Our Visit To Orchard Country Winery In Door County
There are so many things to do and places to go in Door County
that it is hard to pick what to do. There never seems to be
enough time to do everything. There's boating, golfing, a nature
center, several parks, biking, hiking, shopping, eating (one of
my favorite things to do!), and a host of other things to do and
see in Door County. Because I enjoy Door County so much I wanted
to share some of my activities and experiences there. One of
those was a visit to Lautenbach's Orchard Country Winery and
Market.
If you like wine, a really fun thing to do is to visit several
of the wineries in Door County (Door Peninsula Winery is another
popular Door County Winery). Orchard Winery, located on Hwy 42,
just south of Fish Creek, Wisconsin was one of our stops during
a fall trip to Door County.
In addition to a winery and fresh Door County cherries (when in
season), the main market building on the grounds offers many
different specialty food items as well as fresh baked pies. Also
offered are scenic trolley tours of the area and tours of the
winery. Other seasonal activities at the orchard include horse
drawn sleigh rides, haunted hayrides, and a winter wine fest.
When my husband, my oldest grown son, and I stopped at the
winery it was later in the afternoon in the middle of the week.
The last winery tour for the day had already ended. We were
disappointed to have missed out on the tour, but instead we
headed to the wine tasting bar in the main building. At the
tasting bar we were given a list of all the wines offered by the
winery. There are over 30. Complimentary tasting of up to 8
wines is offered to all patrons over 21 years of age.
After mulling over the choices for a few minutes we started
sipping wines. The winery specializes in fruit wines,
particularly cherry, because of the great cherry growing climate
in Door County. They
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also offer one homegrown grape wine made
with red grapes grown on the winery grounds, a wine named Audrey
Grace. It is a dry wine, a new offering from the winery. The
grapevines were planted just a few years ago to see how they
would perform in the cool, short growing season of Door County.
Although the winery specializes in fruit wines, they have other
offerings made with various grapes, but those wines are not made
on the premises because those fruits are not native to the area.
Some of the other wines are made on the premises but with juice
bought just for that purpose. For instance, our hostess at the
wine bar told us the juice for their semi dry wine called
Swedish Lingonberry is imported from Sweden.
Other wines that we tasted and really enjoyed were the Autumn
Harvest wine, a cranberry apple wine; Sweet Cherry wine, a
nicely sweet wine made with Door County cherries; Strawberry
Lyte, not a diet wine but a delicious lighter-tasting wine;
Blackberry Blend, a very good wine that tasted like sweet
blackberries; and Red Raspberry Lyte, another lighter-tasting
wine that's a combination of white grapes and raspberries.
We were told the top selling wine at the winery is the
Blackberry Blend. The number two seller is the Red Raspberry
Lyte. The winery's best-selling cherry wine is their Cherry
Blossom wine.
After tasting several wines we headed over to the bottled wine
section of the store and stocked up on our favorites. Back home,
we'll be able to enjoy the wine and reminisce about our trip to
Door County.
About the author:
Dorrie Ruplinger is a featured writer for http://www.doorcountycoun
try.com. Visit the web site for more information on Door
County Wisconsin including places to eat and places to
stay.
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