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Kentucky Wineries Dominate Wines of The South

Posted by Tyler Madison on October 31, 2014  /   Posted in News

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky wineries brought home top awards in the 13th annual Wines of The South competition Oct. 17-18 in Knoxville, Tenn. Wight-Meyer Winery of Shepherdsville won Best of White for its Diamond wine. Purple Toad Winery of Paducah won Best of Fruit for its Black Peach. Wight-Meyer’s Diamond also won concordance gold, and

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Baker-Bird Winery Named KY Winery of the Year at 2014 NY International Wine Competition

Posted by Tyler Madison on September 10, 2014  /   Posted in Uncategorized

This Year’s Wine Competition Once Again Sets Unparalleled Standards and Uncovers the World’s Best Wines May 18, 2014, New York, NY- In its fourth year, the New York International Wine Competition (NYIWC) welcomed close to 1000 submissions from the United States and over 30 countries from all over the world. The NYIWC is the only

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Purple Toad Winery wins exclusive “Fruit Wine of the Year” at the 2014 Indy International Wine Competition.

Posted by Tyler Madison on September 02, 2014  /   Posted in News

Purple Toad Winery of Paducah KY wins “Fruit Wine of the Year” with Lauren’s Blackberry at the Indy International Wine Competition. The Indy International Wine is one of the largest competitions in the US with over 2,200 commercial entries. This is the first time since 2006 a Kentucky winery has won one of the “Best

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Customer Thwarts Bank Robbery

Posted by Tyler Madison on August 18, 2014  /   Posted in News

By Melissa Blankenship, Henry County Local  August 13, 2014 — What started as a routine trip to the bank turned into an encounter Chuck Smith will not soon forget. In preparation for Saturday evening’s dinner concert event at Smith-Berry Winery, Smith stopped in at United Citizens Bank in New Castle to get change. He was at a

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