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"Everybody I've ever met who got into the wine
business has always approached it either because they loved viticulture or
they loved enology. They had a passion for one or the other. I've never
met anyone who's gone into the wine industry and started a winery because
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The state of Ohio requires us to charge a tasting fee for wine.
Kinkead Ridge makes premium wines in limited quantities. The winery is primarily a production facility, however we do taste and sell wine on site.
Although no restaurant is associated with the winery, there are restaurants in the Ripley area or we encourage you to bring a picnic lunch as there are picnic tables along the river in downtown Ripley. Cohearts Riverhouse Restaurant on the river has no corkage fee. The Front Street Cafe in New Richmond, about 35 minutes east of Ripley is on the River, and Andouille is also located on Highway 52.
Kinkead Ridge Winery accomplishments, 2002-2009 2003 Viognier/Roussanne named one of the Top 100 Exciting Wines in the World, Tom Stevenson, British editor of the New Sothebys Wine Encyclopedia ● 2004 Cabernet Franc named one of the Top 100 Exciting Wines in the World, Tom Stevenson, British editor of the New Sothebys Wine Encyclopedia. Only 12 American wineries made the list ● 2004 Cabernet Franc, Double Gold Medal, American Wine Society competition. 1000+ international entries, only 2 Double Gold Medals
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Annual Barrel Tasting Featured in the Wall Street
Journal ● Featured on nationally-syndicated PBS TV program, America's Heartland ● Featured on Ohio-syndicated PBS TV program, Our Ohio ● Kinkead Ridge video “The Romance of the Vineyard” one of five finalists in the Wine Spectator video contest ● Kinkead Ridge featured on the cover of Ohio magazine ● Kinkead Ridge listed in Kevin Zraly's American Wine Guide (former sommelier of Windows on the World, World Trade Center) Kinkead Ridge wines praised by Bernard Portet (founding winemaker of Clos du Val) and Melyvn Masters (restauranteur, author) Kinkead Ridge mentored the winegrowers of Harmony Hill, Meranda and LaVigna ● Kinkead Ridge wines featured on the Dish TV show, with Chef Jean Robert de Cavel ● Kinkead Ridge featured in Ladies Home Journal and Country Living (courtesy of the Farm Bureau) ● Kinkead Ridge 2006 Viognier/Roussanne rated one of the top 2007 favorite wines, the WineBuzz magazine and wins Gold Medal at the American Wine Society competition. ● Kinkead Ridge featured in Ohio Wine Country Excursions ● Kinkead Ridge featured in From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate, Food and Farms of Ohio ● Kinkead Ridge featured in national magazine, Wines and Vines ● Kinkead Ridge wines reviewed by Mark Fisher, Dayton Wine Blog ● Kinkead Ridge wines reviewed by Jon Christenson, Columbus Dispatch ● Kinkead Ridge 2005 Cabernet Franc featured currently at Pigalls and JeanRo Bistro ● Kinkead Ridge wines featured by Chef Julie Frances, Nectar ● Ohio wine dinners, Kinkead Ridge featured at Rhapsody, Sturkeys, Daveeds, Bexleys Monk, Lindeys German Village, Iron Horse Inn ● Kinkead Ridge wines reviewed by Lenn Thompson, New York wine writer ● Kinkead Ridge wines reviewed by Sandra Silfven, Detroit Daily News ● Kinkead Ridge newspaper articles, too numerous to mention ● Kinkead Ridge wine poured at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. and by Senator Voinovich ● Kinkead Ridge the only non-distributor winery to pour at Gourmet Sensation ● Kinkead Ridge invited to pour at Fleur de Fetes, Dayton ● One of four wineries (and the only Ohio winery) featured in the January Cincinnati Magazine
--Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, Wall Street Journal: "One of the many wonderful things about a trip to wineries is that it's a reminder that wine is a product of personal passion. On store shelves these days, too many wines taste alike. A visit to Wine Country, tasting small-production, often unusual wines, is always a welcome eye-opener." "The most memorable wines we tried give an idea of the wonders that await you in tasting rooms."
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Kinkead
Ridge
The Winery 
Contrary
to what you might think, the winery is not a little house that we gutted. After
a disastrous experience with a Cincinnati architect when we tried to build the
winery at the vineyard, our first crush took place in Akron. (Thank you to Andy
Troutman of the Winery at Wolf Creek). We built the winery from scratch in 2002;
designed from the ground up to be a winery, highly insulated, sloping concrete
floors, tank shelf, floor drain. The winery has now celebrated its five year
anniversary. The winery is located just east of downtown Ripley at 904 Hamburg
Street, 3 blocks behind the McDonalds. The winery is a small production facility
where we make the wine.
