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Little League Reunion of 1955 Walton  team September 3rd at Roane Vineyards.

Anna-Neale with new grandson Charlie Gerencir.

Tasting at Tamarack

Paul and Granddaughter Clair on tractor

Paul and Anna-Neale with family from Pittsburg

Paul and Anna-Neale traveling this summer

ROANE VINEYARDS WINS WINE AWARD

Roane Vineyards 2007 “Blue Goose”, a semi-sweet white wine, has been awarded a silver medal in the International Eastern Wine Competition. 

Now in its 33rd year, the IEWC is one of the oldest and largest competitions in the United States, held each may at Watkins Glen in the Finger Lakes region of New York. 

This year there were nearly 1800 entries from the US, Canada, and other foreign countries. 

“We have won several awards with our “Blue Goose” wine over the years including the gold medal for semi-sweet white wine in West Virginia in 2005,  gold medal at the Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem , North Carolina in 2006”, said  winery owner, Paul Taylor.  “However, the IEWC is the largest and toughest competition we have ever entered”, he said. 

Total production of the 2007 “Blue Goose” was 103 cases most of which has been distributed to retail outlets through out West Virginia. 

Results of the competition may be viewed on line at:  www.vwm-online.com.

SECOND GRANDCHILD JOINS FAMILY
Claire June Gerencir was born June 19th to proud parents Nathan and Lauren Gerencir of Pittsburgh, PA Their first child.
SUMMER TOUR
Summer of 2007, Paul & his daughter toured the towns and wineries featured in the movie Sideways and had a great time!
THE TAYLOR FOURSOME (L-R) PAUL, STEVE, BUCK, AND FRED

The Taylor Foursome headed out to Hawaii for their summer tour in 2008.  The wives got to go along on this trip or it could have been the last for the fearsome foursome.  A great time was had by all.  A great escape from the  work in the vineyard.

NEW VENDORS

New vendors now selling Roane Vineyards are: Thaxtons Restaurant, and McCoy's Inn in Ripley , as well as Smoker Friendly in St. Albans.

SPECIALTY LABELS

We can use your logo to make a wine labels for your restaurant .  We can design a logo for you.  We also can do special event labels for your company, or for weddings etc.

RECIPES NEEDED

Try out wines with your favorite foods and then share them with others by filling out the form on our website.  We will sent a free bottle of Appalachian Zest Sauce to those people who submit the next five recipes.

WINE SHIPMENTS

We now ship wine to most states.  We have special shipping boxes for 1,2,3,4,6,and 12 bottles.  However, since the Supreme Court Ruling in the Granhulm v. Heald case, many states have been changing their shipping laws. West Virginia is one of those states. Please send us an email or call to find out if we can ship to your location. 304.927.3200.