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Adair Vineyards Applewood Winery Baldwin Vineyards Benmarl Winery Brotherhood Winery 
America’s Oldest Winery 
 Glorie Farm Winery Rivendell Winery Stoutridge Vineyards Whitecliff Vineyards & Winery Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery 
Hudson Valley’s First Distillery 
 
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Welcome to the Shawangunk Wine Trail 
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stablished in 1980 the Shawangunk Wine Trail is located in the Hudson Valley, just 85 milesnorth of New York City, 72 miles south of Albany, NY and 40 miles east of Danbury, CT. Thetrail has 11 member wineries from New Paltz,NY to Warwick, NY. There are approximately 50,000- 60,000 visitors per year to the area.The Hudson Valley is the oldest winemaking and grape growing region in the United States. TheShawangunk Wine Trail is home to the oldest continuously operated winery, Brotherhood Wineryin Washingtonville, NY and the oldest continuously cultivated vineyard in the United States, Ben-marl Winery at Slate Hill Vineyard, Marlboro, NY.
The members of the wine trail follow the tradition of ne winemaking established by the early
French Huguenot settlers who brought their wine to the valley over 300 years ago. The Shawan-gunk Wine Trail has more wineries with distilleries that any other region or wine trail. It has theheaviest concentration of fruit wines in the State of New York. Wines with international diversityranging from Germany to Italy to France and some other countries thrown in to stylist differences,ranging from dry complex wines, and soft fruity wines, to sparkling wines, are produced along thetrail.The Shawangunk Wine Trail hosts four major event a year. In April it’s the Pasta Prima Vino.
This event is a benet for the Hudson Valley Food Bank. A portion of the proceeds are donated to
the food bank. In June we go Around the World in 80 Miles. At this event, each winery takes onthe personality of another country and serves food paired with their wine from that region. July, it’sthe celebration of The Bounty of the Hudson. This Food and Wine Festival is held at a differentwinery every year. Not only are all trail members represented at this event, but wineries through-out the Hudson Valley Region as well. At this festival you can feast on epicurean delights, farmfresh produce, and enjoy cooking workshops and Live Music. The season wraps up in December 
celebrating the holidays with the Wreath & Fineries @ 10 Wineries. This event is held the rst
three weekends of December. You will receive a souvenir etched wine tasting glass and a hand-made grapevine wreath at
the rst winery visited and
then travel along the WineTrail. At each of the nextWineries you will receive abeautiful, ornament to deco-rate your wreath, along withtastings of special Holidayfoods and Wines.
 
Geographic Overview 
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he Shawangunk Wine Trial is lo-cated in the Heart of the HudsonValley, nestled between the Shawan-gunk Mountains and the Hudson River.The 80 miles of the wine trail coversthe towns of Gardiner, Marlboro, NewPaltz, Pine Bush, Washingtonville andWarwick. The wine trail at its southern end, atWarwick, is 60 miles north of New YorkCity. The northern end of the wine trailin New Paltz, is 70 miles south of Alba-ny, New York and the eastern end of thewine trail in Marboro, is 50 miles west of Danbury, Connecticut.
The Shawangunk Wine Trail is home to 10 wineries from New Paltz NY to Warwick NY. Wine trail mem- bers are: Adair Vineyards & Rivendell Winery, New Paltz NY; Whitecliff Vineyards, Gardiner NY; BenmarlVineyards, Glorie Farm Winery & Stoutridge Winery, Marlboro NY; Baldwin Vineyards & Brimstone HillVineyards, Pine Bush NY; Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville NY; Applewood Winery & Warwick Val-ley Winery & Distillery, Warwick NY.
Unique Viticulture Characteristics 
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he Hudson River Wine Region is referred to as the most complex geological regions of theworld. Located parallel to northern Spain, southern France and central Italy, warm ocean breezesextend the growing season to between 180 – 196 days. The steep Palisades are an important conduitof this maritime air and weather generated by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Hudson River is a tidal estuary, which expanse serves a dual purpose. The owing water 
helps keep the climate temperate, and the valley serves as a conduit for maritime breezes from thesouth.Glacial deposits of shale, slate, schist and limestone form the soil throughout the region, whichis in a geological division known as Taconic Province.
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