Club Newsletter January 2025

Hey there, everyone! Happy New Year! We’re super excited to share a bunch of fun new events and travel opportunities with you all, so make sure you stay connected! In fact, we have so much to share that we’ve launched our brand-new “Weekly Winesday Update.” By now, you’ve probably already received a couple of these – it’s just our way of making sure you’re all in the loop with everything happening in one handy spot. We have some great activities lined up, from Valentine’s Day bouquet and cookie making classes to paint-your-own pottery sessions, and another charcuterie making class. This update means you can stay informed more frequently, not just once a month with the newsletter. We’re really looking forward to shaking off the winter blues with our first club trip of the year. On March 22nd we’ll be headed on a tour of five Long Island wineries alongside our club members. You’re welcome to join us for the day or even extend your stay! Later this year, we’ll be heading to the beautiful Finger Lakes from September 12-14 for another domestic trip, and we can’t wait! We had such a blast last time, we just had to do it again! We know not everyone can join the international trips, so we want to offer some local travel options to make it easier for everyone to participate. As we continue to evolve, we’re also transitioning from our “Traditional” club model to our fresh, new Subscription Club. Check out or recent blog post to help make your transition a bit easier! We have announced a new policy regarding wine club pick ups, so please keep scrolling to check it out. Wishing you all a fantastic and safe New Year!

Not sure about you folks, but I love this time of year. The time between New Years and February; it’s in this time that we enter the ‘true’ ski season. It’s been cold up here and the mountains have been pumping out a ridiculous amount of snow; just like us with cider. We are continuing to be in more and more stores and restaurants around the state. Check out the Rhythm Cider website to see all the different locations. Gage and I will be making this year’s Honey Cider and Hopped Cider in the next week or so. These will be our newest ciders that will be put into cans and distributed. These two ciders will be hitting stores around late spring/ early summer, but they will be available to bring home from our tasting room late February. Speaking of the tasting room, it is fully stocked with wine. Our red line up is absolutely phenomenal right now. We have everything from the Satori to our Rebel. The Satori is what I call my “cocktail hour” wine, it’s light and easy drinking, most definitely a crowd pleaser. The Rebel is one of my favorite blends we make. It’s big, dry, bold with fruit flavors and plenty of tannin.  This is definitely one of those wines you should grab a bottle for tonight and a few to sequester to your wine rack for a few months to year. Our new white wines are all light and easy drinking, maybe a little too easy, but, man, are they perfect to be drinking in front of a fire or in a hot tub. This is my little thanks to all of you out there that the phrase “ski season” brings to mind long, lazy days by the fire or in a hot tub while the rest of the family is freezing their toes off. Cheers, these ones are for you. We hope to see you all soon, and be well this winter.

I hope everyone had a joyous and safe opening to 2025.  Winter is hitting its stride as we see Ice Castles rising in Woodstock and more skis being lugged about.  We are looking forward to a long weekend for Martin Luther King Day with fingers crossed for great ski weather and lots of rosy cheeks warming up in the tasting room.  Check out the tasting room hours for MLK weekend. Looking ahead to February, we have two Valentine’s Day events that will have you sipping while creating beautiful bouquets and royal iced cookies with help from the pros.  Don’t miss our Valentine’s Bouquet and Wine Tasting on February 6th where you will take home your own Bouquet design.  Our Cookie Decorating and Wine Tasting on February 12 will not only teach you to decorate your own cookies to take home just in time for Valentine’s Day, but also includes a decorating guide with information on where to order supplies and decorate cookies on your own in the future.  In our Upcoming Events section, you can also see we have a Pottery Painting class as well a follow up to our hit Charcuterie Making workshop planned for the second half of February.  Keep an eye out for more of our events designed for the best kind of education… the kind that you can enjoy while you sip on your favorite wines.

• February 6- Valentine Bouquet & Wine Tasting- TICKETS
• February 12- Cookie Decorating & Wine Tasting- TICKETS
• February 19- Paint Your Own Pottery & Wine Tasting- TICKETS
• February 20- Charcuterie Making & Wine Tasting- TICKETS
• March 22, 2025- Long Island Winery Tour- BOOK NOW!
• April 25-27, 2025- Spring Release Party- Watch for details!
• September 12-14, 2025- Finger Lakes Winery Tour- Watch for details!

*Please be mindful of deadlines to book each events listed above. Deadlines can be found at the top of each event webpage. Thank you!