Wine Tasting at Waltz Vineyards

We've been on a road trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania since Monday of this week to attend the Eastern Winery Exposition. More on this later. On our way home, we stopped in Manheim, Pennsylvania to go to Waltz Vineyards to taste Jan and Kim Waltz's wines. We've been tapping into Jan Waltz's extensive knowledge and experience of growing vinifera grapes in the northeast, but never tasted his wines, so this was a perfect opportunity. We were met in the tasting room by Lea. She explained to us how the wine tasting is conducted at Waltz. The offering was divided into "Light and Fruity" and "Dry and Serious" tasting flights or we could choose any wine to drink by the glass. I opted for the "Dry and Serious" and my husband went for the "Light and Fruity". Before coming to the winery, we met Jan at the H&W booth at the Eastern Winery Exposition and he mentioned that their tasting is a little different from the norm. Their flight would come in test tubes and we could sit and sample the wines at our leisure. That sounded very interesting.

We did indeed taste the wines leisurely asking Lea many questions which she fielded expertly! Although the flights are separated into "Light and Fruity" and "Dry and Serious" all the wines are made true to variety and are all serious wines! We left with a case of wine to share with our friends back home. If you live in Pennsylvania or any where close to Manheim and love wine, you must put this winery of your list of destinations, it is well worth the trip!