BROTHERHOOD, AMERICA'S OLDEST WINERY

HERE AT BROTHERHOOD, AMERICA’S OLDEST WINERY, we celebrated the grand opening of the Vinum Café, a gourmet restaurant/café/tapas bar housed above the underground cellars in one of the winery’s original brick buildings. Owned and operated by award-winning French chef Christian Pierrel who offers exquisite cuisine and light fare at very reasonable prices to complement your favorite Brotherhood wines. For hours of operation visit his website: www.vinumcafe.com.

As you enter the winery notice the newly planted “showplace” vineyard we hope will offer visitors a cross-section of vinifera and hybrid grapes that thrive in the Hudson Valley. Chardonnay, Riesling, and Seyval Blanc are just a few of the vines we are currently cultivating.

We’re also excited to present our new content-rich website at www.brotherhoodwinery.net. It’s integrated with several social media platforms to help you share your online and offline Brotherhood experiences with friends and family. The new site offers classic entertaining tips, wine pairing guides and recipes from some of our favorite local experts. Besides keeping you updated, our new website will provide tools for you to bring America’s oldest winery into your homes, kitchens and parties!

As a leader in our community, Brotherhood has completed the installation of an 80KW solar electric system by Hudson Valley Clean Energy in Rhinebeck. We’re proud to say, since November 2010, we’ve been producing our own clean energy to help offset the electrical needs of the bottling plant. This system is clean, quiet, with zero emissions. We are proud to be producing wine made under sustainable and ecofriendly practices!

And Brotherhood is pleased to be participating in Hudson Valley Wine Magazine’s Celebration of Art & Wine! We’ve been paired with two remarkable artists: oil painter Barbara Rubin and visionary photographer Lee Anne Morgan. We’ll be hosting events this year to showcase their Brotherhoodinspired images and are looking forward to seeing the finished pieces hanging in our gallery which features local artists throughout the year.

Our tours and tastings run full schedule April through December with our Tasting/Sales Room open 11–5pm Sunday through Friday and 11–6pm on Saturday. Our “Historical Tour” is offered several times daily, where visitors get a glimpse into Brotherhood’s history, winemaking techniques and barrel-aging, all in our famous, hand-excavated underground cellars. The tour isn’t complete without experiencing one of three tasting “flights” of award-winning wines. We have seasonal wine specials and one of the largest winery gift shops in the area, offering Brotherhood souvenirs, wine accessories, local creations and unique imported items.

In addition to producing some of the oldest and finest wines and champagnes in America, Brotherhood continues to create and bring back to life some of its grand and legendary parties and events. Our Courtyard Wine Garden features live music every weekend from Memorial Day through Labor Day and then Grape Stomping every weekend from Labor Day into October. Check our website for more information on some of the most exciting events in the entire Hudson Valley! Visit www.brotherhoodwinery.net today!

Join us at the Winery, on our Website www.brotherhoodwinery.net or Facebook Page, and be a part of the growing Brotherhood Community!

This dry, white wine is clean, crisp, refreshing and very easy to drink. The New York terroir imparts a mineral quality which is well-balanced by the pear and grapefruit aroma. The finish is long and soft with good acidity and lingering fruit.

This wine is light brick red in color, has a nose of fresh berries and plums with a hint of violets. It also displays bright fruit flavors of cranberry, cherry and black tea which create a light-tomedium bodied wine with a layered complexity staying true to form.

The nice, deep yellow color showcases the combination of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes. The slow release of bubbles in the glass smoothly explodes on the palate, bringing forth flavors of soft lemon, fresh biscuit and toasted bread.