From our base at the historic Plumbush Inn in Cold Spring, NY--and with a well-deserved hand to the staff and kitchen at Cathryn's Tuscan Grill , also in Cold Spring, we took Routes 9D and 9 upriver to the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site in Hyde Park.
A short distance from FDR's home, this 54-room "cottage," completed in 1898, was one of 42 in the Vanderbilt family, used by Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt for spring and fall getaways (check out Louise's Marie Antoinette-inspired room). 
Louise, unable to unload the property in 1940, took FDR's advice and turned it over as a historic site. Well done Louise! To finish the weekend off, we chased winding country lanes to Clinton Vineyards in Clinton Corners, NY, member of the Dutchess (NY) County wine trail, favorite of Hillary Clinton and producer of fine Estate-bottled whites, dessert wines and champagnes since 1977.
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