Wine Tastings - Estate & online
OnlineSpringGate has launched an online group tasting and pairing program on Sunday afternoons - every week at 3PM. We have 2 flights that are available for this pairing program - a mixed sweet and dry, and an all dry wine flight. You can do the tasting and pairing with one, but we recommend that you have both.
Be sure to stop by your local Giant and Weis to purchase the small fare items to obtain the full tasting & pairing experience. A Flight is (4) 187mL bottles which is the same as a full bottle of wine - more than enough for 2-4 people to have an afternoon wine experience with! For more details, click here! two Tasting Choices upon ticketing
"I have done many wine tastings in my life but this was the first virtual wine tasting I have ever done. It was a great alternative during a time when social gathering is difficult to do. We utilized the offering of a virtual wine tasting for a coworkers retirement party and it was a blast. The wine was delivered to each of our houses and we individually gathered items off a list provided by SpringGate from the grocery store to pair with the wine. Rebecca did a great job leading the tasting and it was sort of like a create your own adventure with the pairings as she let us choose what we wanted to pair with a wine and then explained why we were getting the flavors we did. I thoroughly enjoyed it and think this would be a great way to connect with friends or do team building, especially during this time when those things are difficult to do in person.” Luke Walton, Harrisburg PA
|
estateGiven the mandate of the Governor, we are only allowed to provide limited free tastings and have dedicated a covered porch to do that on Saturdays and Sundays, 12 noon to 6pm.
Normally, two wines are being tasted with the addition of a brewery or distillery product. We endeavor to keep tasters socially distanced during this in a very large space. In addition, you may also purchase a 4 mini-bottle tasting flight for on-site consumption or at-home tasting. 
|
Come Spring?
THE ESTATE OUTDOOR TASTING AREA
|
Given our community's health situation and SpringGate's specific layout dominated by the founding European Family in 1740, we plan on implementing a Saturday & Sunday group tasting in the Spring.
These tastings will be by ticket only through the reservation system which will be available here, will be for up to 10 people for one hour, and will cost $195. A dedicated tent will be used for tasting by the group, from a manager's selection of either dry, sweet or mixed wines, plus a bonus fun libation. Each wine will be provided in an unopened bottle which the guest will have to open for their group and pour. At the end of the hour the bottles are the property of the guest. While you will not have to be masked for this event, our staff will be. We believe that this is the safest method for tasting in our community with respect to the specifics of our site. For those holding non-profit certificates, we are also supporting those in a separate tent through a separate reservation system. Send an email to pkg.reservations@springgatelife.com to inquire about non-profit tastings. All tastings in a designated area will resume again in April 2021. |
in 2019 OUR WINERY: TASTING ROOM, PATIOS AND MORE
OUR TASTING ROOM, and social spaces
Located in a quintessential stone and wood Pennsylvania barn behind 150 year old stall doors, lies a tasting room with a stand up tasting bar, and table seating. Our bar was made from a fallen black walnut tree by two neighbors and rests on Appalachian Bourbon Barrels. The materials of the room reflect the standards of Pennsylvania farm building fabrication and style from the previous two centuries as does the rest of the barn, with a touch of modernity.
Our tasting menu varies week to week with 8-10 selections from still wines to sparkling wines to ciders, our regular tasting fee is $9. We post the weekly tasting menu to Facebook every week. Our staff will pour you the wines we are currently tasting that week, and we hope you will enjoy them; the wine varietals that we taste will vary from week to week and season to season. We do not taste all the wines that are available in bottle only the manager's selection for that week. We also sell wine by the glass, as well as chilled and unchilled bottles of wine, as well as 750ml wine growlers of both still and sparkling wines. Our local orchard ciders are available, too. In addition to our wines and ciders, light fare, prepared a la carte by our partnering caterers, is available. We feature Open Mic on the 2nd Wednesdays, and live music Thursdays through Sundays as well; check the schedule here.
THE BIER GARTENAttached to our brewery we have built the largest bier garten in central Pennsylvania where both beer and wine can be consumed, with almost 3000 square feet of indoor space, an acre of patio blocked hardscape, and an acre of grass. We invite you to join us!
Winery PATIOS: SUN AND SHADEAdjacent to the tasting room are several patio areas, shaded or open to the sun's warmth the choice is yours. They provide extensive seating to enjoy a glass or bottle of wine with friends and family. The open patio areas in both stone and grass encompasses a traditional ha-ha which is a landscape element to exclude livestock and preserve the view. Preserving the view of field, stream, oaks, beeches, black walnut, and white birch has been critical in the balancing of the site for guest use. The traditional livestock of roaming sheep, and chickens are contained by more modern means and at a distance, but our reindeer herding Samoyed "Icy" will occasionally make an appearance. As a Russian dog, he is less interested in the wine, and more interested in dropped food scraps and, of course, vodka. Grandpa Ernie's grandpa's hand pump is mounted to a stone pedestal above an ancient dry laid cistern and, when primed, still works today.
OUR PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION POLICIESTo ensure we can offer personalized service in a time slot that is uniquely yours, all reserved tastings (premier and off-hour premier) require credit card payment upon booking and are subject to our cancellation policy. Reservations cancelled up to 72 hours before a booked reservation are subject to a 50% refund, and reservations cancelled within 72 hours of a booked reservation are subject to no refund. Missed reservations will not be refunded.
|
2021 OPEN HOURS
|
OUR FOOD AND SMOKING POLICIES
We ask our guests not to bring food to our tasting room and winery. We have provided some light fare and are in partnership with various caterers to provide food for various events. Obviously, we allow exceptions for babies and young children!
There is a no smoking policy for all of our public indoor and outdoor spaces. Private events outdoor smoking is permitted.
There is a no smoking policy for all of our public indoor and outdoor spaces. Private events outdoor smoking is permitted.
|
|
|
