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 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 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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