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Chateau Morrisette Sunday Sounds/Sunday Brunch

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Offering fine wine and delicious gourmet cuisine, Chateau Morisette is the perfect place to spend your Sunday listening to free live music and enjoying grilled foods, soft drinks and wine available to be purchased beginning at noon. You can even bring your own picnic and just enjoy the atmosphere and free entertainment.

Chateau Morrisette holds these events every Sunday through October. On Sunday, June 26th, the live music and entertainment begins at 1:00 pm and ends at 4:00. They are located at:
287 Winery Road SW in Floyd, Virginia.

This Sunday’s entertainment is Crusher Run, who has been playing bluegrass, traditional folk country, and folk music since the fall of 2000. They describe themselves as a “Goodtime Band”. You can hear their music at http://www.myspace.com/crusherrun

Come out for free entertainment and purchase some food from the grill. Be sure to bring your own seating.

If you’d rather do something earlier in the morning, a Sunday Brunch Buffet is held every Sunday June-October from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm.

The buffet is $23.95 per adult and $12 for children under 12.

A limited a la carte menu is also available.

Take advantage of Chateau Morrisette’s special summer events!

For more information visit http://www.thedogs.com, email info@chateaumorrisette.com, or call (540) 593-2865

June 28, 2011   Comments Off

Christmas at the Savoy-Lee in Huddleston!

by GO Agency

If you are in the Holiday Spirit, or if you are looking for some holiday spirits, then head on over to the Savoy-Lee Winery. Starting at noon and ending at 5pm every Friday and Saturday all the way through Christmas, you can enjoy the holiday open house in the winery’s tasting room! You may even find a gift for the wine lover on your Christmas List.

Each open house they will feature their Holiday Sangria. Get a group of friends together and enjoy a glass of wine around the fireplace. Oh… there will be fudge and other goodies too! In the spirit of giving the Savoy-Lee is making the recipe for their fudge available so you can share it with other family and friends! If you are looking for a last minute place to hold your holiday get together, whether it is a family affair or an after work get together, ask about availability of the tasting room.

Be careful though, you may just fall in love with the place! And if a small country winery is on your loved ones Christmas list you are in luck! The Savoy-Lee is currently available for purchase. This turn-key winery is already producing award winning wines! The winery grows both red and white European and French American hybrid grapevines. With the “season” not starting until March, there is still plenty of time to get all moved in and settled before jumping into the thick of things!

Bedford County has a growing reputation for great wines! Take some time and explore Virginia wine country along the Bedford Wine Trail! Come for a visit and if you like it, then move here! When you are ready to relocate to Virginia, call Vicki Millehan! She is your local real estate expert and long time resident of Smith Mountain Lake!

December 18, 2009   Comments Off

Home and Harvest at Huddleston’s Savoy-Lee Winery

by GO Agency

Well, the month of August has begun and that means one thing at the Savoy-Lee winery: Harvest time!! Things are beginning to get busy at this award winning winery! The fall crush is when all the labors of spring and summer come to full fruit and marks the birth of this season’s wines!! You can feel the excitement building as the fall harvest is just weeks away!! That excitement can be felt all along the Bedford Wine Trail!
The wines produced from this harvest look to be as promising as the 2005 Johnson Mountain Picnic Series that won the Bronze at the 2006 Virginia’s Governors cup wine competition! It has completely SOLD OUT!! You can find other of their wines listed at the online tasting room! Just click on Start Shopping and you can see their complete wine list. Better yet, drop by for an unforgettable tasting. Our tasting room is open to the public Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday from 12pm – 6 pm or by appointment by calling (540) 297-9275

The 2006 wines are going to be released soon, so sign up now for the newsletter to receive pre-release dates! Before being released, our wines are available to sample in the tasting room. So far the 2006 are receiving rave reviews! The growing season in 2007 was remarkable and many cannot wait to see how those wines perform! Things just keep getting better at the Savoy-Lee!!
As hard as it may be to believe, the Savoy-Lee has become available to purchase! You can contact Vicki Millehan, a local real estate expert, if you would like a more personal look at the Savoy-Lee or view our virtual tour! The area is so beautiful it is hard to take it all in, with lake views and beautiful surroundings it can take your breath away! With harvest set to begin, you can be a part of this award winning vineyard! At the very least come visit us at Smith Mountain Lake, and if you like it, then move here!!

August 5, 2009   Comments Off

Embrace a Great Opportunity in Virginia Wine Country

by GO Agency

Virginia is for lovers as they say – but it’s also for people who love good wine. No visit to Smith Mountain Lake or anywhere else in Virginia would be complete without a trip to “wine country” – actually nine regions throughout the state. With over 140 wineries, Virginia is finally reaching its promise as the wine producing center that early settlers had hoped it would be. Only California, New York, Oregon, and Washington currently have more wineries, and the fine and varied output of local vintners has found it way to the White House during the events surrounding President Barack Obama’s inauguration and has won praise from Bon Apetit magazine and Martha Stewart.

The founding fathers of Virginia saw wine as key to the state’s economy and made it a law that every male settler had to plant 10 vines and tend them. Disease killed off the vines which were supposed to produce enough wine to supply the British Empire. Tobacco became the new hope for Virginia, but many people tried to cultivate European vines, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. All attempts were unsuccessful but native American grapes produced award-winning wines by the late 1820′s. At the Vienna World’s Fair in 1873 a Virginia Norton wine was named “best red wine of all nations”; the same wine also won a gold medal at the Paris World’s Fair of 1889 when the Eiffel tower was constructed. When vintners later found that American and European vines could be grafted, the industry saw steady growth – which was derailed by Prohibition. In the late 1950′s, local vintners began experimenting with the hybrids again – with great success. This time, industry growth has been skyrocketing as the number of wineries have increased. There is a serious marketing efforts underway to promote the wine industry.
The state has nine wine regions, which makes a trip to wine country a must for vacationers and a popular destination for locals as well. Tucked in the Central Virginia Region (CVA), the area is set along the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It includes a small ridge known as Southwest Mountain, the site of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home, where he tried for years to grow European grape varieties that would make good wine. When local vintners started using native and hybrid grapes, they found that the area yields wonderful variety of wines that include: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chambourcin, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Malbec, Muscat Canelli, Muscat of Alexandria, Norton, Orange Muscat, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Rkatiteli, Sauvignon Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Tannat, Touriga Traminette, Vidal Blanc, Viognier, and Zinfandel.
Among the 33 wineries in the CVA, there is the Savoy-Lee Winery in Huddleston, VA, 30 minutes from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Bedford, and Faith Mountain Lake. Small and family owned like many in the area, the Savoy-Lee Winery was built to produce high quality wine. The first grapes (both American and hybrid) were planted in 2001; within a year a variety called Woodstock Merlot won a bronze metal in local competition. The first crush occurred in 2004. Currently, the winery produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Traminette, Chardonel, and Viognier -plus prize-winning local varieties of red, white, and blush in the Johnson Mountain Picnic Series.
Carefully planned since 1998, the winery is positioned for growth. Due to family circumstance, the winery is now up for sale. (See the listing at http://activerain.com/blogsview/1074688/savoy-lee-winery.) Fully outfitted with a vineyard, winery, tasting room, and private home, the winery sits on 117 acres which include a lake. With a planned production of 5,000 – 6,000 cases per year, Saxon-Lee was also laid out to accommodate tourists and local events such as weddings – three strong income streams for a potential owner.
The property offers a prospective owner a unique business opportunity in a beautiful area of Virginia. For information, please contact Vickie Millehan at (540) 520-2401 or by emailing her for more details. You can also see more information about the winery at http://www.savoy-lee.com/.

May 14, 2009   Comments Off