Region · Lake County, Florida
Clermont
Clermont
Muscadine country
What should I drink from here?
The vineyard Florida can actually grow. Muscadine on hills west of Orlando.
- grape skin
- musk
- ripe melon
- flower
Muscadine is a native grape. It handles the heat and the rain that rot vinifera. Noble, Carlos, and Welder are the names on the serious bottles.
Lakeridge, on US-27 in Clermont, is the estate. About 80 acres of vines, tours every day, and a tasting that runs from dry to sweet to sparkling. Ask for the dry one first.
If a Florida bottle says Cabernet or Chardonnay, ask where the fruit was grown. At this address, the vine outside the door is Muscadine.
At the table
Service
Chilled, 45–50 °F (7–10 °C). A white-wine glass.
Places
Go see Clermont.
Florida's vineyard. Muscadine on rolling hills, an hour west of Orlando.
Tasting rooms and itinerary