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A spokeswoman for Silver Creek told this news outlet that plans call for making wines from wine grapes, strawberries and other fruits grown organically on the 73-acre farm. The farm is home to several horses, and it also grows a variety of produce and flowers in its fields and its greenhouse.
“It’s a very secluded spot,” the spokeswoman said. “It’s a great place to have a glass of wine and watch the horses and look at our beautiful flowers.”
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Plans are still in their early stages, but if all goes well, production could begin as early as 2018, the winery spokeswoman said.
Silver Creek Stables winery will be less than four miles from another Ohio winery, Caesar Creek Vineyards, which is located in New Jasper Twp. in eastern Greene County. Caesar Creek has planted extensive vineyards on its property and produces estate-grown wines. And the Silver Creek venture comes just two weeks after another farm in southern Champaign County applied for a similar winery license.
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The owner of Folck Family Farm just north of the Clark County line near Catawba said he intends to produce wine from his own fruits, including strawberries, blackberries and red raspberries, on North Urbana-Lisbon Road (Ohio 54), between Springfield and Mechanicsburg.
Several Ohio wineries produce fruit-based wines, in a variety of styles and sweetness levels, sometimes blending with grape-based wine, and sometimes producing wine solely from the juice of other fruits. A blackberry wine produced by Brandeberry Winery near Enon in southern Clark County captured first place in the 2017 Ohio Wine Competition for "Best Fruit Wine."
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