Welcome to Elk Run Vineyards - Fine Maryland Wines

Kat Royal
Serve your Elk Run Sparkling next to a bottle of Sweet Katherine and let your guest sweeten it to their liking (we recommend a drop or two).

Mulled Sweet Katherine
Decant into a container for the micro-wave.
Then add one small piece of orange peel & 1 inch stick of cinnamon. Warm for about 2 minutes. Do not boil.

“I drink Champagne when I'm happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I find it obligatory. I trifle with it when I’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it---unless I’m thirsty"

Lily Bollinger: La Grande Dame du Champagne

When you think special wine think unique. Try Elk Run Champagne, a delightfully crisp brut. You can dress it up with a dash of Sweet Katherine for color and a little sweetness. We call Kat Royal.

Having guests in after a romp in the snow, serve Sweet Katherine mulled. Just add a a piece of cinnamon stick and a touch of orange peel and warm in the micro-wave. It will warm you to the toes.

Tired of cookies. Try some of the Maryland Cheve sold here. drizzle the top with Vin de Jus Glace, some dried fruit or candied walnuts. Serve it with a chill glace of that nectar. It will satisfy the dessert call.

What to serve at the end of the night to guest staying over? Build a fire and have some Lord Baltimore Port served with Maryland Goat Blue or a Rich Cheddar.

Food and Wine Pairing

In the wine business, when we talk food we talk wine. Any chef will tell you each component of the meal must compliment the food, and enhance the food. When planning a whole meal, the sequence of the wine and the courses need to build to a crescendo and finish with a satisfying cool down like a workout at the gym.

A good rule of thumb is still white meat with white wine and red meat with red wine. However, there are exceptions to the rule, slightly sweet wines can balance spicy foods, tart crisp wines can balance thick, creamy sauces. A big buttery Chardonnay my match fine with a turkey or duck and a spicy Cabernet Franc may stand up fine to a blackened fish. We challenge you to find your way and share your successes with Elk Run wines.

. Warming Winter Soup

recipe designed by Carol Wilson

Maryland Butternut
Squash Soup
(Prepared with Elk Run Cold Friday Gewurztraminer and served with Gewurztraminer or Elk Run Pinot Noir)

•	Cut squash in half and de-seed
•	Place it in a pan of hot water and micro-wave until tender, depending on size about 40 min.
•	Melt a stick of butter in a pan on the stove and saute a chopped large sweet onion and add squash, 1/2 cup of chicken broth and one bottle of GW .
•	Heat and mash the squash. You may wish to blend it with a mixer or blender at this point.
•	Add chicken broth if necessary to thin out the soup. Add some spice-perhaps a little chopped sage , rosemary or thyme.
•	Serve the soup with candied walnuts dredged in pepper and crumpled blue cheese
•	Or drop a Maryland fried oyster in center