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[ by Eric Van Sant and photo by Kaitlyn Murray ]

The Winery at Versailles Versailles | Ohio

predominately uses local varietals such as Catawba and Concord grapes. It offers a full tasting room, tours of the winery and a restaurant. The winery has also received multiple awards, including being voted best winery in Ohio by Sip Magazine ’s readers’ poll. Here are some standouts to uncork. RODEO RED The No. 1 seller in the winery’s lineup, this wine ($10.99) released its millionth bottle in 2019. It’s a Concord blend that is sweet and lush on the palate.

CRANBERRY WINTRY NIGHTS Fully sweet, this wine ($13.99) features cran berry and apple blended with spices. Warm it up and enjoy it on chilly nights. SANGRIA SUNSET Sweet and fresh, this varietal ($9.99) is a blend of Concord grapes, lemon, orange and passion fruit. Cloying and fruity, it goes per fectly with the early evening twilight. Find these Winery at Versailles wines at select Giant Eagle, Acme Fresh Market, Heinen’s and Discount Drug Mart locations.

Mike and Carol Williams founded their first winery in 1994 in Wilcox, Pennsylvania, and in 2002 they started the Winery at Versailles. What began as an interest in visiting various German wineries has grown into three wineries in two states pro ducing over 200,000 gallons of wine a year. The Winery at Versailles is in Versailles, Ohio, just north of Dayton. It uses grapes under vine from its own acreage and sources grapes from over a dozen local growers in the surrounding Darke County. The winery

[ Eric Van Sant is a sales manager at Heidelberg Distributing Co. ] Comments? Email them to Kelly Petryszyn [kpetryszyn@bakermediagroup.com]. .

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