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Meach Cove Red

Meach Cove Red Wine Details
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Description: The first red from our Vermont grown organic grapes. The grape variety (Zweigelt) originates in central Europe and survives and ripens well in our VT vineyard.

Varietal Definition
Zweigelt:
Zweigelt is a red wine grape variety developed in 1922, at the Federal Institute for Viticulture and Pomology at Klosterneuburg, by Fritz Zweigelt. It was a crossing of Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent. It is now the most widely -grown red grape variety in Austria, as well as having some presence in Canada's vineyards.


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