Opening Thursday?

Hold on, Winfield, we are trying to open the Winfield Windswept Winery LLC outlet tomorrow, September 11.
The State of Kansas says the permit is in place (on-line at least).
We had to turn folks away at the door yesterday, and we sincerely apologize to the folks who came to buy wine. Please bear with us, we want to open to serve you!

What could be more appropriate than sipping a bottle of Land Rush White after the "Land Rush" at the Walnut Valley festival?

The Historical Land Rush into Oklahoma for land is pictured on the bottles of Windswept Winery LLC's, Land Rush White wine. The "Land Rush" at the internationally acclaimed Walnut Valley Festival is named for the day when camping for the festival can begin. Stampede on down tomorrow afternoon and try some.

Outlet Opening Delayed

Our apologies to our customers! We are all dressed up and no where to go.

Seems the State of Kansas, by statute, is supposed to issue Winery licenses within 30 days....
That would have been Last Friday, September 5, so we thought an opening day of September 9 was safe enough.
We still don't have the permit, so please bear with us...

We are still hoping for maybe Thursday, Maybe Friday, Maybe Saturday....
We are working hard to get the doors open.
Thank you all for your support and understanding.

Picking Time!

Oh my favorite time of year...picking the grapes.

It is always a wonderful feeling to get the grapes harvested, crushed and in the tank! All the year's hard work, sitting in picking lugs ready to crush and make wine.
I will try, try, try to get pictures, seems like I am so busy I just forget every year!
We have two varieties picked; the Vignoles and the Cynthiana. A big thanks to: Annette and Bryan and our cast of pickers: Cassandra (the most pounds), Melissa (greatest hatred of nature), Grandma, Caye, David, Robert (greatest distance ever from Wichita), Brian, Misael, Rita, and Mark! Thank you all!

Outlet Work - Ready for the Winfield Walnut Valley Festival

Randy and I spent long hard days this weekend working on the Outlet building, and his masterpiece tasting bar. It is beautiful, darling, what wonderful work!
We still have lots to go, planning for an opening at the Winfield Music Crawl, September 9.
Why oh why did I take no pictures during the rehabilitation? Oh well, pictures of the renewal will be here soon.
Maybe I can grab a picture of the first customer through the door? Maybe it will be you?
We will be open every day from Sept 11-Sept 21 for the Bluegrass party, Walnut Valley Festival!

Out with the old....

And here is the picture of our soon-to-be Outlet building on Main Street in Winfield, Kansas. This picture was taken before we bought it, (it is the red building on the right side after a major storm Spring 2008).

It is nearly 100 years old, and has quite the 'history', but more on that later.
Looks pretty sad, eh?

;-(((

But don't fret: Just wait for the new picture! It already looks completely better. The outlet is starting to feel the love.
Hm, maybe I can get a picture of the 'middle' of the progress?

Grapes and Building Renovations

Our grapes are ripening away, and it appears that we will be harvesting some this weekend.
Woo HOO! After all year of watching them grow they are on soon to be on their way to tasting yummy!

After a lot of worrying and sweating the front of the Outlet building has been partially restored to it's original brick, YEAH! The brick will need some serious work to become as pretty as it can be, but getting the awful exterior off was a big job. A special thanks to the Winfield Main street association for the hard work and equipment.

The Secret is out

The bad news is: we are really bad at keeping secrets!
The good news is that the new Windswept Winery, LLC Outlet at 711 North Main in Winfield is nearly open. It is amazing what a little paint and elbow grease will do for a 100 year old building. Even a building "with a history", as the euphemism goes. (Come in, we will explain about the history.)
We are planning to open the doors Sept. 6, with a "Grand Opening" in October. New gift lines, a new wine release, and the same friendly faces!