Bernhardt Winery is launching two new levels of Elite Tastings and Tours beginning Saturday, Feb. 13.
The new tastings, Winemakers Select Pairing and Signature Choice Tasting, have been designed to give visitors a unique tasting experience of wines personally selected by winemakers Jerry Bernhardt and Jonathan Schrock.
Both experiences will be available by advance reservation on the weekends at scheduled times throughout the afternoon.
Each of these elite tastings is a 75-minute tasting and tour experience. They begin with a guided tour conducted by one of Bernhardt Winery’s trained elite tasting specialists.
The tours include an overview of the winery and stops at the crush pad, fermentation facility, barrel aging room, and a seated tasting in the Elite Tasting Room.
The two tastings and tours have been carefully designed with COVID-19 protocols and social distancing to ensure the safety of customers and staff.
“We are very excited to be able to offer an elevated wine tasting experience in addition to our outdoor picnic and patio flight options,” says Jerry Bernhardt. “We continue to be dedicated to providing quality wines and a fun tasting experience in a warm environment during these times.”
Winemaker’s Select Pairing & Tour
The Winemaker’s Select Pairing is the highest-level tasting. The four wines for this tasting have been selected from their library of award-winning wines, and are paired with small food bites prepared by Bernhardt Winery’s Culinary Director to enhance the flavor profiles and enrich the tasting experience.
During this Valentine’s season, visitors may also indulge in a specialty chocolate-infused food bite pairing. Each wine in this tasting includes a pairing of two different chocolate bites in which one can compare and contrast the flavor pairings. This dual pairing allows attendees to choose their favorites while coming to understand the wine pairing experience.
Soleil Wine Club Member: $35 per person
General Public Price: $40 per person
Signature Choice Tasting & Tour
This tour and tasting is a fun-lovers tasting in which attendees can choose to taste four different wines. The presentation includes a description of Bernhardt's most popular wines, four sweet and four dry wines, from which visitors can choose to taste four.
Soleil Wine Club Member: $25 per person
General Public Price: $30 per person
Advance reservations are required and available online. For more information about booking an Elite Tasting and Tour experience at Bernhardt Winery, visit bernhardtwinery.com/taste-tour/.
