THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, July 7, 2011


WINE from 26 can survive temperatures as low as 35 degrees be- low zero, have been the choice of New Hampshire wine makers ever since John Canepa pioneered wine making in the Gran- ite State starting in the late 1960s. Manley, who grew up in


Rhode Island, moved to California where he grad- uated from the Califor- nia Institute of the Arts, met his wife Jerilyn, and developed a passion for wine by visiting hundreds of wineries all over the state. He says that after re-


turning to New Hampshire in 1993 he discovered some wonderful wines in New York, Canada and New England and has witnessed the growth of a new and interesting wine industry in New Hamp- shire over the last 18 years. “I’m working harder


Peter Ellis of Stone Gate Vineyard in Gilford shows a hearty bunch of grapes ready to be harvested in fall of 2010.


Despite Late Start, Many NH Vineyards Are Now Award Winners


by Roger Amsden News Correspondent


When most people


think of vineyards and winemaking, they think of California, France or Italy. Many people don’t realize that New Hampshire is home to more than 20 vineyards, some of them award-winners in international com- petitions.


Commercial wine-


making was unknown in New Hampshire until the 1960s, when John Canepa moved from Scarsdale, New York, to the Lakes Region to take a job as a pharmacist at the Laconia Clinic. He became the pio- neer who broke new ground and showed that winemaking on a commercial scale was possible in New Hamp- shire. His family had a 300- year history of making


Governors Island in Gilford he became determined to grow grapes and make his own wine. Using French hy-


brids and devoting endless hours to establishing a net- work of grape grow- ers who could pro- vide him with the grapes he needed and attempting to change state laws so that he could mar- ket his wine, Canepa opened White Moun- tain Vineyards in Belmont in 1970. His Lakes Region


Stone Gate Vineyards in Gilford, and other local vineyards, sell their product at the site.


wine in Italy and when John and his wife, Lucille, found wild grapes grow- ing behind their home on


Rose won a Gold Medal at the Eastern Wine Competition in Lancaster, Pa. in 1977 and was even served at a White House recept ion thanks to the efforts of U.S. Senator Tom


McIntyre, a former Laco- nia mayor. Production at his win- See VINEYARDS on 34


than I ever worked. But it doesn’t seem like work because I love what I’m doing,’’ says Manley, who says that he hopes the


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winery will be able to ex- pand over the years to encompass brewing beer as well as having a distill- ery, which will enable it to produce fortified wines such as brandy. The winery has an in- ventory of 4,000 to 5,000 bottles and nearly 20 different kinds of wine, including Apple; Kiwi; Tomato; Rose Hip; Peach- Rosehip, a multi-berry honey wine; a Three-Hon- ey Mead; Cabernet and Merlot made with Napa Valley grapes and a Mal- bec made from grapes from Chile. Prices range from $12 to $18 per bottle. Hermit Woods will be


open weekends from 11am. to 5pm. and Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 5pm. Customers can taste and purchase wine in the tasting room, and tours of the winery and vineyard will be available by request.


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