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Bar Harbor Cellars at Sweet Pea Farm<\/strong><\/p>\n854 Rte 3, Salisbury Cove, Bar Harbor<\/p>\n
288-3907, barharborcellars.com<\/p>\n
Winemaker Doug Miccuci, who also owns the Atlantic Brewing Co., is better known for his beers. But he makes red and white wines from grapes grown in small co-ops in the U.S. and Europe and from some of his own organic grapes, (including newly planted hybrids), and also several blueberry and apple wines from Maine fruit. This is a beautiful hilltop winery in a Civil-War era home. Wines $12-20. Try: Riesling or Dry Blueberry<\/p>\n
Spirits of Maine Distillery<\/p>\n 175 Chicken Mill Pond Rd., Gouldsboro<\/p>\n 546-2408, bartlettwinery.com<\/p>\n This is Maine\u2019s oldest winery, est. 1982, and one of its best, designed by winemaker Bob Bartlett, a former architect. He makes several aperitifs, white wines from pears and apples, reds from blueberries, and dessert wines–blueberry, raspberry, loganberry, and blackberry–from Maine and out-of-state fruits. He also makes sweet and dry mead. His fine apple brandy recently ranked #3 in an international competition. $15-30. Try: Reserve Dry Oak Wild Blueberry, Blueberry Sangiovese, Trio<\/p>\n 965 Quaker Ridge Rd., South Casco<\/p>\n 655-3292, blacksmithswinery.com<\/p>\n Winery is a converted farmhouse and barn where a village blacksmith lived and worked. Makes off-dry whites, dry whites, dry reds, dessert wines, including ice wine, and roughcut cider. Uses some Maine fruit, grapes from Wash. and NY. $9-50. Try: Sparkling Cranberry, Trillium<\/p>\n 35 Ash Point Dr., Owl\u2019s Head<\/p>\n 594-1721, breakwatervineyards.com<\/p>\n This new winery, in a barn overlooking the Rockland breakwater and its lighthouse, produces pinot noir, two chardonnays, and dry riesling using NY grapes until their own grapes mature. This is the only Maine winery currently growing vinifera grapes, convinced that the microclimate on Owl’s Head can support chardonnay and pinot noir. Part of profits support lighthouse restoration. $14-18. Try: Oaky Chardonnay or oaked Dry Riesling<\/p>\n 367 Youngstown Rd., Lincolnville<\/p>\n 763-4478, mainewine.com<\/p>\n Also a tasting room at The Villa, a lovely, yellow Victorian house at 47 West St., Rockland<\/p>\n Maine\u2019s largest winery makes many wines using its own grapes and also juice from NY, Calif., Wash., and local blueberries; winemaker is experimenting with new, cold-hardy hybrids that have not yet matured. $10-17. Try: Viognier or Serendipity<\/p>\n 106 Bath Road, US Rte. 1, Wiscasset<\/p>\n 882-9786, daybreakvineyard.com<\/p>\n This beautifully landscaped manor has a two-bedroom cottage with kitchen for rent overlooking the vineyard. Also sells antiques, flowers, honey, eggs. Makes cabernet franc, seyval blanc, sauvignon blanc, and blends from their own grapes and from out of state. $16-18.<\/p>\n 1067 Mullen Rd., Stetson<\/p>\n 296-2226, mainewinegrower.com<\/p>\n Enthusiastic, welcoming young hobbiest-vintners make mainly sweet, riesling-style wines from own grapes and from local raspberries and blueberries on a lovely new farm near Bangor. $10-13. Try: Clarity Located in Bath, fiddlersreach.com for more information.<\/p>\n Makes five meads from Maine and Georgia honey. A fine, one-man show from owner-winemaker Rob Nicoll. $10-14. Try: Merrymeeting Dry Mead<\/p>\n Office: 94 Commercial St., 3rd fl., Portland<\/p>\n 722-2074, mainecoastvineyards.com<\/p>\n Winemaker, who also has a wine import business, makes rose, red, and white wines from own grapes grown in Falmouth and N. Yarmouth. Label is paper handmade from grape seeds and stems. All wines under $15. Try: The Scarborough Beach Series<\/p>\n 200 Anderson St., Bay 9, Portland<\/p>\n 773-6323, mainemeadworks.com<\/p>\n Uses Maine wildflower honey and an innovative, continuous fermentation process to make dry and semi-dry meads, blueberry mead, and seasonal varieties. $14-16. Try: Blueberry Mead<\/p>\n 929 Oyster River Rd., Warren<\/p>\n 273-2998, oysterriverwinegrowers.com<\/p>\n Owner, who has a degree in winemaking, specializes in white wines made from own organically-grown grapes, and also makes some reds. While he waits for new hybrids to mature, he\u2019s using juice from NY and Calif. $10-18. Try: Villager White, Merlot 318 Orrills Hill Rd., Lebanon<\/p>\n 658-7817, prospecthillwines.com<\/p>\n This friendly, farm winery just opened last year. Has hilltop views, nice gardens, animals, and trails for kids to enjoy. Winemaker makes white and red wines exclusively from own, cold-hardy grapes. Around $12. Try: Edelvira or Chancellor 22 Academy St., South Berwick<\/p>\n 384-5629, salmonfallswinery.com<\/p>\n Winemaker, an environmental engineer and wine connoisseur,.makes syrah, cabernet sauvignon, and grenache rose, exclusively from California grapes. $18-22. Try: Milestone Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon 174 Bartlett Hill Rd., Union<\/p>\n 785-5261 or 785-2828, savageoakes.com<\/p>\n A family-friendly winery on a farm owned by the same family since the 1790s. Makes about 15 reds, whites, roses, and a new port from their own, cold-hardy grapes, supplemented by grapes and juice from out-of-state, usually NY; plus apple and blueberry wines from Maine fruit. $10-16. Try: Seyval Blanc, Barn Red 158 Eastbrook Rd. (Rte 200), Franklin<\/p>\n 565-2312, shalomorchard.com<\/p>\n Winemaker, who built this rustic winery, has a scientific background and loves to experiment with historic blends and oddball varieties. Makes organic table (not dessert) wines–mainly blueberry, cranberry, and apple–from local fruit, plus mead from local honey, and unusual creations such as Kiwi and Wintergreen wine. $12-14. Try: Cranberry Cyser, Blueberry wine 303 Coastal Rd., Brooksville<\/p>\n 326-4649<\/p>\n Maine\u2019s second oldest winery, opened 1991. Winemaker, a self-sufficient homesteader, makes wines from his own, hand-picked fruit and other local fruit, all un-sprayed. Makes dry rhubarb, blueberry, and apple wines in still and sparkling styles using the champagne method, and also hard cider and choke cherry wine. $10-17. Try: Rhubarb Wine 347 Carroll Rd., Union<\/p>\n 785-3024, sweetgrasswinery.com<\/p>\n Winemaker, best known for his terrific Back River Gin, makes blueberry, apple, cranberry, and peach wines, several dessert wines, and also vanilla, maple smash, apple brandy, rum, and vermouth on an attractive family farm in the pastoral hills of central Maine. $11-18. Try: Apple Wine, Cranberry or Blueberry Smash 24 Scribner Blvd., Lewiston<\/p>\n 740-6873, tanguaywinery.com<\/p>\n A school maintenance supervisor and his son, a computer program analyst, make red and white wines from California and NY grapes, Maine blueberry and strawberry wines, and hard frost cider in their own little laboratory in Lewiston. About $10. Try: Maine Blueberry 17 Albion Rd., Unity<\/p>\n 948-7777, unitywinery.com<\/p>\n Winemaker, a chatty guy who says \u201cour niche is humor and catchy names,\u201d makes cranberry, rhubarb, dandelion, rose petal, and elderberry wines with titles like Tickled Pink, Rhuby Slippers, and Petal Pushers. $12-14. Try: Four Sisters (elderberry wine) Penobscot Bay Brewery<\/p>\n 279 S. Main St., Winterport<\/p>\n 223-4500, winterportwinery.com, pairingsmaine.com<\/p>\n Friendly winemaker and his wife make about 16 fruit wines: apple, berry, chocolate, blueberry, cranberry, apricot, pear, raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, and ice wine, from local and out-of-state fruit. Many award-winners. $12-22. 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