As visions of sugar plums dance in our heads this holiday season, the smell of gingerbread fills the air in the Jacuzzi Family Vineyards’ tasting room. After hours of baking, preparing royal icing and hand chipping chocolates, the gingerbread replica of the winery is waiting for you to come and admire. It’s the 4th Annual Gingerbread Winery Contest and our second year participating alongside 12 others.
The template for the buildings was made from the original blueprints. The stonework on the walls is composed of royal icing covered gingerbread and bits of different color chocolates, which were melted paper thin and broken off to look like stone. It’s hard not to want to eat the red licorice that covers the roofs of the many buildings that make up the Jacuzzi Family Vineyards’ winery complex. Who would have known that pretzels could be made into windows? Or that caramel could be turned into flower pots with sprigs of rosemary imitate plants and Italian cypress trees?
Put on your mittens and warm coat and come visit us. Sample our unique and luscious Italian varietal wines including the premier of the 2008 Late Harvest Aleatico. You can also browse our gift shop to find many exciting and unique gift and food items to finish your holiday shopping.
We hope to see you soon and that you’ll vote for our gingerbread house and give it a 10!
That looks like a lot of fun!
Great pictures. Looks like fun indeed