Ravel Around The World In 80 Miles Without Leaving The Hudson Valley

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, May 16, 20008 Travel around the World in 80 Miles without leaving the Hudson Valley on the Shawangunk Wine Trail. You will visit 10 different countries at 10 different wineries, where you will have the opportunity to taste authentic food from that country paired with the wines from the local winery. It is all happening on June 14 and 15th at the wineries along the Shawangunk Wine Trail. This event happens to coincide with Fathers Day, so treat the father in your life to a trip around the world.

Participants will grab their passport....that is, their Shawangunk Wine Trail Passport and travel to each winery and sample authentic foods. You will have to opportunity to taste foods from Greece, France, Israel, India, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, China, Chile & Germany, while paired with award winning wine. Sample food pairings you will find at the wineries are, gourmet cheesecake brownie/ creampuff for dessert at Baldwin Vineyards, Hummus and Tabouleh at Rivendell Winery and Greek Summer Salad with Tzatziki and pita bread.

Tickets are $25 (plus tax) in advance, ($30, if available, at the door) and buys a Passport with Visas for each "country" good for the entire weekend and a souvenir Wine Trail etched wine glass. Event tickets include tasting fees at all ten wineries and gourmet food tasting. The event starts at 10 am each day and runs until 6pm.

Organized nearly 20 years ago, The Shawangunk Wine Trail offers the most diversity of any wine trail. Located in the Heart of the Hudson Valley. It is home to the third largest winery in the New York, the smallest winery in the New York, the nation's oldest continuously operated winery and America's oldest vineyard. Wines produced in the region range from dry complex wines, to soft fruity wines, to sparkling and outstanding dessert wines.

The Shawangunk Wine Trail is the closest wine trail to New York City, Westchester, Albany, Bergen County NJ, and Connecticut. It is conveniently located 85 miles north of New York City, 72 miles south of Albany and 40 miles west of Danbury CT. The Shawangunk Wine Trail is easily accessible by the New York State Thruway at Exits 16, 17, and 18, from Route 17 at Exit 119 and I84 West - 9W North & Union Avenue Exit.

Wine trail members include: Adair Vineyards & Rivendell Winery, New Paltz NY; Whitecliff Vineyards, Gardiner NY; Benmarl Vineyards, Glorie Farm Winery & Stoutridge Winery, Marlboro NY; Baldwin Vineyards, Pine Bush NY; Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville NY; Applewood Winery & Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery, Warwick NY.
For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.gunkswine.com