In early September, a friend and I headed over to Five Vines Winery, and I'll start out by saying that we really enjoyed this winery. Five Vines Winery is located in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and there are three acres of French-hybrid grapes: Frontenac and Chambourcin (red) and Traminette and Vidal Blanc (white). The name comes from five grapevines that were brought home by the eldest daughter, and the barn where the tastings happen was a horse barn that was used for raising horses for 4-H projects.
There were plenty of places to sit, and we were the first ones to arrive, but the winery got busy in no time.
We ordered a platter of cheeses, crackers, and meats to go with our wine flights.
I tried six different tastings in the wine flight and a wine slushie. Traminette is described as a dry white wine with crisp tropical flavours. Lucky Number 7 is a semi-sweet white wine with hints of pears and pineapple. Unbridled is another semi-sweet white wine with apricot and honey flavours. The Rebel's Reward is a semi-sweet red wine blend with jammy red fruit flavours. I also tried two flavoured wines that were a little different.
The Jolly Rancher is a sweet grape wine with with natural watermelon flavour, and I found that it did taste like the popular sweet.
The Jalepeno wine is a dry white wine with a subtle fresh jalepeno flavour.
The strawberry slushie was nice too, though I preferred the Georgetown Winery (in Cambridge, Ohio) version.
After completing our wine flights and nibbles, I had a wander outside to see the grapes. There is an outdoor area with a bar so that visitors can enjoy the wines outdoors too.
Overall, this is a lovely winery, and I will return. What was my favourite wine? I loved the Jalepeno wine. It tasted like freshly-picked Jalapeno peppers and had a slight heat to it.
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