Lancaster Farming goes to Lancaster County Winery I, \ BY PAT KAUFFMAN WILLOW STREET Housed in a converted bank barn, Lancaster County Winery is a perfect place to visit when your time is limited. In this the second day tripping article, Lancaster Farming visits the new owners and tours this winery located in the rolling hills *Sealcrete can paint your farm buildings quickly and inexpensively... HYDRAULIC AERIAL EQUIPMENT south of Lancaster. Lancaster County Winery is owned by Suzanne and Todd Dickel. They with the help of their children, Ed ward, 14 years old and Lynne, 10, devote much of their free time to the project. In addition, they have a full tune vineyard manager and a fulltime winemaker. Visitors to the winery for * 7 estimate * / The sign in front of the winery dearly states their hours and uses the red rose logo that goes on all their wine. enter the upper part of the bam where the wine-tasting, party and display areas are located. Rustic beams, tobacco lathe lattice work, and a spacious wooden bar are attractive and inviting. In the sales area, the wines produced here are housed in attractive wooden wine P r »>y.—v— Contact W^tm Paul Root Salesman Seal Crete, Inc. RD2, Ephrata, PA 717-859-1127 A $ « cases and accessories and small local gift items are displayed for sale. Visitors are given a tour of the lower part of the barn where the crushing, filtering and storage equipment is located. There in the cool cement-floored wine cellar, the process of harvesting and clarifying the grapes unfolds. Last year, the first for the owners, they harvested 35 tons of grapes. Using 8 people dawn-to-dusk. They managed to harvest 4 tons per day during the peak of their harvest. y Some of the heavy oak barrels that were once used at the winery are still on display. When using the barrels, it is necessary after each batch for a man to crawl through the hole shown (about the size for a cocker spaniel) and scrub out the interior. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14,1980—C17 Acres of grapes cover the farm providing a pleasant place to browse when visiting the winery. With the help of Arnold have hopes this year of Lueck, the county agent, and harvesting 50 tons of grapes. Carl W. Haeseler with the Bulk milk coolers, grape research laboratory in familiar to dairymen are Northeast Pennsylvania the used as storage areas for the Dickels have attempted to musk. They have an added bring the vineyard into feature the new owners like, stronger production. They (Turn to Page CIS) vC £ 5 > ;•<..' \^” < "'S'"'i WA^'^'X^vA^«*BmK®sP«^ I FEED. SEED CHEMICALS | fc ★ I i LIME AND FERTILIZER I I CUSTOM APPLICATION i * ★ I | TEXACO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 1 ; SIMPLICITY | LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT | I EASTON 215-258-2871 I NORTHAMPTON FARM BUREAU CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION TATAMY, PA ★ ~ jgsfc
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