Step up your summer picnic game with this refreshing Watermelon Salad featuring a zesty twist of jalapeño and lime and a splash of Strawberry Watermelon wine! It’s the perfect balance of sweet, savory, and spicy, sure to impress. It’s super easy to prepare and bursting with summer flavors.

Watermelon Salad with Jalapeño and Lime

Ingredients

3 tbsp. Lime Juice
2 tbsp. Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Strawberry Watermelon wine
2 tbsp. Olive Oil
1 pinch Lime Zest
2 cups Seedless Watermelon – cut into 1/2 – inch cubes
1 Jalapeño Pepper – seeded and sliced
1/4 cup Basil or Thai basil
1 tsp. Black Sesame Seed
1/2 tsp. Sea Salt

Directions

• Cut watermelon into cubes and freeze.
• Whisk together lime juice, wine, oil and lime zest. Set aside.
• Place frozen watermelon cubes in single layer in large shallow dish. Pour lime juice mixture over watermelon and gently toss to combine. Cover and refrigerate.
• When ready to serve, add jalapeño peppers and gently combine with watermelon and marinade and sprinkle the top with basil, sesame seeds and salt.

Hector, NY (May 6, 2024) – Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards is thrilled to unveil the much-anticipated arrival of two new wines: Strawberry Watermelon and Peach Mango. These exciting new flavors join the ever-popular wine, Bramble Berry, in building the company’s fruit flavored wine portfolio.

Following the wildly successful winemaking style of Bramble Berry, the Hazlitt family is excited to release these delicious, fruity wines. Strawberry Watermelon and Peach Mango are packed with sweet, refreshing flavors and are both 11% ABV. “Bramble Berry has been a customer favorite for over 20 years, right behind Red Cat,” said Brad Phillips, Director of Sales and Business Development at Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards. “It just made sense for us to expand on this style of wine, taking our native labrusca wines and blending them with complimentary, natural fruit flavors that customers can get excited about and love.”

Strawberry Watermelon is semi-sweet and offers the natural fruit flavors of freshly picked strawberries and ripe, juicy watermelon. Peach Mango, also semi-sweet, has a burst of natural fruit flavors, combining luscious, mouthwatering peach with rich, tropical mango. These vibrant wines are sure to brighten any day.

“It is important to us that we continue to be innovative and offer high-quality sweet wines that are approachable and fun for our customers and wine enthusiasts to enjoy,” said Leigh Hazlitt Triner, Co-Owner at Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards. “Also, if you enjoy a quick and simple food pairing like Bramble Berry with chocolate, then you must try the Strawberry Watermelon with smoked almonds and the Peach Mango with cheddar cheese; both pairings are amazing!”

Strawberry Watermelon and Peach Mango are available in 750ml and 1.5L bottle sizes, retailing at $10.99 and $18.49, respectively. These wines are available online at hazlitt1852.com and at both winery locations: Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards in Hector, NY, and Hazlitt Red Cat Cellars. They are sold in select New York State wine and liquor stores.

As the cosmos align and create an amazing dance between the sun, moon, and earth, it’s time to prepare for a celestial celebration like no other. Introducing the Red Cat Dark Moon Dance, a tantalizing wine cocktail crafted to make your  solar eclipse viewing experience extra special.

Red Cat Dark Moon Dance

INGREDIENTS

• Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Red Cat Dark
• Ginger Ale
• Aromatic Bitters
• Fresh Lime or Lime Juice
• Fresh Orange Slice

DIRECTIONS

1. Begin by partially filling a glass with ice, allowing it to chill as you prepare the rest of the cocktail.
2. Add equal parts of Red Cat Dark wine and ginger ale to the glass
3. Add 2-3 generous dashes of aromatic bitters to the mixture
4. Squeeze a fresh lime or add a splash of lime juice to brighten the flavors and add a touch of citrusy freshness.
5. Garnish your cocktail with a slice of fresh orange
6. Give the cocktail a gentle stir to ensure all the flavors are well combined.
7. Raise your glass to the sky, and toast to the celestial spectacle unfolding before your eyes.

PAIRING SUGGESTIONS

To enhance your eclipse viewing experience, pair the Red Cat Dark Moon Dance wine cocktail with light and savory appetizers that complement its flavors. Consider serving a platter of artisanal cheeses, cured meats, and fresh fruit, or indulge in small bites like bruschetta topped with tomatoes and basil, or crispy crostini with herbed goat cheese.

With its tantalizing flavors and celestial inspiration, Red Cat Dark Moon Dance is sure to become the star of your eclipse viewing festivities. So gather your friends, raise your glasses to the sky, and toast to the magic of the universe and the beauty of the Red Cat Dark Moon Dance. Cheers to an unforgettable celestial celebration!

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Looking for a delicious and easy dessert to add to your cookie tray? Look no further than Bramble Berry brownies with a holiday twist: Christmas Trees! With their berry, rich, chocolatey flavor, and fudgy texture, these brownies are the perfect treat to indulge in during the holiday season. They are made with Bramble Berry wine and a special Bramble Berry Chocolate Ganache topped with holiday sprinkles for extra festive flair. Whether you are baking for a family gathering, a holiday party, or simply to enjoy at home, these brownies are a delicious and easy dessert to make. We like to pair them with some of our favorite wines, such as the 2020 Merlot, 2022 Dry Rosé, or, of course, Bramble Berry. We hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays!

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Now that Thanksgiving is over and the leftovers are almost gone, you need something tasty and easy to make for dinner. Our World-Famous Toasted Ravioli with Red Cat Marinara dish is perfect! The marinara not only features Red Cat wine but also Red Catastrophe hot sauce. This dish pairs beautifully with Red Cat Dark, Red Cat, or with our 2019 Cabernet Franc.

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We produce four Rieslings at Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards: Sweet Riesling, Riesling (semi-dry), Dry Riesling, and Homestead Reserve Riesling. Each wine is made from the high-quality Riesling grapes grown in our estate vineyards, varying in sweetness and style. But what makes our Homestead Reserve Riesling so special?

We designated Homestead Reserve Riesling as such because, with this wine, we get back to our roots and tradition a bit. Our winemaker hand-selects the grapes used for this wine. The grapes used to make this Riesling typically come from the same area of the vineyard, a sub-block, and year after year, demonstrate some of the highest levels of quality on the farm. The grapes have a flavor profile that our winemaker is fond of and work well with crafting the style he wants to achieve for this wine. The wine highlights a specific section of our vineyards versus our other Rieslings, which contain grapes from all our Riesling vineyards.

The 2022 harvest allowed us to explore expanding the Homestead Reserve line. We wanted to highlight all the varietals we grow and share them in a way we hadn’t yet. Our winemaker hand-selected sub-blocks from our Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay, Riesling, and Grüner Veltliner estate vineyards and blended them into one wine that truly represents a sense of place. This new beautifully crafted wine, 2022 Homestead Reserve Prestige, is an elegant, complex, dry white. It pairs nicely with chicken curry, gourmet macaroni and cheese, roasted veggies, fish with lemon and capers, and peach cobbler. It is available at our two winery locations and online store. We can’t wait to share it with you! Check out our latest podcast episode “Making Beautifully Blended Wines” to learn a little more about how the Homestead Reserve Prestige was made.

The next wine we will add to the Homestead Reserve line will come early next year: 2022 Homestead Reserve Meritage. This wine is barrel aging in French oak and contains grapes hand-selected from our estate-grown Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards. Stay tuned for updates on the official release

We are thrilled to announce that Schooner White won the Best Vinifera White Wine at the 2023 New York Wine Classic Awards Ceremony on July 13, 2023.

The New York Wine Classic is a competition for New York State wine producers. There were 749 entries from 108 wineries across the state. The Beverage Testing Institute judged the wines from April 15-June 15, 2023.

Winning a Best of Class Award is an honor, and we congratulate our winemaker, Michael Reidy, and the vineyard team for such a fantastic accomplishment. In addition, White Stag and 2020 Merlot also took home gold medals. Click here to see the complete list of awards

Schooner White is a Finger Lakes blend comprised of our estate-grown Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, and Gewürztraminer. You get notes of rose petals and lemon-lime when you swirl it in your glass. The wine has bright, melon, and citrus fruit flavors, with a touch of raw honey. We love to pair this wine with fresh seafood, a green salad, chicken or pork with cream sauces, and South-East Asian dishes. Schooner White is 11.5% alcohol with a residual sugar of 1.1%. We produced 499 cases, and it retails for $15.99 at either winery location.

Enjoy a delicious dinner prepared by Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Chef, Randy Savoie with recommended Hazlitt wine pairings + a special video message from our Vinifera Winemaker, Michael Reidy.

Each dinner includes an entrée, salad, Bramble Berry brownie, a sweet and dry wine* recommendation and video featuring our Vinifera Winemaker sharing details about the wines he chose to pair with your meal.

January 26, 2023 • DINNER MENU

• Lasagna, garlic bread, green salad and a Bramble Berry brownie — $19.00

• Vegetarian Lasagna, garlic bread, green salad and a Bramble Berry brownie — $19.00

🍷 Recommended wine for either dinner: 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon or Red Cat Dark
Receive 10% off the recommended wine.

ORDER ONLINE: Monday, January 16 – Sunday, January 22, 2023

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February 16, 2023 • DINNER MENU

• Thai Coconut Curry Chicken with Jasmine Rice and grilled Naan, side salad with ginger dressing and a Bramble Berry brownie — $22

– Vegetarian Option –
• Thai Coconut Curry with Jasmine Rice and grilled Naan, side salad with ginger dressing and a Bramble Berry brownie — $22

🍷 Recommended wine for either dinner: 2020 Grüner Veltliner, Sweet Riesling, or White Cat
Receive 10% off the recommended wine.

ORDER ONLINE: Monday, February 6 – Sunday, February 12, 2023

– ORDERS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS DINNER –

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March 2, 2023 • DINNER MENU

• Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo with broccoli & mushrooms, garden salad, garlic bread, and a Bramble Berry brownie — $20

– Vegetarian Option –
• Fettuccini Alfredo with broccoli & mushrooms, garden salad, garlic bread, and a Bramble Berry brownie — $20

• Spaghetti with meat sauce (made with Schooner Red wine), garden salad, garlic bread, and a Bramble Berry brownie –$18

– Vegetarian Option –
• Spaghetti with a red sauce (made with Schooner Red wine), garden salad, garlic bread, and a Bramble Berry brownie –$18

🍷 Recommended wine for Alfredo dishes: Schooner White or White Stag
🍷 Recommended wine for Spaghetti dishes: Schooner Red or Red Cat

Receive 10% off the recommended wine.

ORDER ONLINE: Monday, February 20 – Sunday, February 26, 2023

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March 23, 2023 • DINNER MENU

• Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes with Baby Arugula Salad and roasted corn avocado salsa and a Bramble Berry brownie –$25

🍷 Recommended wine for either dinner: 2021 Dry Riesling or White Cat Fizz
Receive 10% off the recommended wine.

ORDER ONLINE: Monday, March 13 – Sunday, March 19, 2023

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Orders can be placed online only. The ordering dates for each dinner are listed above. Once your order is placed, you will receive an email from [email protected] with your receipt and the scheduled pick-up time (between 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) that you chose. Dinners can be picked up at Hazlitt1852 Vineyards, 5712 State Route 414, Hector, NY. If you have any questions, please email our Tasting Room Manager at [email protected].

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* Receive 10% off purchase of recommended wine.

We are excited to share that our Sweet Riesling has ranked #16 on the Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Best Buys for 2022. The editors select the wines for the list by reviewing the last 12 months of ratings/reviews.  They chose 100 wines priced at $15 and under, all of which also received amazing ratings. The wines were all tasted blindly by the editors. The list contains wines from all over the world! What an honor it is to be included.

Earlier this year, Sweet Riesling was rated an 88.

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Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards is thrilled to announce the release of four new wine seltzers: Red Cat Splash, White Cat Splash, Pink Cat Splash, and Red Cat Dark Splash.

Using their most popular sweet wines, the Hazlitt family has created a new line of delicious, bubbly, low-alcohol wine seltzers made with only real wine. These convenient and stylish cans are perfect for any-day enjoyment but will undoubtedly make a “Splash” this summer with their light and refreshing flavors. Each wine seltzer is 6.1% ABV ( alcohol by volume) and is a refreshing version of their namesake’s (Red Cat, White Cat, Pink Cat, Red Cat Dark wines) with a touch of carbonation.

“Creating these seltzers was a fun project. The Labrusca grapes used for the ‘Cat’ wines have the perfect flavor profile to develop into a refreshing wine seltzer.” says Tim Benedict, winemaker for Hazlitt. Each wine seltzer is a beautiful representation of the original wine’s flavor profile. The only differences they have from their namesake wines are less sugar and lower alcohol, which allows them to shine as independent dry seltzer products.

Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards produces outstanding dry vinifera wines but is most famous for a high-quality sweet red known as Red Cat. “Making Red Cat into a wine seltzer was a no-brainer. It’s a perfect brand extension for this fun, party wine,” says Brad Phillips, Director of Sales and Business Development. “And, adding the other three popular “cat” wines allows us to continue to expand our brand portfolio to a larger, new audience that we have not been able to reach yet.”

Leigh Hazlitt Triner, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Co-CEO, shared, “we have wanted to offer a low-alcohol option for years. With the ready-to-drink category exploding, it felt like a great time for us to enter the market with a product that allows us to remain unique and true to our fun approach to enjoying wine. We were able to be creative and maintain the integrity of our popular Catawba, Niagara, and Concord Finger Lakes wines.”

Red Cat Splash, White Cat Splash, Pink Cat Splash, and Red Cat Dark Splash retail in 250ml cans for $3.00 each. They are available for purchase at Hazlitt winery locations: Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards in Hector, NY and Hazlitt Red Cat Cellars in Naples, NY, and New York State wine and liquor stores.