Drink Kentucky

05/27/2024

Pour one for the brave men and women who sacrificed for our country. Happy Memorial Day! 🇺🇸

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05/24/2024

Trying to pick the right beverage to take to a Memorial Day party this weekend? Consider drinking local! There are some great Kentucky wines and brews to pair with grilled foods.

📸: Chenault Vineyards

05/01/2024

We had a blast at the 2024 Kentucky Derby Festival WineFest as guests were treated by a few Kentucky wineries for a night of tastings, food, and fun at the Mellwood Art Center!

Those in attendance:
🍷 Runner’s Ridge
🍷 Carriage House Vineyards
🍷 Chenault Vineyards
🍷 Jesters Winery
🍷 Boucherie Vineyards & Winery
🍷 Ghost Fox Winery
🍷 StoneBrook Winery
🍷 1922 House Vineyards & Winery
🍷 Purple Toad Winery
🍷 Bluegrass Vineyard
🍷 Wineing Widows
🍷 Traveler's Cellar Winery
🍷 Old 502 Winery
🍷 Elk Creek Vineyards

This was just a taste of all the flavors and varieties you can find at Kentucky wineries this spring season all throughout the state! Be sure to visit one near you!

04/30/2024

Who’s headed to the Kentucky Derby Festival Commonwealth Credit Union WineFest at the Mellwood Art Center tonight?!

Come enjoy tastings from more than 100 of the region's best Kentucky wines from our local winemakers as you visit with local vendors.

We hope to see you there! Tickets are still available! 🎟️ 🍷 https://discover.kdf.org/winefest/

04/20/2024

Join dozens of wineries 🍷 , breweries 🍻 , and distilleries 🥃 next weekend at Derby Week Kick-Off and Commonfest in Frankfort! 🐎

Happening on the South Lawn of the Capitol building, kick off Derby Week for a day packed with live music, great food, and fun for the whole family! 🎵 🌮 🌞 See you there!

04/14/2024

Bud break is upon us.

Today is National Gardening Day and Kentucky viticulturists have been working hard year round in their own gardens to bring you one-of-a-kind wines grown with a variety of Kentucky grapes and other fruits.

What do you plan to grow in your gardens this year?

📸: Traveler's Cellar Winery

04/05/2024

Kentucky breweries are literally serving brews to you on a platter, or . . . paddle. Either way, it’s never been easier to find one-of-a-kind local craft brews!

Did we mention this Sunday is National Drink Beer Day? Not that you need a reason to enjoy a crisp brewski but that’s one. Find a brewery near you at Drink-KY.com. 🍻

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03/29/2024

The best paired beverages for your holiday gatherings come from Kentucky’s wineries, breweries, and distilleries. 🍷 🍸 🍺

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03/27/2024

The buds are bloomin’ and the beers are brewin’. It’s officially spring and the days of sippin’ cold pours on the patio are finally here. 🍻🌞

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03/24/2024

As spring approaches, get ready to explore Kentucky’s bountiful winery destinations. Visit drink-ky.com to start planning your spring winery visits. 🍷

📸: Harkness Edwards Vineyards

02/15/2024

Love the wine you’re with. We mean one. The one you’re with. Happy Valentine’s Day or whatever. Now where’s that wine?

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Leitchfield, KY

02/12/2024

Brews n’ Bowls. 🏈

While these players are hopping over one another on the field, we’re partaking in another kind of hops. 🍺

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04/24/2023

Well, we are just loving the recent renovations at Farmer & Frenchman. The upcoming pop up Mediterranean menu sounds pretty darn tasty, too. 😋

📸: Farmer and Frenchman

04/14/2023

Well, that's right around the corner! TGIF. Which KY Winery tasting rooms are you planning on visiting this weekend?? 🥂

📸: Eagle Creek Vineyard

04/08/2023

The 2022 Commissioner's Cup winning wines (L to R):

Best White Wine: Brianza Gardens and Winery, Derby Hopeful, 2021

Best Red Wine: Gunpowder Creek Vineyards LLC, Arandell, NV

Best Boutique Wine: Reid's Livery Winery, Black Raspberry, 2020

Best Sweet/Dessert/Fruit Wine: Prodigy Vineyards and Winery, Legacy, 2014

Best Rosé/Blush Wine: Rose Hill Farm Winery, Rambling Rose, 2021

04/07/2023

Happy National Beer Day! Cheers!! 🍻

It's National Beer Day! We may be best known for Bourbon but there’s quite the rich history of brewing in Kentucky. Louisville was one of the top brewing cities in America before Prohibition. Operating from 1905 to 1978, Falls City Brewing Company was probably Louisville’s most well-known brewery, but other breweries like Oertel and Fehr’s added to Kentucky’s historical brewing roots (all names which have been revived in recent years).

Celebrate National Beer Day at a KY Proud brewery (responsibly, of course). To learn more and to help plan your next visit to one of Kentucky’s wineries and breweries this weekend, visit drink-ky.com. 🍻

📸: Kentucky Guild of Brewers

04/04/2023

It may only be Tuesday but we're pretty certain there's no rule saying you can't begin planning your next Kentucky weekend wine adventure. 🥂

📸: Harkness Edwards Vineyards

03/28/2023

Ever tried mead? Known as the nectar of the gods by ancient Greeks, meade has been around a really long time but is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Often called honey wine, meade (made with honey, water, and yeast) is really in a category of its own. It's also very diverse and can be still, sparkling, dry, sweet, flavored with fruit or other ingredients, and even made into spritzers or mead slushies. 😋 🍯

📸: Myriad Meadery

03/20/2023

Happy first day of spring!

📸: Talon Winery

08/28/2021

Cheers! It’s National Red Wine Day! Wine has been produced for thousands of years. For the ancient Egyptians, red wine was associated with blood and was used by both the Greeks to celebrate Dionysus and the Romans in their Bacchanalia.

And get this: The foundation of America’s wine industry is largely planted in Kentucky. America’s commercial wine industry was born in Kentucky in 1798 when Swiss vine-dresser, Jean-Jacques (John James) Dufour, set out across the new Nation to find suitable land for growing grapes. Dufour eventually discovered what he described as an ideally suited location for grape growing on the steep banks of the Kentucky River in modern-day Jessamine County.

In nearby Lexington, Dufour soon made the acquaintance of Henry Clay. Backed with money from several prominent statesmen, including Clay, Dufour formed the Kentucky Vineyard Society and purchased 600 acres of property which he terraced, planted with vines and constructed a gravity-flow winery near the river’s bank. He named the Nation’s first commercial winery, fittingly, “First Vineyard,” and in 1803, bottles from the first vintage made from the now nearly extinct Cape (or Alexander) red grape were sent to U.S. President and well-known wine connoisseur, Thomas Jefferson.
Kentucky now has more than 70 wineries. So, if you’re planning to enjoy a great glass of red wine today, don’t forget to check out the completely redesigned Drink KY app. It's the best way to chart your journey around Kentucky's exciting wineries and breweries. View locations in map or list format and earn rewards while exploring all the great tasting and tap rooms across the Commonwealth. And to make things even better, it's completely free! Visit: drink-ky.com to get started. As always, please drink responsibly.

07/25/2021

Happy National Wine and Cheese Day! Is there a greater classic food-and-drink pairing?

Speaking of wine (and beer), have you checked out the completely redesigned Drink KY yet? It's the best way to chart your journey around Kentucky's exciting wineries and breweries. View locations in map or list format and earn rewards while exploring all the great tasting and tap rooms across the Commonwealth. And to make things even better, it's completely free! Visit: drink-ky.com to get started. As always, please drink responsibly. Cheers!

📸: Arbor Stone Vineyards

07/09/2021

Behind the scenes filming a new commercial with Kentucky Proud. 🎬

07/02/2021

Cheers to a nice long holiday weekend! 🥂🇺🇲

📸: Cave Hill Vineyard & Winery

06/25/2021

The brand-new Drink KY experience is officially here! Check out the completely redesigned look, enhanced features, and detailed filtering options to help you plan your next visit to one of Kentucky’s wineries or breweries this weekend. Like the previous app, the new Drink KY allows you to view locations in map or list format. When a winery or brewery is selected, Drink KY instantly provides the address, directions, hours of operation, and other helpful info to help plan your visit. Earning rewards while exploring all the great tasting and tap rooms across Kentucky is going to be more fun than ever. If you have an account with the previous Drink KY app, your check-ins have been saved and transferred. Just update your account and start exploring! Visit: drink-ky.com to get started. As always, please drink responsibly. Cheers!

Kentucky Guild of Brewers

06/17/2021

Drink KY, your personal guide to Kentucky's wineries and craft breweries, is getting a face lift – a complete redesign with enhanced features and more robust content. Earning rewards while exploring all the great tasting and tap rooms across Kentucky is going to be more fun than ever! Stay tuned! The new Drink KY experience will be available soon, and if you’re an existing Drink KY app user, your check-ins will roll over with it.

06/04/2021

Fri-yay! Anyone else really ready for the weekend and maybe a glass of wine? 🍷

06/01/2021

Cheers, Kentucky! 🥂

Happy Birthday, Kentucky! You're looking pretty great for 229. 🥳

05/27/2021

Wine tasting holiday weekend, anyone? 🍷

05/13/2021

Cheers, indeed! 🥂

Kentucky is home to around 70 wineries and nearly just as many breweries. Cheers! 🥂

📸: Arbor Stone Vineyards

05/05/2021

Who else is insanely excited about local craft sake?

📸: The Void Sake Company