WHITE WINE FEATURES GRAPES FROM HISTORIC MARKKO VINEYARD IN CONNEAUT
Following the success of its initial three wines, 麻豆精选 at Ashtabula鈥檚 麻豆精选Ashtabula Wines label is announcing the release of its newest vintage, Radiance.
Produced through a partnership with Laurello Vineyards, Radiance is a white wine blend made from Pinot Grigio, Muscat and Chardonnay grapes harvested from the historic Markko Vineyards located in the Conneaut Creek valley.
Markko Vineyards is the award-winning vineyard and winery founded by the late Ohio winemaking pioneer Arnulf 鈥淎rnie鈥 Esterer, who passed away last year at the age of 88.
鈥淎rnie Esterer was a big supporter of our wine program and our campus, so we are particularly excited that this wine contains grapes from the 2020 harvest at Markko Vineyards,鈥 said Lori Lee, Senior Special Assistant and Wine Degrees Program Liaison. 鈥淩adiance is a dry white blend crafted using different methods than Arnie鈥檚 approach to winemaking, but with grapes he was passionate about. It is crisp and unoaked with a smooth mouth feel.鈥
As part of a unique, blended learning experience and partnership between the campus and Laurello Vineyards, students and faculty in the 麻豆精选Ashtabula viticulture and enology classes assisted with the production and bottling of the wine as part of their hands-on training program. Read the full story.