What Are Rhône Varieties?

February, 2012 8 at 4:10pm

We love all of our wines equally, but we especially like to feature wines that are outside of the “usual suspects” of Cabernet, Merlot and Chardonnay. Many of the wines that comprised our initial release featured the varieties of one of our favorite wine regions, the Rhône Valley of…
Over the years the popularity of rosé has seen its ups and downs. There have always been good versions of pink wines, but the numerous offerings that have been of the sickeningly sweet variety have give the style a bad name. Fortunately, rosé has been on the rebound, with many producers making…
A lot of what goes into making a fantastic wine takes place in the secret confines of the winery, impossible to witness with the naked eye. Everything starts with having great fruit to work with, but between the vineyard and the bottle there are many elements involved in creating a delicious wine.…

Valentine’s Day Dinner

January, 2012 10 at 10:03pm

Title: Valentine’s Day Dinner Location: Thomas O’Neil Cellars Description: We will be hosting a special Red Wine and Chocolate Valentine’s Day Dinner at our tasting room. You and your special someone will enjoy a three course dinner prepared by our own Chef Chris Nokes, paired…

What Makes a Wine “Food Friendly?”

December, 2011 15 at 11:14am

Here in the Thomas O’Neil Cellars tasting room we will often describe our wines as being “food friendly”. This is a description that you will often hear applied to different wines, but sometimes it’s not entirely clear to people what is meant by that term. I thought we might want to get…

2011 Harvest Review

December, 2011 7 at 4:44pm

Every year in this country there is a group of people that have been engaged in a special form of legalized gambling. Each of us support their masochistic addiction to odds-playing every time we go to the grocery store, and are more than happy to do so. These ignorers of Kenny Rodgers’ sage…
So, you may have heard that Thomas O’Neil Cellars is the first winery in the City of Richland. What you may not know is why we chose Richland! The bottom line is that we could not find the combination of helpful people, location and cost effectiveness we hoped for in other areas. We were very…