June 13, 200718 yr From the 5/14/07 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: Turning work into wine Full-time effort in wine-making a family affair Cindy Leise | The Chronicle-Telegram CAMDEN TWP. — “Crush me, squeeze me, make me wine.” The cheery message on the blackboard at Matus Winery gives a hint about what to expect from this fledgling winery owned by Robert F. “Bob” Matus. The mood may be breezy and light, but the wine is surprisingly complex for a winery that opened June 17, 2006. ... More at: http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/05/14/turning-work-into-wine/
June 22, 200717 yr Link contains photos. From the 6/22/07 Coshocton Tribune: Stone Crest Vineyard to open Saturday By KATHY THOMPSON Staff Writer FRAZEYSBURG - Would you like a little cheese with that wine? Well, if you go to the Stone Crest Vineyard just outside of Frazeysburg, you can have cheese, steak, chicken and fruit with a select bottle of wine. A grand opening will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, at the vineyard among the rolling hills of Muskingum County just outside Frazeysburg. Wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres will be available along with bottles of wine to purchase. ... More at: http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070622/NEWS01/706220301/1002/rss01
June 26, 200717 yr From the 6/25/07 Enquirer: PHOTO: Bill and Patti Skvarla in their new wine cave. MICHAEL E. KEATING / THE ENQUIRER PHOTO: Bill and Patti Skvarla grow 3½ acres of grape vines and more than 60 acres of blueberries, beans and peach trees at Harmony Hill in Bethel, Clermont County. The wine cave, made from arches used in highway underpasses, is one of four of its kind in the United States. MICHAEL E. KEATING / THE ENQUIRER A vintage cave Harmony Hill Vineyards brings Southern Ohio into the age of the wine cave BY JIM KNIPPENBERG | [email protected] Here's the beauty of Harmony Hill Vineyards: It makes reality go away. Sitting on a patio on a ridge just high enough for a breeze, surrounded by 3½ acres of grape vines and 60-some acres of blueberries, beans and peach trees while sipping an award-winning wine, it's easy to think you're far, far away. But you're in Bethel, Clermont County, 35 miles east of Cincinnati. The husband and wife Skvarla team - Bill, a 54-year-old ER nurse, and Patti, a 53-year-old nurse anesthetist - operate Harmony Hill, site of a wine cave that opened Memorial Day weekend. It's one of four of its kind in the U.S. and the only one east of Oregon and west of Virginia. ... More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070625/LIFE/706250305/
July 6, 200717 yr Link contains a photo. From SNP Newspapers, 7/4/07: Enthusiast seeks to expand his winery By MARC HASKINS Among the wines fermenting in the six-gallon carboys in Damon Pfeifer's basement are a cabernet sauvignon, a fruity "sunset" red and a semi-sweet white he calls Early Frost. The contents of each were devised generations ago. The recipes for the three wines were bequeathed to Pfeifer from his grandfather Henry, whom he would visit in Colorado as a child and who taught him the ropes of winemaking -- how to cut and process the fruit, how the fermenting process works, how to pH-balance the wines, and how to test the wines for bottling readiness (a not-so-complicated process involving a device that determines sugar dissolution). ... More at: http://www.snponline.com/NEWS7-4/7-4_allcwwinery.html
June 22, 200915 yr Henke Wine brings home 10 medals By Kurt Backscheider [email protected] http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090619/NEWS/906190305/ Westwood - Joe Henke goes to great lengths to produce wine that brings out the best flavors of the grapes he uses. His dedication and passion for making wine has paid off. The longtime Westwood resident, who owns Henke Wine in Westwood with his wife, Joan, entered 10 of his wines in the 2009 Ohio Wine Competition and received medals for all 10. ... More at: http://www.henkewine.com/purchase.htm Map - http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Henke+Winery&fb=1&cid=0,0,11948185642951045298&near=Cincinnati,+OH&ei=lMk_SvDSPNi0twf1_YgK&sa=X&oi=manybox&resnum=1&ct=10
June 8, 201015 yr Something uniquiely NE Ohio going on this weekend...A polka fest at a really night winery. For those that haven't visited Geneva-on-the-lake..it's a really neat town that doesn't seem to have changed much since the 1950's. This winery is more of a tasting room since it lacks actual vineyards...but it's right along the lake. Just thought some may find it interesting. [/img]
February 21, 20187 yr I didn't even know ice wine was produced in Ohio http://wggrv.com/events/ice-wine-festival/ http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
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