Best Hudson Valley Wines for Your Dinner Parties

Impress Guests With Fine Wine and a Hudson Valley Limo

Creating the perfect dinner party involves a lot of research, planning, and careful organizing from all the biggest elements down to the smallest details. And while you might find yourself harried over the menu, the centerpieces and the color scheme for the evening, there are a few things that are guaranteed successes should you choose to include them in the itinerary for the evening.

Among those guaranteed successes? Providing your guests with a Hudson Valley limo to bring them to your dinner party and back to their homes afterward. This is an easy way to start the night off right and end it on a high note. Not only do your guests not have to worry with finding the location of your dinner party before the festivities even begin, they’ll also not have to worry over finding their ways back home when the night has come to a close. You provide your guests with the luxury and the convenience of car service and the dinner party itself is likely to be a huge success. So what else goes into executing the perfect dinner party? In a gorgeous place like the Hudson Valley, having the right wines to mascot the evening is a definite plus. If you aren’t sure which Hudson Valley wine to showcase at your dinner party, let us offer our advice.

Millbrook Vineyards

One of the most popular vineyards in the Hudson Valley, this winery is located, not surprisingly, in Millbrook, New York and offers guests the opportunity to sample some finely made wines from just a few miles away. If you want to give your guests the ultimate experience of what Millbrook has to offer, consider picking up their “Taste of Twelve” sampler, which features several of their most popular wines, including their Brut, Chardonnay Reserve and Chardonnay NY, Tocai Friulano, Lollipop Hill Tocai Friulano, Hunt Country Red, and Pinot Noir. If you aren’t looking for such a high volume (or dollar) purchase, consider cherry-picking one of their various other delicious and festive wines, like their 2012 Dry Riesling or their 2010 Chardonnay Block 2 West. Prices vary, but the taste is guaranteed to be a crowd pleaser.

Cascade Mountain Winery

With over 30 years of experience making exceptional Hudson Valley wines, Cascade Mountain offers the kind of quality that you expect and deserve from the wine that you serve at your dinner party. With such a variety of highly popular table wines, you can choose exactly the wine that suits your dinner party’s atmosphere and mood and be assured that your guests will fall in love. Consider picking up a bottle or two of their Private Reserve White, an affordable bottle that blends Chardonnay and Seyval Blanc, or go a little lighter with their Harvest Rose, a light taste that features fruits and airy crispness from start to finish.

Robibero Family Vineyard

For this New Paltz, New York vineyard, producing wines that taste delicious is the first priority. Their highly affordable line of wines include such favorites as the Arctic Riesling, a crisp wine that features vanilla flavors and pineapple accents. For a more refined taste, consider their 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, which features layers of black cherry and plum fruit, as well as dashes of cinnamon spice and rich chocolate.

However you decide to make your dinner party one to remember, remember the important elements of car service and perfect wine will up the chances that your guests arrive happy and go home elated, as well as looking forward to your next get together.

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