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Notes From the
Vintner
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Welcome
to our column. We hope that you will return to
learn interesting notes on wine, and related
subjects. Wine is a great gift from God to be used
for the enjoyment of man. It is a food, and should
be treated as such. It is meant to lift up the body
and lighten the soul. 11/1/03
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I
would like
to tell you about a subject dear to my heart. As many
of you know I have a passion for wine history, this led to
the founding of the Arkansas Historic Wine Museum, here at
the winery. Arkansas has had 149 bonded wineries after
probation. However, at this time there are only five.
I spent several days last month traveling the state doing
research on some of them, and have gained some very good
information and items for the museum. This could not be done
if I had not had some leads to people and places. I
encourage you to send any information you may have on the
Arkansas wine industry to me.
We have added an official library to the museum, with ten
feet of book shelves - six foot high, made from lumber from
the property. Two different people have given us large
selections of books.
The Board of Trustees has been increased to nineteen people
from across the state. We have people from Northwest
Arkansas to the Little Rock Area. This gives the board a
greater depth.
The museum has loaned the Old State House Museum in Little
Rock some of our artifacts for an exhibit. Also early
pictures of the Cowie winery are on display.
Being one of the smallest museums, we are run on a
shoestring. There are no paid employees, and all work is
donated. If you would like to send a donation or come by and
donate some time, we would be grateful. We are a non-profit
501 (3) C tax exempt corporation. This year the museum was
runner up - Museum of the Year by the Arkansas Museum
Association.
One other
note…We
won three gold medals at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma
City. We also won one Best In Show, three gold, eight
silver, and two bronze medals at the Arkansas State Fair in
Little Rock. Not to bad for this year.
So let's go sample some
of the winners…shall we??? And I will tell you some
history about Arkansas
wineries.
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