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Walpole Mountain View Winery is a winery in Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. The winery is located on top of a mountain overlooking New Hampshire and Vermont. The winery was founded in 2001 along with the Barnett Hill Vineyard which is also located on the property. The grapes are grown solely out of the Barnett Hill Vineyard and then used to create all of the wines. It is located 15 miles from Keene, New Hampshire, USA. This winery and vineyard was one of New Hampshire's first wineries built and was unique because of the harsh winter environment. The grapes are cold-climate hardy vines developed by many leading universities including University of Minnesota University of Minnesota and Cornell University Cornell University. For the better part of 2001-2011, it was New Hampshire's only estate winery.

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The winery makes a wide variety of wines from a selection of 28 French-American hybrid and Cold-Climate grape varieties, and also grows seedless table grapes in season and make raisins with 4 additional varieties. There are wine tasting available which has been informative for visitors due to the rarity of a large majority of the grown varietals. Up until recently, the winery and vineyard has been quite unique in that the wines are made 100% from grapes we grow in their own vineyard. Because of this, the vineyard is considered a full estate winery.

The vineyard and winery is located on Barnett Hill Road which has an ever-present wind ranging from a steady 10 mph on calm days to 65 mph during moderate thunderstorms. The buildings overlook the Connecticut River Valley Connecticut River, which contributes significantly to the grape growth. The soil is gravelly, which medium to higher concentrations of mineral-rich soil. Each variety has been planted on the estate to match the climate and soil profile to maximize the flavor, time of ripeness, disease resistance, and winter heartiness of each vine.