From Falderal Winery ~
Create a Valentine’s Day card (or two) at Falderal Winery’s “Pre-Valentine’s Day Card-Making Party and Wine-Tasting” on Friday, February 10, 4-8 p.m., Cost is $6 per person, which includes glitter and glue, colored pens, and all the fun stuff to make your Valentine’s Day cards, as well as a flight of Falderal Winery’s new-year boutique-wine offerings. The winery is located in downtown Hendersonville at 131 Third Avenue West. Phone them at 828-693-7676.
The tasting features the small-batch wines for which Falderal is known, including its new February concoction, a strawberry Riesling, as well as a truly local Viognier made from grapes grown and hand-picked in Henderson County.
“We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with customers and friends who prefer to make their own individual Valentine’s Day wishes,” said Falderal Winery co-owner Julia Newbold. “And we’re pleased to share a selection of our reds, whites, and rosés to help make the creativity flow. If making cards isn’t your thing, we’ll have our comfortable couches and chairs available to sit and chat during the tasting.”
Most Falderal wines are produced using the special wine-making kits available in the store. Falderal’s top-of-the-line winemaking kits contain all the ingredients for making delicious wine at home are sold at Falderal’s retail shop. The ingredients come from well-known vineyards in wine-producing regions of the world, such as Germany, Spain, France, Australia, California, South Africa, and many others. Kits containing grape juice and concentrate, skins, and fruits are available for red and white wines that range from sweet to dry. Customers can buy a kit to produce at home any of the wines tasted at the winery. Most kits produce 30 bottles. Classes are held regularly at Falderal on how to make wine from kits or from locally-grown grapes.
In addition, beer-making kits and supplies are available for the homebrewer and at-home winemaker. Falderal is a one-stop resource for supplies and advice to homebrewers of wine and beer around the area.
The shop is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Any wine sold at the store can be tasted during business hours. For more information about the holiday wine-tasting, phone Falderal Winery at 828-693-7676 or email info@falderalwinery.com.
