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Majority owner Joe Lertch holds a glass of wine at the Vineyard Wine Bar. The bar offers a selection of 80 wines by the glass and more than 300 bottles. PHOTO BY
BARBARA HADDOCK TAYLOR
BEST WINE LIST
THE VINEYARD
WINE BAR
142 N. Washington St., Havre de Grace.
443-502-2551. vineyardwinebar.com
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At The Vineyard Wine Bar, in Havre de
Grace, the wine list goes on — and on, and on.
Those looking to imbibe can make a selection
from 80 wines poured by the glass, 70 by the half
glass and more than 300 offered by the bottle.
“These are not just common grape types, not
common wines like chardonnay, sauvignon
blanc, pinot grigio, pinot noir, cabernet and
malbec,” said Joe Lertch, the wine bar’s majority owner. “We also have grapes from all over
the world, from unique, unusual places,” like the
airén grape from Spain and the zweigelt grape
of Austria.
The Vineyard Wine Bar, co-owned by Lertch,
his wife Suzanne Cronin, chef Ron Milburn and
his wife Angie Milburn, opened in 2009 and is
also a restaurant. Lertch, 70, considers it a “wine
cultural center.”
“Those people that get out and about, and eat
and drink at many different places, have taken a
look at our [wine] list and have said that there’s
nothing like it anywhere,” Lertch said.