A Word from the Wine Trail
by Mandy Tolino of Tolino Vineyards
Farm to Table. Local. Craft.
All of these are buzz words you are inundated with when making decisions about what to buy. But for
Tolino, and the other eight wineries of our
wine trail, they are not just buzz words but rather they describe who we are:
Farm to Table: All member wineries grow wine grapes to make wine. The grapes are grown in our field, driven by tractor up to the winery to be crushed, pressed, fermented, blended, bottled, and labeled to be ready for sale in our tasting room onsite. Buying wine from a local winery is a great way to support local farms.
Local: Aside from growing grapes and making wine, many of us help to promote local vendors by hiring local cheese artisans, musicians, food trucks, artists, and restaurants. We also employ local residents in our tasting room.
Craft: At Tolino Vineyards we grow our grapes, craft our wine, and sell it all on our property in Bangor. All the wineries on the trail take pride in crafting a variety of wines, from sweet to dry, red to white. Grape growing and wine making is physically strenuous, sometime tedious, but always rewarding.
We invite you to visit our trail's nine locally owned and operated wineries this spring to taste the fruits of our labor.
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