Wine & Vineyards in New Tripoli just shared their lineup for the special event with us. Here are the details:

1:30 PM  -  The Vineyard Tasting begins! They will offer 5 wines produced from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc.  Each of these wines will be served amongst the vines that produced the wines and they will accompany each wine with a cheese pairing.

2:30 PM – Tasting of the last of the 5 wines, and Lucas Lasagna, a local vocalist, will entertain with some Frank Sinatra standards as the tasting is completed and everyone returns to the winery.

3 PM – They will begin to form lines for counting, to be completed by 3:45 PM.

4 PM – Mario Andretti will perform the toast via live web video.

4:30-6 PM – Lucas will continue to entertain on the outdoor deck with panoramic views of the vineyards and mountains.

5:30 PM – Blue Mountain will auction off the bottle of wine and the wine barrel table signed by Mario Andretti with the proceeds to go to The Fund to Children and Youth.  



Please plan to join us for this special event! More details to come!