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Nestled in a sheltered valley in the cool central highlands of Pennsylvania, near the highest point on I-80 East of the Mississippi River, Evergreen Valley Vineyards produces fine European wine grapes. In the vineyard as well as in the winery, we work in partnership with the grapes to help bring out the fine flavors imparted by our unique climate, thus creating award-winning wines of distinctive styles for your enjoyment.

The Wines of Evergreen Valley

The winemakers and wine drinkers of the world all appreciate a single basic truth.　 It takes fine grapes to make fine wines.　 Our first step in creating fine wines is to obtain the finest fruit possible, either by growing it right here in the valley, or by working in cooperation with selected growers to reach our goal. 　Only then can the cellar master bring out the beauty hidden within the grapes. 　 Quality begins in the vineyard, not the wine cellar... in the wine cellar we can only build upon the original gifts of nature, never creating something that was not there in the first place... In the fine old tradition,　we create our wines from a single type of grape, rather than by blending together many different types of grapes.　 We then bottle the wine by vintage year, with the name and the origin of the grape clearly indicated right on the label. 　　 This is our promise - you will always know exactly what you are getting.　 The　wines in the bottle are what they say they are no shortcuts, no compromises.　 These wines are more than simply a bottled beverage, they are an artistic expression, a tradition, and a treat to be enjoyed.

The Miracle of Microclimate

One of the wonderfully unique things about wine is the fact that all the wines of the world taste different. This is not just due to the different grapes grown in different countries, it is not simply a difference in the winemaking styles of different wineries. It is also a matter of geology, of soil and of the chemistry of the living vine.

Think about it. All the wine you ever will drink (hopefully!) has a beginning in the sap drawn up out of the earth through the roots of a grapevine.　 The flavor of the wine is controlled by the life of that vine.　 How much sun the vine gets, how hot the days are, how cool the nights are, how much it rains, the nature of the soil, even the size of the crop - these all have an effect on the flavor of the grapes that the vine produces.

The combination of all these effects, right on the spot in the vineyard, is something the French found out about centuries ago, and they call it "Terroir"... the closest word we have for it is "Microclimate", the environment right where those particular grapes live.