Ever wonder how a winemaker knows when it’s time to harvest?
Join us in the vineyard for a hands-on, grape-to-glass experience that takes you behind the scenes of harvest at Fainting Goat Vineyards.
You’ll taste three different red grape varietals straight from the vine while our winemaker walks you through exactly how we evaluate grapes in the weeks leading up to harvest. Taste the berries, examine the skins and seeds, smoosh the grapes, look at color development and learn what we’re looking for when making one of the biggest decisions of the vintage: Is it time to pick?
We’ll even pull out the refractometer to test the grapes’ sugar levels and let you make your own call — Harvest or Wait?
Then we’ll take it from grape to glass. You’ll taste the wines, discover how characteristics you found in the vineyard ultimately show up in your glass, and learn a little about what happens between harvest and the finished bottle.
Afterward, settle in at tables among the vines with a full glass of Fainting Goat wine and your own small cheese board and simply enjoy the vineyard.
Your Taste the Grape experience includes:
Three red grape varietals tasted straight from the vineyard
Hands-on grape, skin and seed evaluation
Harvest-readiness and Brix demonstration with our winemaker
Wine tasting and grape-to-glass comparison
One full glass of Fainting Goat wine
Individual cheese board
Winemaker’s Harvest Notes tasting card
Reserved seating in the vineyard
This isn’t your typical wine tasting. It’s a chance to experience harvest through the eyes of a winemaker — with the grapes in one hand and the finished wine in the other.
$69 per person | Limited seating
Our vineyard is located on steep mountain slope. Please wear the appropriate footwear. This is a 21+ event. Dogs are not permitted at this event. Regardless of reason or circumstance, refunds or exchanges are not permitted.
Because Mother Nature runs the harvest schedule, grape varietals and vineyard conditions may vary.
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Party size
1 ticket