By far the ABSOLUTE BEST winery experience I have had in central Pennsylvania. It's a great way to spend an afternoon! Cute little gift shop with not only wine tasting, but slushes and ciders as well.
Hey guys, wine made of grapes!!!! Not just sugar and random fruits!!!
To describe my wine tastes and to gauge whether my review really matters: I can drink/appreciate any grape wine (red, white, rose, blend), but I absolutely cannot stand a "wine" that is just sugar. There are definitely sweeter wines I enjoy, but if I cannot taste anything but sugar, it is just not a good drink.
How it works at Benezette Wines: All of the wines on their wine list are represented by a sweetness scale 0-5 with 0 being most dry/least sweet. This makes it easy to pick something for any taste. The tasting of 6 wines comes in little medicine cups, and it's FREE! I don't know if you've been to Napa Valley or Fredericksburg lately, but tastings are going for $20 these days! Nice to see people are able to experience new wine without all the undue hype.
The wine is made with actual grapes and the cabernet Franc tasted like a cabernet! I know that seems basic, but trust me it's a rarity here! Well done Benezette Wines!!! ( I am sorry PA, but the fruit wines I am tasting are over-sugared, lack any depth and simply make me sad)
Benezette Wines also makes a really nice Chianti. I actually bought both the Cabernet Franc and the Chianti (Bella Rosa).
Another wine that I found interesting was the Raspberry Cabernet. I can imagine it being a very nice, special wine to serve at a holiday dinner party. Just a hint of spice (maybe cinnamon) and splash of raspberry flavor, but still overall a cabernet style wine, a sweet table wine. I may have to come back for this one closer to the holidays.
Benezette itself is a cute little town with elk wandering around most of the year. For whatever reason, the elk are just very happy in this town and in turn the town has embraced their presence! I think as a downside to this though it can get quite overwhelming with tons of cars stopping on the sides of roads, crowding the restaurants for a chance to be a part of this magical elk town for a few hours.
We only saw 1 elk, but she was great! I am told it was too warm for the elk to be out (it was 85 degrees, sunny) and that elk are out more in the early am and at about 6-8 pm.
We are planning on coming back out when its a little cooler and later in the day so that we can hear an elk bugel! read more