Hello, Friends!

July 2008 marked the end of the first full year in business with Valerie and I as owners of Wyandotte Winery.  It has been a good year.  We continue to meet more and more wonderful people, and they seem really be enjoying the wine we are making.  We are meeting our goal of making a variety of wine styles that allow everyone to enjoy something, and we exceeded our goals for production and sales thanks to all of you.

When we purchased the winery Valerie and I both felt very strongly about being able to share any success we had with other people.  We wanted to share our blessings with our community.  Really that feeling is just an extension of our everyday lives.  Valerie has a great gift of faith and uses that and her degree in theology to help other people in their faith journey.  I am lucky enough to have a little skill in music, and there is nothing I like better than to use the joy I get from my music to bring a little joy into other’s lives.

One of our greatest accomplishments this first year is being able to make a donation to cancer research.  Some of you may have seen the report on NBC channel 4 last week featuring Valerie talking about our recent donation to the Jim Tressel fund for cancer research.  I think this has been the most satisfying event in our first year, and has helped make our sharing goal a reality.  We were proud to be able to present the Tressel fund with $1500 from our sales of our first vintage of Hope pomegranate wine.  The new vintage is on the shelf, and we plan on continuing to make this a fundraiser, and to be able to continue to help out wherever we can.  If you would like to learn more about the Tressel fund check out their webpage at http://www.jamesline.com/waystogive/funds/tressel/

So, thank you all for your support, wish us a happy first anniversary, and come in and see us at the winery soon!

Robin Coolidge

Winemaker