Country Heritage Winery and Vineyard Review

It's that time of year again when we venture out into the cold months of winter to visit area wineries. We have heard of this particular winery from some friends of ours and since we were already heading North for the day, we decided to visit. 

Country Heritage Winery is located on St Rd 3 just about 20 minutes north of Fort Wayne. 

We liked this place right away for it's country flare. 

This is a novelty wine bottle holder

Jeremy and Jennifer Lutter opened this winery in 2011. The vines here are not all that old.

The featured wine was a semi sweet cranberry table wine. We liked it right away.

  The tasting itself was free and they actually gave us a fair amount of wine to taste. Many times free tastings are pretty skimpy on the amount they give you to taste.

My favorite was the Raspberry table wine. Raspberries can be smelled immediately along with a wonderful fruit taste. My husband tends to lean more toward the dryer wines, so we get a little of both. 

 All in all, I give Country Heritage Winery 5 out of 5 dinner stars for their wines and atmosphere.

*****

Stuffed Mushrooms

This is my mother's recipe. I make this every year for Christmas.

 

Stuffed Mushrooms

1 large pk of white mushrooms, washed and stems removed

1 1/2 cup crushed crackers (about 1 package of Ritz)

1 tbsp mined onion

1 tsp minced garlic

1 egg

1 cup chopped ham ( I use cold meat)

1 stick butter

Wash mushrooms well and remove stems. Put stems aside in bowl. 

Melt 1/4 stick butter. Dip mushroom caps in butter, then place top down in pan ready to be stuffed.

Crush crackers and place in med bowl. Finely chop stems and add to crackers. Add onion, garlic, egg,  3/4 stick melted butter,and chopped ham. This makes your stuffing.

Use a spoon to stuff your mushrooms. They can be very full. 

Bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until brown on top. If I have other things in the oven, I can adjust the time.