Flag Hill Winery
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Flag Hill Winery is a winery
located in Lee
, New Hampshire
, United States
. It is the largest winery in the state.
. Frank Reinhold Sr. bought 180 acre (0.7284348 km²) in the area in 1950, and in 1985 his son Frank Reinhold Jr. took over the property with the hope of growing grapes, which he began planting in 1990. The first harvest took place in 1994, and was released in 1996.
Flag Hill winery was the second winery to open in New Hampshire, preceded only by Jewell Towne Vineyards
.
A barn dating to the late 18th century hosts the winery and tasting room. There are 21 acres (84,984.1 m²) of vineyards, and the winery produced about 4,000 cases of wine annually as of 2008, as well as 2,000 cases of liquor at its distillery.
The winery grows French-American hybrids such as Seyval Blanc
and Léon Millot
, as well as native varieties such as Niagara, which are more resistant to cold winters.
Winery
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of...
located in Lee
Lee, New Hampshire
Lee is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,330 at the 2010 census. The town is a rural farm and bedroom community, being close to the University of New Hampshire.-History:...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is the largest winery in the state.
History
The land where Flag Hill is located has been farmed since the 18th century, and was formerly a dairy farmDairy farming
Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, usually from dairy cows but also from goats and sheep, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.Most dairy farms...
. Frank Reinhold Sr. bought 180 acre (0.7284348 km²) in the area in 1950, and in 1985 his son Frank Reinhold Jr. took over the property with the hope of growing grapes, which he began planting in 1990. The first harvest took place in 1994, and was released in 1996.
Flag Hill winery was the second winery to open in New Hampshire, preceded only by Jewell Towne Vineyards
Jewell Towne Vineyards
Jewell Towne Vineyards is a winery in the state of New Hampshire. The property is located on the hills overlooking the Powwow River a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean...
.
A barn dating to the late 18th century hosts the winery and tasting room. There are 21 acres (84,984.1 m²) of vineyards, and the winery produced about 4,000 cases of wine annually as of 2008, as well as 2,000 cases of liquor at its distillery.
The winery grows French-American hybrids such as Seyval Blanc
Seyval Blanc
Seyval Blanc is a hybrid wine grape variety used to make white wines. Its vines ripen early, are productive and are suited to fairly cool climates.Seyval Blanc is grown mainly in England, and the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, as well as to a lesser extent in Canada...
and Léon Millot
Léon Millot
Léon Millot is a red variety of hybrid grape used for wine. It was created in 1911 in the Oberlin Institute in Colmar, Alsace, by the French viticulturist Eugène Kuhlmann by crossing the hybrid grape Millardet et Grasset 101-14 O.P. with Goldriesling, which is Vitis vinifera...
, as well as native varieties such as Niagara, which are more resistant to cold winters.