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Purgatory Cellars/White Owl Winery Wraps Up 2009 with Another Silver Medal for One-of-a-Kind Wine

Submitted by admin on January 3, 2010 - 10:12pm

Purgatory Cellars/White Owl Winery's Persimmon Solera sherry-style wine was selectively entered in only seven wine competitions this past year. It scored a medal in each contest.

Exploring Southern Illinois Wineries: The first guidebook to the wineries of Southern Illinois is released by Lusk Creek Publish

Submitted by gvt on September 24, 2009 - 9:31pm

The much anticipated guidebook to the wineries of southern Illinois is finally here. The full color book covers 30 wineries, complete with everything one needs to plan a weekend getaway to this booming destination.

More Than 30 Wineries Showcased at Vintage Illinois Festival and Wine Tasting at Starved Rock Lodge Sept. 19-20

Submitted by gvt on September 19, 2009 - 2:59pm

(GrapeVineTrail) - More than 30 wineries will be featured at the Vintage Illinois Festival at Starved Rock on Sept. 19 and 20 in northern Illinois.

The event will be held at the Vermilion River entrance (south entrance) of Matthiessen State Park. Matthiessen, located on the southwest side of Starved Rock State Park, is about 95 minutes west of Chicago.

Purgatory Cellars/White Owl Winery Only Non-California Winery in U.S. to Win Medal in Largest Asian Wine Competition

Submitted by gvt on September 8, 2009 - 9:05pm

Purgatory Cellars, a winery based in Illinois, is stepping up on the national and international wine stage with this award. Purgatory Cellars is the only winery in the United States to win an award in this competition that is not based in California. This could be the next up-and-coming winery in the tradition of the movie, "Bottle Shock."

Purgatory Cellars/White Owl Winery Wins Four Awards in an International Wine Competition

Submitted by gvt on May 12, 2009 - 8:18pm

Purgatory Cellars/White Owl Winery scored four medals in their first wine competition of the season.

Illinois Wine Lovers Stripped of Rights After Governor's Signature, Says SWRA

Submitted by gvt on October 8, 2007 - 8:12am

Higher wine prices and less choices await Illinois consumers after Governor Rod Blagojevich signed HB 429, a bill that strips Illinois consumers of a right they've had for 15 years to purchase wine from out-of-state wine merchants, according to Specialty Wine Retailers Association.

Statistics on Traveling Vineyard Direct Sales Business

Submitted by travelingwine on July 31, 2007 - 10:38pm

Gordon Romer, CEO of The Traveling Vineyard and Geerlings and Wade presented the State of The Vineyard Address at the TTV National Convention last weekend.

The direct sales wine industry, especially the #1 at home wine company is booming! Wine is out selling beer and the U.S. is on the cusp of becoming the world's largest comsumer of wine.

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Submitted by gvt on July 15, 2007 - 8:47pm

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Submitted by TravelingVineyard on May 24, 2007 - 1:54pm

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Traveling Vineyard - Who are we?

Submitted by travelingwine on April 11, 2007 - 9:17pm

I have had some emails from some readers interested in finding out what are company actually does, so I thought I would give you all a semi- brief synopsis.

The Traveling Vineyard operates in half of the states in the US. We are revolutionizing the wine tasting experience because we are turning living rooms into tasting rooms. Do not get me wrong- NOTHING beats a wine tasting at a vineyard, but there are many reasons why we can't always find a way to get to a vineyard. For instance, If you live in Allentown, PA. and want to try all italian wines and you can't get 10 friends to Tuscany, Italy or even Santa Barbara...try 5 of TTV's italian wines or California wines in your living room! See?

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