Roscoe Village hosts Raven’s Glenn Spring Winery Tour

On April 10, 2010 Roscoe Village will host the Raven’s Glenn Winery spring bus tour. For the first time this year Uncorked Wine & Coffee Bar in Roscoe Village is a scheduled stop on the tour.  The tour features tastings of premium Ohio wines from Raven’s Glenn Winery, Heritage Vineyard Winery and several other Ohio wines at Uncorked

The wine tour departs and 12:00 noon and highlights includes:

• Wine tasting and lunch at Uncorked Wine & Coffee Bar in Roscoe Village
• Ohio Winery tour and tasting at Raven’s Glenn Winery
• Ohio Winery tour and tasting at Heritage Vineyard Winery
• Factory tour and sampling at Pearl Valley Cheese Factory
• 5-course dinner with wine pairings at Raven’s Glenn Italian Restaurant

Dinner at Raven’s Glenn after the Saturday motorcoach tour includes

• APPETIZER:  Kalamata olive & Asiago crostini  – with wine pairing
• SOUP:  Cream of asparagus with smoked salmon soup – with wine pairing
• SALAD:  Grilled stuffed shrimp on baby greens – with wine pairing
• ENTREE:  Cumin roasted pork tenderloin with apples and onions – with wine pairing
• DESSERT:  Double-layer vanilla raspberry cake with white chocolate butter cream – with wine pairing

For tickets and more information about the Spring Wine Tour call Raven’s Glenn Winery at (740) 545-1000

Known as The Crown Jewel of Ohio Wineries Raven’s Glenn Winery & Italian Restaurant is Ohio’s fastest growing winery — for very good reasons.  Click here to visit the amazing Raven’s Glenn winery online.

Custom saddle making at River Ridge Leather

You’ve taken the Living History Tour.  You’ve had lunch at the Warehouse Steak n’ Stein.  Your wife has posed for snapshots under the Whitewoman Street sign and disappeared into the Garden Gate. 

Now it’s time to send the kids for hand-dipped ice cream at the Candy Bouquet shop and slip away to every man’s favorite shop in Roscoe Village.

Of all the shops and exhibits in Roscoe Village, River Ridge Leather Company is the most faithful to the 19th-century history and heritage of Roscoe Village Ohio. 

And the shop is operated not by actors, but genuine craftsmen working every day to produce authentic goods with traditional methods.  

Dennis Knight and his journeyman apprentices man the shop daily Wednesday thru Sunday until June 1st. 

And no tour ticket is required to visit this authentic canal-era leather shop.   

Using only traditional hand tools and traditional leatherworking methods, River Ridge Leather Company produces extraordinary one-of-a-kind leather goods made entirely on the premises. 

You can find River Ridge Leather Company in the original James LeRetilley building next to Uncorked on Whitewoman Street.  It is truly the best place in Roscoe Village to see a master craftsman at work. 

It’s also the best place to ask what happened to the Inn and the hardware store.  Click here to visit River Ridge Leather Co. online.

River Ridge Leather Company
Dennis Knight, Proprietor
355 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village
www.RiverRidgeLeather.com
(740) 295-0284

Don’t be caught dead at Uncorked

March 21st is the date of the last Murder Mystery Dinner of the season at Uncorked.

Murder Mystery Nights at Uncorked are some of the most entertaining events all year long in Roscoe Village.  The shows always sell out and tickets can be hard to get (if you don’t call Uncorked in advance at 740-622-3000.)

On Tuesday March 17th, we gave away two free tickets to a reader of HistoricRoscoeVillage.com.

For more information about entertainment at Uncorked Wine & Coffee Bar, please visit www.BeUncorked.com

Wine Tasting Wednesday at Uncorked

Uncorked will host the next wine tasting in Roscoe Village on Wednesday March 11th.

The free tasting starts at 6:00 pm and features blended wines.  Most of the finest wines in the world are blended wines; classic Bordeaux, Opus One and Meritage the greatest examples.   

If you stop at Uncorked on Wednesday, you can sample some of these wines and taste how blending two good wines can produce a truly great wine.  

Wine tastings at Uncorked are always free and always fun.  Uncorked presents them every other Wednesday from 6-8pm. 

You don’t need a reservation and you don’t need to know anything about wine to have a good time at Uncorked.  All you need is to know how is to find Roscoe Village.  Here is an online map.

* The next wine tasting at Uncorked will take place on Wednesday March 25th and will feature sweet wines.  Visit Uncorked online for details. 

Uncorked Wine & Coffee Bar
365 N. Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village
(740) 622-3000

Make your own beer at The Winemaker’s Cellar

In the bygone days of the canal era, long before refrigeration and pasteurization, many Ohio farmers made their own beer from excess grain production every fall.

Spring was a day of celebration here, for more reasons than just the turn of the season.      

While the Living History Tour guides might like to keep it hush-hush, you can trust us to tell you that the Ohio & Erie Canal was awash in beer. 

And at nearly every stop along the old Ohio & Erie Canal thirsty travelers could find a friendly place for a beer — just like you can today at Uncorked and the Lock 27 Tavern in Roscoe Village.

One of the best ways to sample the history of uur authentic canal-era town — and take some of the experience with you — is with a beer kit from the Winemaker’s Cellar in Roscoe Village.

The Winemaker’s Cellar stocks two dozen home brewed beer kits that you can use to start making your own beer at home tonight.  Along with any of a dozen wine making kits available too, you can learn to master the craft of home brewing and make yours the most popular house in your neighborhood.

Home-brewing can be as complicated or as simple as you’d like to make it.  But kits like this Cooper’s IPA couldn’t be easier to make.  Simply add hot water and wait 7 days. 

Spring will arrive in Roscoe Village in less than three weeks.  That’s 18 days from today.  

The Wine Maker’s Cellar is located inside the Canal Cargo Shop in Historic Roscoe Village.  The cellar keeps irregular hours, but it’s well worth a visit.  (And cellarkeeper Jeff Wright can tell you what happened to the old hardware store.)

The Wine Maker’s Cellar
442 North Whitewoman Street
(740) 623-2383

Live music at Uncorked Feb. 7th

Uncorked in Roscoe Village has live music and entertainment every weekend. 

Appearing Saturday is the acoustic act ”Home on Leave” featuring Johnny Dotson and Jeff Guilliams from 8:00-10:00. 

No cover charge.

Uncorked Wine and Coffee Bar
365 N. Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village
(740) 622-3000
www.BeUncorked.com

Save the date … for murder!

Uncorked in Roscoe Village will host the next Murder Mystery Dinner on Valentine’s Day.  

This month’s show is called The Wedding, and presents the hilarious nuptials of Skip Moore and Freda Love as they exchange their solemn vows to love and honor each other “until death do them part.” 

We have been assured that it shall.  For tickets call Uncorked at (740) 622-3000. 

UPDATE MARCH 1, 2009: The date of the next murder mystery at Uncorked is March 21st.  Click here for details

Let it snow, let it snow

The first real snowfall of winter is arriving in Roscoe Village, covering Whitewoman Street, the Towpath Trail and the Woodlands at Clary Gardens and transforming our local vineyards into stunning winterscapes.  

Roscoe Village is beautiful in winter, draped in a thick white blanket that enhances the charm of this  authentically restored 18th-century Ohio Canal Town.    

Unlike the nearby Basket Village in Dresden, Roscoe Village shops are open all year long.  Our streets and sidewalks are cleared swept by 10:00 a.m. every day.  And when the shops and restaurants in Ohio’s Amish Country close to tourists on Sunday, Roscoe Village welcomes all visitors.  

Our nextdoor neighbors Lake Park and Clary Gardens have rolling hills for sledding and are open to the public every day.  A walk down the Towpath Trail is one of Roscoe Village’s best adventures and is especially glorious in wintertime,  with stunning cascades of icicles and mountains of snow drifts. 

And when it’s time to get warm again, Uncorked and The Olde Warehouse serve hot chocolate all day and night.

Pizza returns to Roscoe Village

In a town famous for pizza shops on almost every corner, we’ve always found it unfortunate that visitors to Roscoe Village had to pile back into their cars and drive across the bridge for a good slice of America’s favorite food.  That is, until now. 

We are pleased to announce that pizza is back in Roscoe Village, thanks to Uncorked Wine & Coffee Shop.

New for 2009, Uncorked serves authentic American pizza at your table with a wide array of toppings.  While inside, you can choose from a selection of soft drinks and juice, 30 import and domestic beers and dozens of wines by the glass or bottle. 

Some of our favorite pairings include:

• Pepperoni & Pepsi
• Peperoncini & Pinot Noir
• Mushrooms & Merlot
• Sausage & Sauvignon Blanc
• Red Peppers & Red Stripe
• Jalapenos & Heineken

Leave a comment here and let us know your favorite.

Uncorked In Historic Roscoe Village
Open every day for dining or carryout. 
(740) 622-3000