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You are here: Home / Travel & Destinations / Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret, CT

Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret, CT

May 16, 2009

Boy, it’s been a busy few days. My parents landed at the Bradley International Airport, North of Hartford at about 12:30AM, Thursday morning. Laura and I got there at around midnight, so we had a hang around for a few minutes. It wasn’t too bad. Strangely enough, you get to watch some very interesting people while waiting outside an airport.

A few months ago, when my mother and I agreed on this trip, I had a whole itinerary planned out. We were going to go here and we were going to go there. Then, Laura and I went on that little trip to Stonington. It was during that trip that I remembered that I really don’t enjoy driving as much as I used to. I mean, short trips here and there are okay, but the long ones I can do without. Remembering this, I started planning to visit places that were just a tad bit closer than the ones I had previously planned to visit.

On Thursday, we all hopped in the car and drove up to the Red Lion Inn, in Stockbridge, MA. You all know that Laura and I have been there a lot, but my parents never have. I thought I would spare you the photos, since you have seen a million of them already. We had a nice lunch and I even let my father beat me at a game of chess.

On Friday, we had a great time up at the Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret, CT. None of us had been there before, so we really didn’t know what to expect. Luckily, we were all very pleasantly surprised. I think I heard the phrase, “You know, we could be in Italy right now and you wouldn’t know the difference” more than once.

For those of you who don’t know, Pomfret is up in the “Quiet Corner” of Connecticut. It’s a really cool place that brings you back to the good ol’ days. It’s peaceful, beautiful and best of all, nobody from Hartford tailgates you all the way down the road. Wow.

The Sharpe Hill Vineyard offers two different tastings; they differ based on amount of wine consumed. The first tasting costs $5 and you get to taste five types of wines. Actually, you can taste five of the same wines. They don’t mind. The second tasting offers eleven types of wines for $10. We chose the $5 one because I didn’t want to get tipsy in the middle of the day. Neither did anyone else. We were all very happy with our five choices.

I took a whole bunch of photos, so you can see what the vineyard looks like. It’s really nice and they even had a restaurant. Unfortunately, we were unable to eat there because reservations are taken three weeks ahead of time. Maybe Laura and I will have to make reservations to check out the food.

Here are the photos:

Parking lot of Sharpe Hill Vineyard

Looking past wooden fence up into the vineyard at Sharpe Hill


Purple and yellow Pansies

Purple Pansies with yellow center

Entrance to Sharpe Hill Vineyard

Different view of Sharpe Hill Vineyard parking lot

Up Close photo of purple and yellow Pansies


Tasting room door leading out to the back deck – Sharpe Hill Vineyard

Looking past a table up into the vineyard in mid Spring

Sharpe Hill table area – view 1

Sharpe Hill table area – view 2

Sharpe Hill table area – view 3

Leading off lounge area toward the dining room entrance

Again, looking up towards the vineyard

Sharpe Hill Vineyard dining room entrance

Sharpe Hill Vineyard

Clay frog and a little metal dog sitting on grass

Vines growing very young grapes

Walking up the vineyard

Up close photo of a grape vine at Sharpe Hill Vineyard

Looking down towards the main building

Nice view of vineyard and Pomfret, CT


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  1. Mom says

    October 24, 2014 at 11:42 am

    I had forgotten how utterly beautiful Connecticut is in the spring, having moved to coastal North Carolina about ten years ago. The intense green and scent of the lilacs almost overwhelmed my senses. But best of all was having a host and hostess who catered to our every whim and treated us like royalty. We are well rested and already looking forward to next year’s trip to Connecticut. First though, about your trip down here …

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