Wine pickup and tasting at Rose Hill, Sannino, Sparkling Pointe, Pellegrini, & Terra Vite 24 June 2021

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 Today is the second pickup for June.  We include a tasting at a new place for us, Rose Hill Vineyards (formally Shinn), and then on to four more drive-by pickups from Sannino Vineyards, Sparkling Pointe, Pellegrini Vineyards, and Terra Vite Vineyards [1].  On this expedition, we were a small group, only three of us including Jo, Carol, and myself.  We built-in time for a full tasting and small bites for lunch as we explored Rose Hill and the tasting menu.  Rose Hill is a new place for us, and it did not disappoint.  The wine, the small bites, and the view were all fabulous as borne out by us taking four bottles (3 – 2020 First Fruit, 1 Rośe 2020) [2] of wine with us.  This brief note does not do justice to what a fine place this is, and we will provide a much more detailed review a bit later.  The second stop was Sannino, where we picked up five different wines, including a 2020 Bianca white Merlot, 2020 Viognier, a 2020 Sauvignon Blanc, a 2020 Fresco white wine blend, and we added to the club selection a Spiced wine for TJ & Kelly [3].  The third stop was at Sparkling Point for six bottles of sparkling wine.  The list included a Carnaval Rośe, a 2016 Séduction Blanc De Noirs, 2018 Topaz Impérial, 2017 Blanc de Blanc, and a Cuvée Carnaval [4].  Fourth for the day was a stop at Pellegrini to pick up a six-pack of wine.  The wines included Steak house red, 2007 Petit Verdot, 2013 Encore, 2019 Rose, 2018 Chardonnay, and a 2019 Sauvignon Blanc [5].  Last and far from Least was a stop at Terra Vite (formally Diliberto).  The trio of wines included a Terra Vite 2020 Sauvignon Blanc, Terra Vite 2020 Marea, and a Diliberto 2015 Tre [6].  In addition, Terra Vite claimed I did not pick up my April selection of the Diliberto wine, which I did and attempted to correct them a bit, but after all, why argue with good free wine.  The April club consisted of a Diliberto 2015 Tre, Diliberto 2015 Merlot, and a Diliberto 2016 Chardonnay, all of which are well worth the revisit [7].  Terra Vite is now fully open with a redone tasting room and many upcoming events.  One event of particular interest to me is the weekly return of the Little Ram Oysters, which I look forward to visiting many times this summer.  In all twenty-seven bottles in this run to add to the inventory and share with the kids.  As we work our way through each bottle Jo, and I will keep you all posted on what we think of each. 

1- SECOND CLUB PICKUP, TOTAL OF 27 BOTTLES

2- ROSE HILL WINES JUNE 2021

3- SANNINO CLUB SELECTION & SPICED WINE JUNE 2021


4-SPARKLING POINTE CLUB SELECTION JUNE 2021


5-PELLEGRINI CLUB SELECTION JUNE 2021


6-TERRA VITE CLUB SELECTION JUNE 2021


7-REDUX TERRA VITA/DILIBERTO CLUB SELECTION APRIL 2021









Location: North Fork, Northville, NY, USA

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