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Quotes about our wine

July, 2007
"...dramatic sparkling vintages, which have garnered international acclaim - Westport Rivers' Brut Cuvée RJR is legendary - as well as classic whites, like its estate-grown chartdonnay, and its constantly sold-out rosé. Clearly Westport Rivers stands out..." Anthony Giglio, Boston Magazine

May, 2007
"Top Ten Wines of the World under $20" - "O" Magazine

"Westport Rivers would stand out anywhere."
Gerald Asher, Gourmet Magazine

March, 2005
1999 Westport Rivers Brut, Massachusetts
Definitely a wine to serve blind to champagne snobs, this East Coast blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay is a great find, especially at the price.
Creamy and nutty with an appealing dry finish.
Tim Atkin on wine Sunday February 13, 2005
the Observer - Food Monthly

"Best of the West" (best American sparkling wine)
December 2004, BBC

"One of the challenges of 2004 has been learning to spell ' Massachusetts ' and this has arisen because we have fallen in love with a superb bubbly from the eastern seaboard of the USA , Westport Rivers' Brut Cuvée RJR. Made mostly from Pinot Noir with 27% Chardonnay this puts many Champagne in the shade and comes at such a good value as to make it irresistable."
Alastair Marshall, Adnams Wines

June, 2004, The Wall Street Journal (the complete article click here)
"The first three wines we liked so much, including the outstanding sparkler, were all from Westport Rivers."
John Brecher & Dorothy Gaiter

"Between the landscape and the wines, we were nearly convinced we were in Europe"
The New York Times

"Westport Rivers Vineyard in Massachusetts sparkle(s)" Time Magazine

"Westport Rivers is a charmer of a winery and I'm a real fan of their
delightful sparklers."
-Wine Enthusiast, August 2003

"One of the best sparkling wine producers
outside of France."
-Al Stankus, The Tab

"Westport not only creates outstanding wine, they are an integral
part of our burgeoning "New England" food tradition."
-Chris Schlesinger, Chef/Owner/Author
East Coast Grill, Cambridge, MA

"Virtually flawless."
The New York Times

"Well made and balanced."
The Wine Spectator

Lots going on here...very well made."
The Quarterly Review of Wines

"Closest to the original...Champagne."
The Providence Journal

"Amazing."
The Boston Globe

"One of the great producers of American sparkling wine."
The Wine Enthusiast

"...provides all the flavor excitement you could
possibly want in a handsome, sophisticated
package worthy of the biggest name houses."
Sandy Block, MW, The Improper Bostonian

"They can't do this in California.
Many in France are not this good."
Madeleine Kamman, Chef/Author

"Westport Rivers sparkling wine
holds MA appeal for a decade."
Sonia Turek, The Boston Herald

WESTPORT Champagnes are proudly served at
THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington DC

Jancis Robinson featured
WESTPORT Blanc de Blancs at receptions for her
newest edition of The Encyclopedia of Wine

Westport Rivers wines served at opening
receptions of Merchant Ivory Productions 2001

BEST of BOSTON
Boston Magazine
1994 Best New Bubbly-1990 Brut
1996 Best Winery
2000 Best Wine-Best Sparkling
2007 Best Winery in New England

BEST OF RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Monthly
2001 Best Sparkling Wine - '97 Imperial Sec

Yankee Magazine Travel Guide
1998-2005 Editor's Pick for Great Destinations Yankee Magazine Travel Guide

Historic Quotes on Wine

"You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for the mortals, producing grain from the earth, food to sustain their strength, wine to gladden the hearts of people,.."
Psalms 104:15

"Wine, I am sure, good, mellow, generous port, can hurt nobody - unless those who take it to excess, which they may easily avoid, if they observe the rules of temperance."
Charles Lamb
English essayist and author

"Wine . . . is a food."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Address to the Massachusetts Medical Society

"Wine in itself is an excellent thing"
Pope Pius XII

"Wine is the temperate, civilized, sacred, romantic mealtime beverage recommended in the Bible. It is a liquid food that has been part of civilization for 8,000 years. Wine has been praised for centuries by statesmen, scholars, poets, and philosophers. It has been used as a religious sacrament, as the primary beverage of choice for food, and as a source of pleasure and diversion."
Robert Mondavi
Mondavi Winery, California

"The Lord of Hosts will make for all people a feast of well-refined wines on the lees."
Isaiah 25:6

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