R Little Vineyard's Edelweiss + Wollersheim Marechal Foch = Cedar Creek Port Rose

Cedar Creek Winery (Wollersheim Winery's sister winery) will be releasing a Port Rose this Spring. In it will be grapes from my family's vineyard in Wisconsin. It is a blend of R Little Vineyard's Edelweiss and Wollersheim Winery's Marechal Foch grapes. My parents and I got a private tour of Wollersheim Winery's cellar with Philippe Coquard, co-owner and winemaker. We tasted the Port Rose out of the tank and it was outstanding. Philippe and his wife Julie were in Portugal on their anniversary trip when they tasted some Port Rose and thought we should do this. Philippe came home and the Port Rose was born.

It is going to be bottled and released in April sometime. The blend is about 3% Edelweiss and 97% Foch. Philippe said the Edelweiss adds a certain flavor profile to the wine. 

Wollersheim Winery was awarded 2012 Winery of the Year by the San Diego International Wine Competition. As Robert Whitley, Director of the SDIWC, put it, "...the Napa Valley thunder was stolen by a winery from Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. Strange but true." Congratulations to them!

Wollersheim Winery was named 2012 San Diego International Wine Competition Winery of the Year

Philippe Coquard pours us a taste of the soon to be release Port Rose

R Little Vineyard's Edelweiss blended with Wollersheim's Marechal Foch to create Port Rose

R Little Vineyard located in Stoddard, Wisconsin

Pam and Bob Rochester enjoying the Port Rose

Bob, Pam and Philippe cheers the partnership between grower and winery