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Wine meets fun on Walnut Street

Loren Shanle is living the dream. Sell the business, move to the sunny coast, start a winery…except, he hasn’t moved to the sunny coast. He’s still in Rochester, accepting all four seasons like the rest of us. But the other parts are true; he sold his business and started a winery in his former office. […]

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Land of Lincoln wineries

Danenberger Family Vineyards, located in rural New Berlin, harvested and crushed 32 tons of grapes last fall, their biggest year yet. When founder Susan Danenberger began making wine, it may have seemed unlikely that central Illinois would be the home of a winery that would draw guests from around the country. Now established as an […]

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