Allegro Timeline

John Crouch, Kris, and Carl in 2002

1971 – Bill Radomsky starts looking for a place to plant a vineyard
1973 – Bill plants Lower Chard/Upper Chard/Cabernet/Rootstock/Experimental blocks and places trailers
1974 – Bill plants Seyval in Block Four and Block Five
1978 – brothers John and Tim Crouch purchase vineyard
1980 – first commercial vintage
1981 – tasting room opens 10/31
1982 – Cabernet and Chardonnay replants
1984 – first Cadenza (flagship wine)
1987 – re-plant part of Block Five with Riesling/Pinot Noir/Pinot Meunier/Nebbiolo
1992 – re-plant more Chard and Cab
1995 – start Chef Series (dinner series)
1999 – Traminette planting in Block Five
2000 – Tim Crouch passes
2001 – Carl Helrich and Kris Miller come to Allegro/Naylor manages vineyard
2002 – Carl and Kris purchase Allegro/Chef Series re-boot/re-plant some Cab

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2009

2003 – John Crouch passes
2004 – re-plant Chard
2005 – plant Merlot in Block Five
2006 – open shop at Tollgate Village in York
2008 – put in crush pad/started selling to PLCB
2009 – build warehouse
2012 – plant Cab Franc in Block Five
2014 - Nelson Stewart hired as vineyard manager
2015 – plant Block One (Chard)/Four (Merlot)/Six (Petit Verdot/Cab Franc)/build barrel room and warehouse and office/open Strasburg shop/start Allegro Wine Club

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2020: Purchasing Naylor Property

2016 – plant Block Seven (Sauvignon Blanc/Viognier/Semillon/Albarino) and Nouveau vineyard (Arandell)/start selling in grocery stores
2017 – pull out Block Five/first Cadenza harvest/start selling to Rutters
2018 – start Cadenza wine club
2019 – open Stewartstown shop/open AirBnB apartment
2020 – purchase former Naylor Wine Cellars property in Stewartstown/first home deliveries/vineyard re-plants
​2021 - Nelson Stewart retires; Allegro purchases Pinnacle Ridge wine brand; celebration of Allegro's 40 years!

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