Maize Valley at Vintage Ohio

It’s time to get your wine on………! The Midwest’s largest and best known wine and food festival is just around the corner. Twenty five wineries from every corner of the state attend this gala event.

And the're off!!!

Exceptional food [note the menus from Cleveland’s own Gourmet Food Trucks], 3 stages of live music, Friday fireworks, a cooking stage and educational seminars by the American Wine society, all amid huge oak trees and the rolling grassy fields at the Lake Farmpark. Full details are listed at http://www.visitvintageohio.com/ So plan a little getaway.

Look for the "Circle MV"

Tell the boss that Friday August 5 you have ‘important’ plans — or forget mowing the grass on Saturday, August 6th. Hop in the car and spend a wonderful weekend with your friends from Maize Valley and all of their fellow winemakers. Order on line at http://www.visitvintageohio.com/or call 800-227-6972 to save by purchasing your tickets in advance. August 5th and 6th from 1 til 10 pm each day.

Michelle says Come on by!

See you at Vintage Ohio!

First pic of maze one week after cutting

View of Corn Maze Paths after Roto-tilling

View of Corn Maze Paths before Roto-tilling

In an ongoing attempt to let people know what and how we do things at Maize Valley I keep letting out a little bit of info here and there about how it is we keep making Great Wine…FUN!

You can do corn maze a bunch of different ways but what I am showing is just how we roll. This year will be our tenth corn maze and the system we use works for us, it may not for you but such is the case in many things agritourism.

Like making wine you cannot make just what you like, such is also the case in a corn maze. People come out to buy some of our fresh produce, maybe drink some award winning wine, but in the fall especially to have fun. The maze helps folks do that. So we cannot create something that just makes people nuts but rather is an enjoyable experience while on the farm.

So part of that is first a foremost safety. That is why I roto-till the paths so it reduces the chance anyone can fall and if they do so they don’t land on something that could injure them. I know it will happen but I try my best to see that it doesn’t. We try and get the paths like road before we open so a stroller or power chair can go through weather permitting.

So check out how we roto-till our corn maze paths and see some of what goes into your admission price too. And remember if you do come STAY ON THE PATHS OR WE WILL ASK YOU TO LEAVE, for the pleasure of all guests that come after you.

At Maize Valley, We Make Great Wine…FUN!!

LaCressant Bud looking for some sunshine

Sorry for missing a few days here, been REAL busy in the field planting, spraying, getting Agri-Tourism stuff ready and all, just not enough time to blog away about it. As you can see by the pic the Buds are breaking, leaves are shaking, just more stuff happeing out there than I can keep up with and here I sit at a Keyboard!!! Yikes, Rut Row, and I could get it done if were not for those meddling kids…….oh sorry wrong story.

Real quick we had a great time in the Winery Cafe’ last weekend. Lots of folks hit our delicatessen hard Saturday both for take home and menu items, we had three tour buses in the afternoon then capped the night off with an awesome performance from Bongo Joe and Steve-O. They do a great Rockin’ Blues sound and are hear about once a month and will also be back for our 1st Blues Fest July 11th too! Check the vid below.

I’ll be back soon with stuff from the vineyard and farm. We moved the Corn maze Tower/Stairs yesterday and today and have pics of the move. Plus I put the kritters out on pasture today too, but got more work to do today yet.

Later

FT