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Winery transactions: Furrow, Native Vines, Foris, and Chateau Ste. Michelle.

Last bottle at Furrow Winery in Illinois
Furrow Winery in El Paso, Illinois, will close in March this year after six years of operation, according to a Gatehouse News Service report. The owner, Wayne Furrow, explains the decision to GNS:
“We sold about 8,000 gallons of wine a year. We really needed to sell between 12,000 and [...]

Matt on January 29th, 2008. Tags: , ,
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Wine tasting for the impatient

Want to sample wines from an area without stalking every single winery in the region?
Here in San Luis Obispo that concept is being tested in this downtown tasting room. About 75 wines from 18 wineries are available for tasting, just purchase a debit card and start selecting an ounce at a time. Each bottle is [...]

Matt on January 29th, 2008. Posted in Wine Tasting | No Comments »

Welcome to Pressing Matters on Wineries.net!

Hello and welcome to Wineries.net! Now that we’ve got the site up and running with blog functionality, I am excited to begin posting about anything and everything related to wine, wineries, and the American wine industry. I am thrilled to be dealing with such an interesting topic, as I believe that one of [...]

Kim on January 29th, 2008. Posted in News, Wine Tasting | No Comments »