Taste for Summer welcomes the season and benefits Clary Gardens

  • By Kyle Valentini
  • February 15, 2013
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Summary: Back for its third year, Taste for Summer is an event that includes something for everyone. With wine and beer tastings, fine arts and crafts, delicious barbecue and a host of other activities that last all day and into the night save the date, May 18 as Coshocton welcomes, at long last, the season of summer. Taste for Summer is the region’s premiere wine-tasting event that includes delicious barbeque as well as craft beers from two Ohio microbreweries. Originally coordinated to demonstrate summer cooking techniques, the annual event has grown into a fundraiser that attracts locals and visitors to Clary Gardens, an emerging botanical garden at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and adjacent to Historic Roscoe Village at Coshocton. Proceeds from Taste for Summer benefit the ever-growing Children’s Garden at Clary Gardens. Now in its third year, Taste of Summer is scheduled May 18, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is bigger and better than ever with fine crafts, live music all day and into the evening and a live auction that includes sports memorabilia, products and services from local merchants as well as a travel-themed wine basket. The auction gets started at 2 p.m. The event will be held rain or shine. “Last year we tripled our attendance,” said event coordinator Chris Wilson. “It is a fun event that involves the entire region and showcases the unique businesses and attractions we have here all while supporting the Children’s Garden at Clary Gardens.” Visitors can get an early start with Nine and Wine at River Greens Golf Course from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Take in nine holes of golf and enjoy tasting nine different Ohio wines. Reservations can be made by calling the golf course at 740-545-7817. The Three Rivers Wine Trail Aerial Tour showcases the region’s farms, wineries and historic landmarks and is available with discounts for couples. See the rolling hills of Coshocton County like you’ve never seen them before during a 30 minute flight that gives you a bird’s eye view of the landscape that takes off at Richard Downing Airport. Reservations are required for flights that begin at sunrise and end at dusk. Shuttles are available for visitor’s convenience and travel from Clary Gardens, River Greens Golf Course and Richard Downing Airport from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. With feet firmly planted on the ground there is much to see in and around Clary Gardens. Horse-drawn stagecoach rides are available from the gardens to the restored 1800’s canal town of Roscoe Village where shops and restaurants are open for business. Living history tours will give visitors a glimpse of the port town’s former role along the Ohio and Erie Canal. Regional wineries will be on hand to share their creations. Wine-tasters receive a commemorative glass they can keep as a souvenir. Tastings will be offered by Buckeye Winery from Newark. Their wines are produced from juices sourced all over the world including Italy and France and range from very dry to very sweet. Ermine Estates Winery travel from Jefferson to share their natural wines that are surprisingly affordable compared to other organic wines. With varieties that include traditional dry to their exotic fruit there is a wine to suit any palate. Raven’s Glen Winery at West Lafayette bring their Italian styled wine while Shawnee Springs Winery of Coshocton features sweet wines produced from grapes grown close to home. With names like Cheese Maker’s Red and Coal Miner’s Daughter, wine from Swiss Heritage Winery of Sugarcreek come from the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country and celebrate the marriage of wine and cheese. Troutman Vineyards from rural Wayne County takes pride in using Ohio grown grapes to produce an ever-growing list of fine wines. Yellow Butterfly Winery of Newcomerstown is one of the region’s newest wineries and is excited to share their sweet and traditionally dry wines. Beer drinkers will enjoy the beer garden, new to Taste for Summer this year when Marietta Brewing Company of Marietta and Weasel Boy Brewing of Zanesville offer six tastings of their incredible craft beers. Delicious food is available from the Point Restaurant at Cambridge featuring their famous Annie B’s Hometown BBQ Sauce. The Depot Restaurant and Smokehouse of Dresden invites you to try what they call the best barbeque around. Because there is so much going on in and around Clary Gardens guests will not be charged for re-entry. “We want visitors to explore Coshocton,” said Wilson. “Just across the bridge to downtown is the Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Walk that visitors can enjoy.” To learn more about Taste for Summer or to purchase tickets call 740-502-5227 or visit their website at www.tasteforsummer.com. Clary Gardens is located at 588 West Chestnut Street (SR 541 West), Coshocton.


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