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Greetings!,
The harvest was over while the weather remained beautiful! With the hardworking pickers and cellar helpers this was one of the most pleasant harvest times I've had in the last 25 years. And I also have to send many thanks to my tasting room attendants for taking care of the visitors pretty much on their own while I was often so much occupied by the grapes and fermenting musts. Working together we conquered another harvest!
Sincerely,
Fumie Thorpe
Owner, Thorpe Vineyard
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Fall/ Holiday Hours
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Sat & Sun
12noon - 5pm
also the Friday after Thanksgiving Day
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We Are Celebrating 2 New Wine Releases!
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 Wine Release #1: XXV
 25th Anniversary wine, XXV, has been released! It's a dry red with lots of character. We still have plenty of anniversary glasses as well --- they make a great gift for your friends' 25th anniversary or anyone who turns 25 years old! The anniversary special, get a free glass with a purchase of a case of wine, will continue until we run out of the glasses. So come try the wine; get a case of wine for your Holidays with the free glass! For more about XXV, view the story at the bottom of the newsletter.
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Wine Release #2: Rouge 
We've added another red to our shelf, too. We call it Rouge for now as we've done before --- that's our generic label to try a new one out. It's a semi-sweet fruity red that resembles Hunter's Moon if anyone remembers it. I finally had the chance to listen to those who asked for its comeback. If you are one of them, you ought to come out to try this one, too. And tell me what you think!
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Get A Jump On Your Holiday Shopping! 
The popular "Winter Wonderland Shopping Fling" will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 8th, 9th and 10th. This is a great way to kick off your holiday shopping! Browse through seventeen gift shops, farm markets and wineries in the beautiful countryside of Wayne County!
At each stop you will be offered refreshments, and every shopper will receive a free gift from every store they visit! Collect stamps at each location, and be entered to win fabulous gift baskets. The more places you visit, the greater your chance to win!
Visit our website at WayneCountyShoppingFling.com to get a preview of the wide variety of participating shops. Then grab some friends and spend an afternoon or the weekend exploring wonderful Wayne County!
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Upcoming Events
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November 8th-10th
Winter Wonderland Shopping Fling
see article below
 December 7th & 8th
Christmas around the World with the Lake Ontario Wine Trail
11am-5pm
Tickets: $10 each or 2/$15 We will be serving Pears Chancellor! Celebrate the season with festive wine and food pairings from around the world! Tickets can be purchased online at lakeontariowinetrail.com in advance or at your starting winery. This is a self-guided tour. You get to choose where to start and end! For parties of 8 or more, reservations are not required but appreciated.
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Win Our Wine!
Congratulations  to the October winners, Sharri Scolaro and Rosalind Sanza! It's easy to win a free bottle: read our email newsletter and like us on Facebook to stay in touch. We pick a winner from both each month. Good luck! |
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November
Special
Offer!
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 Buy a new release and get another bottle ½ OFF!
Come into the winery and try one of our newest releases, XXV and Rouge. Bring in this coupon and you can buy an additional bottle at 1/2 off!
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Offer Expires: 12/1/2013. Only available in Thorpe Vineyard's Tasting Room. Limit one per customer per visit, cannot be combined with any other offer.
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This time 25 years ago the property transfer was completed and Thorpe Vineyard was formally incorporated on October 31, 1988. I remember writing the date "November 01, 1988" down on the applications for the Federal Permit to be a Bonded Winery and the Farm Winery License to the New York State Liquor Authority. It was the official beginning of this Little Winery on the Great Lake. The permit and license, however, didn't get here until the summer of 1989 when it finally became legal for us to start selling our products.
I don't remember what brought the idea of having a special wine when the tenth anniversary was approaching in 1997. It is very likely that we saw other wineries' ads promoting their so-called milestone anniversaries. So here we go; we had our tenth anniversary wine named "Once in a Blue Moon" released in 1998. It came from my liking of stars with the implication that this wouldn't happen very often. Certainly a milestone anniversary doesn't happen every year. It was a blend of Chardonnay and Riesling both grown in our own vineyard but never blended together in the bottle before.
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Our Anniversary Wines...How many have you tried??
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The plan for the fifteenth anniversary wine came much sooner than 2003. The friend grape growers on Keyuka Lake often told us about one red variety that they had many fans of. We were listening to them but never really thought about making wine out of it. So this time when the next milestone anniversary approached, we decided to give it a try. It was the first time I made wine from the variety called Carmine. It was developed by the viticulturist in California; American made but a true vinifera variety cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and Carignane. As it has a hefty Bordeaux parentage, it cannot be bottled in the following year from the harvest. It has to be aged at least extra year or two before bottling. We got the grapes in 2001 to get ready for the fifteenth anniversary in 2003. This was the second "Once in a Blue Moon" we had.
Want to learn more? CLICK HERE to learn the origins of our ALL NEW 25th Anniversary Wine! 
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