Monday, July 31, 2006
New Paltz winery draws food festival crowds
About 1,850 attend annual event
By Nik Bonopartis
Poughkeepsie Journal
NEW PALTZ — At the the annual Bounty of the Hudson food and wine festival Sunday, Rivendell Winery of New Paltz featured a chardonay, a merlot and a sangria.
"Our sangria went over the best," manager Melanie Neucall said of the lighter wine punch. "It definitely was a sweeter crowd."
That wasn't surprising, she said. On a weekend marked by stifling temperatures and an excessive heat watch issued by the National Weather Service, festival-goers were reaching for something that was refreshing.
"When the temperature is 90 or above, you don't want a heavy red wine, or at least I don't," Neucall said.
The festival, now in its 11th year, is hosted at a different winery of the Shawangunk Wine Trail each year. The wine trail consists of family-owned wineries in the Hudson Valley that produce their products on premises.
This year, it was Adair Winery's turn to host.
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