Visiting Newport Vineyards, Rhode Island

Today, we took a roadtrip to visit a cheese shop in Tiverton, Rhode Island called Milk & Honey Bazaar. When we got there, we learned that they were closed for the entire month of January! It's a good thing that we also had a visit to Newport Vineyards on our adgenda! When we arrived there, it was snowing! We anted up for a tasting and it was $12.00 for any 5 tastes from a substantial list that included whites, reds, roses and dessert wines. We filled our wine card with the wines we wanted to taste. We were specifically interested in their Cabernet Franc since we are trying to learn about the expression of this grape in our area. We enjoyed the 2012 Cabernet Franc which was smokey and had a chewing tobacco flavor. John and Paul Nunes are the proprietors and they grow 62 acres of grapes that goes into making their wines.