We are SO excited!! The Arts & Ag Harvest Market is this Saturday at the winery!! It’s free to get in and we will have local artisans, live music, BBQ plates, and hayrides through the vineyard! Of course there will also be wine!!
The festival will be going on from 10am – 6pm, rain or shine!
See you out at the winery this weekend!!
This Sunday, October 21st, will be our Fall Cooking class! Jodie will be demonstrating a great variation on Pot Roast ( it’s got half of bottle of wine in it – it can’t be bad), a savory Rosemary Foccacia bread, Autumn inspired Butternut Squash Soup, and delicious baked apples! The price is FREE but you have to call to reserve your spot! (931)729-3690 or email us your info at info@gswinery.com
Don’t forget about our season’s last Blues & Wine!! The music starts at 3pm with Blue Mother Tupelo and Chicago Charlie and The Businessmen go on at 6pm!! There will be BBQ plates for sale too!
Make plans to spend the whole day in Centerville! On Saturday, Centerville will also be hosting The National Banana Pudding Festival, a classic car show, and a quilt show!! There has never been a better day to hang out in Hickman County and there is no better way to end that day than hanging out at Grinder’s Switch Winery!
See you soon!
September is beginning to wind down and crush here at the winery is nearly done. All of us are looking forward to a fun and exciting October!
Here is what is on schedule:
October 6th – Our last Blues & Wine of the season will feature not one but two of our favorite bands! Starting at 3pm, Blue Mother Tupelo will be rocking the house with their delta blues. Then starting at 6pm Chicago Charlie and The Businessmen will take it on home until 9pm. BBQ plates will be available for purchase ( Pork and Brisket!! Yum!). Bring a chair and a friend and come on out and have a great time!!
October 21st – Jodie will be demonstrating some classic Fall recipes in the pavilion. The cooking class will be from 2pm-4pm and admission is free! Call to reserve your spot today!
October 27th – The same folks who brought you this past Spring’s Hickman County Arts & Ag Tour are hosting the Arts & Ag Harvest Market at Grinder’s Switch Winery! This fun festival will be a great time to bring out the family and enjoy live music, great food, local artisans, local farmers, and even a hayride through the vineyard! Admission is free! The Harvest Market will run from 10am – 6pm!
As you can see there a lot of great reasons to come visit us! So mark your calendars!
Vineyard 2012
The end of August and the beginning of September is harvest time in the wine industry. Everyone’s hard work and dedication leads up to these next few weeks. Even the weather has not been kind to anyone’s crop this year we are still looking forward to a good harvest of mainly our red grapes.
We are just now beginning to test the grapes to check for their sugar content so that we know just the right moment to pick each glorious purple bunch. For that reason we can’t give a whole lot of notice on when exactly we are harvesting. The time has to be just right in order to make the best wine possible.
Once we bring in our harvest, the grapes go straight to the crusher/de-stemmer ( a new toy that Joey got last year). The juice, seeds, and skins are then pumped into our hydraulic press to be squeezed then pumped into one of our stainless steel tanks to begin fermentation.
Red grapes are not pressed for nearly 2 weeks. They are instead allowed to ferment on their skins to develop color and flavor before being pressed and then put in a tank to continue fermentation.
Squeeze!
We know lots of folks may want to get some first hand experience of the Crush season at a winery. If you do, keep an eye on our Facebook page where we often call out for any volunteers.
Tonight’s movie is the Adventures of Robin Hood! Hurry on out to see it!
Join us next Friday for our very last movie night of the season, It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable!!
Show starts around 8! We will see you there!!
Our rescheduled showing of Sgt. York will be this Friday Night at the winery!! Come out and enjoy a classic movie about Tennessee’s own Alvin C. York! Starring Gary Cooper, this movie is sure to leave you feeling proud to be an American and a Tennessean!! Movie starts around 8PM. Popcorn and wine are available for purchase!
The stormy weather is forcing us to call off the Blues & Wine concert with Hal Newman tonight. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Friday Night we will be watching the sizzling Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday!! A fantastic romantic comedy that everyone will enjoy! A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome. Show starts around 8ish and wine and popcorn will be available!
Hal Newman and the Mystics of Time will join us on Saturday!! They joined last year for the Stan Hedges benefit and we were so impressed we asked them back! The show starts at 6pm and goes until 9pm!
Pulled pork and chopped brisket sandwiches will be available for purchase!
Can’t wait to see you at the winery!
We are busy, busy around here!
Since last week’s movie, The Thin Man, was rained out we will be showing it this Friday instead!! It’s a great comedy who-dunit and a fun movie for everyone! Wine and popcorn are available for purchase and the previews start around 8PM!
On Saturday, join us at The Toast of Jackson Wine Festival in Jackson, TN. The 2 nd annual festival is held inside ( in the glorious A/C) from 12-6PM. Click here to purchase tickets!
If you haven’t heard on our Facebook page, we have a new estate wine released called Dixiana! Dixiana is made from our homegrown Traminette grapes and is a fruity dry white that is perfect for a hot Summer night ( or an outdoor movie perhaps!).
And since August is just around the corner, we want to give you a lineup!
August 3rd – Movie Night – Roman Holiday – starring Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper, it’s a perfect Summer romance movie.
August 10th – Movie Night – Sgt. York – starring Gary Cooper, the story of Tennessee’s own Alvin C. York
August 17th – The Adventures of Robin Hood – starring Errol Flynn and Basil Rothbone – The classic tale of the Sherwood knight in glorious Technicolor!!
August 24th – It Happened One Night – starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in a hilarious love story.
See ya’ll out at the winery real soon!!