Winery

Clark County Home Economists met at the Harkness Edwards winery, 5199 Combs Ferry Road, Tuesday, Sept. 13. The home economists were given a tour of the vineyard by owner Harkness Edwards and tasted the sweet grapes. Tuesday was first picking for the variety being pressed, and the host showed the modern equipment used for extracting the juice in the converted tobacco barn. The storage and fermentation processes, and the varieties of grapes suited to Clark County, were explained. The three types of wine ready for consumption and sale were Big Red, a sweet red, and Taste of Sun and Vat 32 viognier, both white wines.

The Board of Adjustments will not take up the case of the storage shed at Old Crow Inn Thursday. The Planning and Zoning attorney suggested that it be postponed because of a pending lawsuit about an alleged zoning violation that involves the winery on the property. According to P&Z, the attorney for the owners, Andre and Linda Brousseau, agreed.

Dear Editor: State Rep. Mike Harmon has been quoted in the Advocate as having "no opinion" regarding the sale of beer at a local winery. It's a puzzling position for him to take, and is worth our scrutiny. Harmon is in a difficult position. He's a non-drinker, a conservative Republican, among the gang of "moralists" who run so much of the country now and lend a new meaning to the term "bully pulpit. " As such, his supporters might expect him to weigh in against the creeping social decay beer sales is purported to cause.

Chateau du Vieux Corbeau, the winery at Old Crow Inn, may have to cap beer sales. Danville-Boyle County Planning and Zoning says that the winery is in a residential zone and therefore retail sales are not allowed. The owners, the Brousseaus, have a conditional use permit to sell items made on the premises, but nothing else, said P&Z Director Paula Bary. Linda Brousseau declined to comment Wednesday, but said that they have contacted an attorney and were advised not to talk about it. Bary said that the Brousseaus could either stop selling retail items, including beer and wine not made there, or they could apply for a zone change.

Dear Editor: In response to Mr. Garrison's letter from Tuesday, I agree with most of if. I believe the Danville Boyle County Planning and Zoning Commission does do things to hinder the businesses of this community. However, with regard to the Old Crow Inn, I doubt if you find many of the people lining up to purchase non-wine beverages live in the precinct in which it is located. When we were asked to vote on this issue three years ago, it had to do with selling products from the vineyard.

A legal battle is brewing between Chateau du Vieux Corbeau, the Old Crow Inn's winery, and the Danville-Boyle County Planning and Zoning Commission. P&Z says that Andre Brousseau, who owns the winery, farm and bed-and-breakfast at Old Crow Inn, is running a retail business in a residential zone. Brousseau says he is not selling anything that P&Z didn't give him permission to sell, including beer, seven years ago. The P&Z Commission has instructed its attorney to file a lawsuit against the Brousseaus, but the suit hadn't been filed as of Friday.

When the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control hears two Danville appeal cases - one for a farm winery and one for the convention center - it will tread on new territory. There are no other cases, to the knowledge of ABC attorney Steve Humphress, where a community with limited restaurant sales has had either a convention center with a liquor license or a farm winery with either a malt beverage or restaurant wine license. The hearings for Old Crow Inn winery and Danville Convention Center are set for Jan. 8 in Frankfort and are open to the public.

Harkness Edwards Vineyards and Winery of Clark County was selected as Grape Grower of the Year at the Kentucky Wine and Vine Festival in Nicholasville. Pictured are: Harkness and Cathy Edwards accepting their award on May 8. The nomination was made by Frank Hicks, Clark County Cooperative Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Dear Editor: The Advocate seems to have either missed or ignored one of the biggest stories with a very local interest, to be transpiring in the current session of the legislature. The story here is the attempt by Lawrenceburg's package retailers to amend the farm winery law to prohibit package beer sales. According to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board, only one farm winery in the entire commonwealth even holds such a license. That winery is Danville's own winery run owned by Andre and Linda Brousseau.

Two businesses will have their cases heard for liquor license applications by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control board Jan. 8 in Frankfort. The city refused to issue the licenses, saying it does not have the authority, to Old Crow Inn's winery and the Danville Convention Center. The newspaper submitted a list of questions to the ABC on Wednesday. There was no response, and phone calls were not returned by press time today. Andre Brousseau applied for a retail malt beverage and a restaurant wine license for his winery and bed and breakfast.

LOUISVILLE - Chateau de Vieux Corbeau of Boyle County is one of the 103 markets across the commonwealth recently accepted into the 2013 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Farm Market Program.  In joining the Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Farm Market Program, Chateau de Vieux Corbeau has committed to offering quality products and service to its customers. Its acceptance by Farm Bureau tells customers Chateau de Vieux Corbeau meets the highest standards of quality, freshness and marketing appeal.

Dowtown Winchester will host 10 Kentucky small farm wineries Thursday as part of the annual Wine About Winter event. Winchester First Director Tim Janes said it is the most wineries ever represented at Wine About Winter, now in its fourth year. “It's an opportunity to sample some Kentucky wine, and to enjoy beautiful, historic downtown Winchester on a winter evening,” Janes said. In addition to the wine samples, local businesses will offer special sales and merchandise.

Clark County Home Economists met at the Harkness Edwards winery, 5199 Combs Ferry Road, Tuesday, Sept. 13. The home economists were given a tour of the vineyard by owner Harkness Edwards and tasted the sweet grapes. Tuesday was first picking for the variety being pressed, and the host showed the modern equipment used for extracting the juice in the converted tobacco barn. The storage and fermentation processes, and the varieties of grapes suited to Clark County, were explained. The three types of wine ready for consumption and sale were Big Red, a sweet red, and Taste of Sun and Vat 32 viognier, both white wines.

“Flags and crosses stay,” she said. “Wires, cars, people and trash cans disappear, leaving only the amazing architecture. It amazes me that some of our small towns don't have stoplights, but have at least one fantastic structure. I try to catch the sky in a dramatic moment.” Brenda Salyers' streetscapes are collages of reality and imagination, photos and oils, downtown architecture a blend of centuries, towns of early Sunday morning after last night's winning game, theater sets moments before the play, the audience the viewer, waiting for a door to open, for life to spring out upon the stage.

Chateau de Vieux Corbeau of Boyle County is one of the 98 markets across the Commonwealth recently accepted into the 2011 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Farm Market Program. In joining the Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Farm Market Program, Chateau de Vieux Corbeau has committed to offering quality products and service to its customers. Its acceptance by Farm Bureau tells customers that Chateau de Vieux Corbeau meets the highest standards of quality, freshness and marketing appeal.

They had it right in the first place — local vineyards can already sell cheese with their wine. That’s what members of the Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission decided after nearly two hours of testimony and discussion about a proposed ordinance amendment Tuesday. The proposed amendment would have specifically legalized and regulated restaurants at wineries, but planners reached the conclusion that winery restaurants, though not named in the law, were already present and acceptable.

The 4BS Senior Adults Group from First Baptist Church, 32 E. Lexington Ave., boarded the church bus, Thursday, Oct. 7 and, driven by Don Henry, traveled to Stanton for lunch at Hood’s Pizza and More and for a fall foliage drive in the surrounding countryside. Stanton, the beginning point of the Red River Gorge Byway and county seat of Powell County, provides access to several hiking and biking trails and is near several arches and rock formations. Visitors can discover the natural wonders hidden inside the gorge such as more than 100 stone arches and waterfalls, as well as the historic Nada Tunnel.

Registered voters in the C102 - Little Hickman precinct voted by a count of 109-8 Tuesday to allow alcohol sales in the area at a winery, according to Jessamine County Clerk Eva McDaniel. Tom Beall, owner of First Vineyard Winery at 5800 Sugar Creek Pike, submitted a petition for the vote to the county clerk’s office. The vote will allow a small farm winery to sell wine on its site only, according to Kentucky Revised Statute 243.155. The facility can serve 6 ounces of alcoholic beverages per day to each patron who is of legal drinking age, according to the statute.

Danville winery Chateau de Vieux Corbeau is one of 10 Kentucky wineries that will be featured on KET. "Vintage Kentucky: The Vine to Wine Experience" has its first airing tonight. Winemaker Dominque Brousseau and her father, André, were interviewed for the show, says Dominique's mother, Linda Brousseau, who also works with the family-owned business. "They did an interview with her down in her cellar. I know the producer was quite ecstatic about the footage they got here. " The episode is described as "a look at the resurgence of wine-making industry in Kentucky.

NICHOLASVILLE - Celebrating its fifth year, the Kentucky Wine and Vine Fest will offer many opportunities for visitors to experience the state's growing grape and wine culture May 15 and 16. In 2005, the inaugural festival came on the heels of a grape revival in Kentucky, once known for its quality grape and wine production. Since then, the industry and the festival itself have grown by leaps and bounds. The Kentucky Tourism Council recently named the Kentucky Wine and Vine Fest in its Top 10 Spring Festivals.