Chuck Zaleski already makes some unique products to sell at his winery a couple of miles outside Lewisburg in Union County.
His Fero Vineyards & Winery is one of the few producers on the East Coast to grow and make Saperavi, a grape from the Republic of Georgia that produces a red about as dark as you can find. His lineup also includes Lemberger, also known as Blaufrankisch, another red wine that is known for being intensely colored.
Zaleski grows an acre of Saperavi, 2 acres of Lemberger and 3 acres of Pinot Noir, providing everything he needs for lineup of dry red wines.
He makes several whites, including Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, from the grapes he sources off more than 10 acres of a much larger family farm that dates back to 1812.
He also makes sweeter wines, using the mix both to satisfy palates in the tasting room and at an event pavilion built a few hundred yards up the driveway, where the winery holds functions such as live music and community events such as weddings.
Added to his list of products this year is Sweet Tea, a blend of Grüner Veltliner and green tea.
“We use white wine grown in our vineyard that has a natural citrus aroma then add green tea and sugar. We like it most as a wine slushie with a little mint,” he said Friday. “That adaptation happened around Kentucky Derby time.”
Zaleski said they also sell the tea in a bottle, but “since I did not filter it after the tea addition there is a little settling of the tea in the bottom of the bottles.”
Overall, this year has regained a feel closer to normal, with the resumption of weddings and live music and other events at the winery, which is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Co-owner and winemaker Chuck Zaleski of Fero Vineyards & Winery began making Sweet Tea this year.
A large tasting room with tables and chairs are complemented by several located outside the front door. Here’s a link to the wine list, which includes a nonvintage Pinot Noir that was selected as the best red in Pennsylvania at the Pa. Sommelier Judgment in 2018. It’s called Bison Roots Blue. His Saperavi was named best red the following year in the same contest.
As for the vines that supply this winery with all the grapes it uses, the growing season featured more rain through July and August than Zaleski would have preferred. He is in the midst of harvesting his white grapes over the next few weeks before turning to the reds.
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