Oldest US winery offers 'crazy' tipples
Oldest US winery offers 'crazy' tipples
Nov 16, 2011 6
(AFP) - In a bucolic valley an hour from New York City, the oldest vineyard in the United States is producing everything from wines that end up on the White House dining table to what the chief winemaster calls "crazy" tipples.
Established in 1839 by Jean Jacques, a French Huguenot immigrant, the Brotherhood vineyard has produced wine ever since, surviving the Prohibition, thanks to a loophole for church wine, and a big fire in 1999.
The winery saw two changes of ownership around the turn of the 20th century and since 1987 has been in the hands of a group of Chilean investors, with the production headed by winemaster Cesar Baeza, who comes from the Chilean capital Santiago de Chile.
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