November 19th, 2009 | 
Author: A successful US based winery will host a trip to France next spring. Crossing Vineyards and Winery owners Tom and Christine Carroll and their son Tom Carroll Jr are due to visit France next May for twelve days.
They will stay in Paris, Bordeaux and Normandy where they will host various events, including a cognac distillery tasting and tour, a foie gras farm tasting and tour, and a Dordogne river cruise.
Crossing Vineyards and Winery have won many awards for their wine as they use both traditional and modern state of the art ways. The winemaking process begins with hand picking the grapes, they are then processed as soon as possible to ensure quality of taste. A state of the art refrigeration system stays at a contstant temperature throughout the fermentation process. Ageing takes place in French oak barrels or steel tanks.
Tom Carroll Jr works closely with his parents within the family business, as he is also the vintner at the winery. Although his family’s vineyard is based in America, he believes the tastes of the wine they produce, are more European tasting, he said: “Wines grown on the East Coast have distinct personalities, different from those produced in warm dry climates. Our wines are subtle, reserved, quietly complex. In a word, they are more European.”
The family are holding an informative talk about their trip to France, where they will no doubt be mixing business with pleasure, while sharing their wine expertise with other budding French and European wine makers.
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