Celebrate National Wine Day: Top wineries in western Massachusetts

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Monday is National Wine Day, where wine lovers are pouring a glass of their favorite wine to celebrate.

This alcoholic beverage is made from fermented grapes or other fruits, where yeast consumes the sugars in the grapes making it into alcohol during the fermentation process, according to the National Day Calendar. Different grapes produce different types of wine, and wine that is made from fruit or honey is often named according to the different fruits used.

It’s not the color of the grapes that gives the wine its color. It’s the tannins in the grape skins that color wine red and also the flavor. White wines are typically sweeter than red wines and are best served chilled, but most red wines are served at room temperature. However, a sweet red should also be chilled for the best flavor.

Top wineries in western Massachusetts

Yelp has put together a list of the top wineries in western Massachusetts:

• Silver Bear Distillery– 63 Flansburg Avenue, Dalton
• Mineral Hills Winery– 592 Sylvester Road, Godard’s Red Hen Farm, Florence
• Glendale Ridge Vineyard– 155 Glendale Road, Southampton
• Black Birch Vineyard– 108 Straits Road, Hatfield
• Sunset Meadow of Massachusetts– 296 South Main Street, Sheffield
• Cameron’s Winery– 1046 Millers Falls Road, Northfield
• Brimfield Winery– 35 Main Street, Brimfield
• Raven Hollow Winery – 436 Russellville Road, Westfield
• Hardwick Winery – 3305 Greenwich Road, Ware
• Echo Hill Orchards & Winery– 101 Wilbraham Road, Monson