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<description>Woody Hayes might just be rolling in his grave. Even though it&amp;#8217;s been a glorious 2,176-plus days since the University of Michigan Wolverines beat the Ohio State Buckeyes on the football field, it&amp;#8217;s a whole &amp;#8216;nother story in the vineyards....</description>
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Woody Hayes might just be rolling in his grave.

Even though it&amp;#8217;s been a glorious 2,176-plus days since the University of Michigan Wolverines beat the Ohio State Buckeyes on the football field, it&amp;#8217;s a whole &amp;#8216;nother story in the vineyards. 

Michigan handily defeated Ohio in the 2009 Ohio vs. Michigan Wine Clash held last month in Columbus and Ann Arbor. 

Eleven top wines were chosen from each state and judged in both Columbus and Ann Arbor by panels of wine lovers, writers and professionals. (I was one of the writers who served as a judge in Columbus.) Michigan reigned supreme by having the top-scoring wine of the 22  &amp;#8212; Longview Estate  Bottled &amp;#8220;Winter Ice&amp;#8221; 2007 &amp;#8212; and four of the top five  wines based on the aggregated judges&amp;#8217; scores. The wines were tasted &amp;#8220;blind&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212; judges didn&amp;#8217;t know the identities or the origins of the wines. 

Ohioans can take consolation in the fact that its top 5 finisher &amp;#8212; 2007 Kinkead Ridge Cabernet Franc from our friends Ron and Nancy down near Ripley &amp;#8212; was half the price (or less) of any of the four top Michigan wines. The third-ranked Kinkead Ridge costs $17.95, while the Michigan-produced cab franc that finished second, 2 Lads Reserve Cabernet Franc 2007, retails for $40, and the first-place ice wine costs $60 &amp;#8212; for a half bottle. 

So let&amp;#8217;s declare Ohio the winner on value. 

The Ohio-Michigan wine clash is organized by Andrew Hall, a Columbus-area wine enthusiast and member of the Columbus chapter of Slow Food Nation, an organization formed in response to the negative effects of fast food on people&amp;#8217;s lives. Slow Food Columbus is the primary sponsor of the &amp;#8220;wine clash&amp;#8221; as part of its Taste Education program and support of local agriculture and artisanal food industries, Hall said. 

Hall also wanted to bring some exposure to the excellent wines being produced from homegrown grapes in both states, and timed it not-so-coincidentally just before The Game between OSU and UM. This year&amp;#8217;s was the second clash (click here for 2008 results.) 

&amp;#8220;The take home message from this tasting is that both states produce quality wines which deserve a place on the table, especially if you are interested in local ingredients and foods,&amp;#8221; Hall said. &amp;#8220;There are dedicated winemakers in both states who have really raised the bar and shown what can be done, despite the challenges.

&amp;#8220;I think the results show that restaurants with a local focus should make an effort to offer local wines and consumers should give them an honest try.&amp;#8221;

Hall&amp;#8217;s right. The red wines, in particular, were a revelation to taste &amp;#8212; collectively the best red wines I&amp;#8217;ve ever sampled from Ohio and Michigan, thanks in part to a long, warm growing season in 2007 that allowed red grapes to ripen fully in the upper midwest. 

&amp;#8220;2007 was a remarkable vintage in both states,&amp;#8221; Hall said. &amp;#8220;When conditions are right, we can produce really great wines here. And from all I hear and taste from barrel samples, 2008 looks to quite strong as well.&amp;#8221;

Hall chose the &amp;#8220;starting team&amp;#8221; of 11 wines from each state after tasting extensively across Ohio and Michigan earlier this year. He also used other wine competitions such as the Ohio Quality Wine program, the Ohio Wine Competition and Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition to help nominate potential finalists. And he assembled tasting panels to help him narrow down the final lists of 11. Price was not a consideration. 

&amp;#8220;The selection process was very hard and rigorous this year with so many quality wines from both states,&amp;#8221; Hall said. &amp;#8220;Any of the entrants would be welcome on my table.&amp;#8221; 

My scorecard nearly mirrored the overall tasting panel&amp;#8217;s: I placed the Michigan ice wine first, although I had the Kinkead Ridge second in my rankings rather than third. (For a bit of the Michigan perspective, click here to read Ann Arbor Chronicle wine writer Joel Goldberg&amp;#8217;s column on the clash.)

Here are the results, in order of the full panels&amp;#8217; aggregate ranking, with number of first place votes in parentheses:


Longview Winter Ice 2007 (Dessert Wine) Leelanau Peninsula MI, $60   (4)
2 Lads Reserve Cabernet Franc  2007 (Dry Red) Old Mission Peninsula MI, $40 (2)
Kinkead Ridge Cabernet Franc  2007 (Dry Red) Ohio River Valley OH, $17.95 (2)
Gill&amp;#8217;s Pier Cabernet Franc-Merlot 2007 (Dry Red) Leelanau Peninsula MI 2007, $35  (1) 
Wyncroft Avonlea Pinot Noir 2007 (Dry Red) Lake Michigan Shore MI, $45 (1)


The Ohio-born-and-bred Raven&amp;#8217;s Glenn White October 2008, made in Ohio from Chardonel grapes, placed sixth, by the way, and also cost just under $18.

Before anyone goes out to Dayton-area wine retailers searching for the Michigan winners, be forewarned: you&amp;#8217;ll likely strike out. Hall said he doesn&amp;#8217;t believe any of the top-scoring Michigan wines are available at Ohio retail wine shops, and he took a few shots at the Ohio laws that he said are &amp;#8220;stacked against consumers&amp;#8221; because they create barriers for small wineries. 

&amp;#8220;The distributors in Ohio have shown little interest in carrying small-production, high-quality wines from the neighboring states,&amp;#8221; Hall said. &amp;#8220;Many of the wines sell out directly from the winery&amp;#8217;s cellar door as well, so the producers don&amp;#8217;t have an incentive to deal with the bureaucracy and mandated cut to the distributor that selling across state lines would involve.&amp;#8221;  



Andrew Hall pours brown-bagged samples at the Columbus-area judging for the 2009 Ohio vs. Michigan Wine Clash, held at the Twisted Vine wine shop in Grandview.

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<title>In every corner of southwest Ohio, wine tastings abound</title>

    

    


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If someone were to stack every bottle of wine offered at Dayton-area wine tastings over the last 30-plus years (and yes, Dayton WAS among the trailblazers in drop-in wine tastings) end-to-end, how far would the stack reach? Hundreds of miles? Thousands? Just wondering &amp;#8230;

Here&amp;#8217;s the finest and most comprehensive list of wine and beer tastings, dinners and other events to contemplate, and it comes to Uncorked via the heroic efforts of a Dayton-based listserv that compiles the irresistible information. Click on &amp;#8220;continue reading&amp;#8221; if the list doesn&amp;#8217;t appear immediately below, and enjoy!

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<title>Dayton: wine crossroads of America</title>

    

    


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Dayton was a wine crossroads of sorts last week, with two French winemakers whose wines are imported by Berkeley-based Kermit Lynch Wine Merchants &amp;#8212; Emmanuel Delaille of Domaine du Salvard and Serge Farigoule of Domaine le Sang de Cailloux &amp;#8212; visiting The Winds in Yellow Springs and Dorothy Lane Market&amp;#8217;s Springboro store, while Count Sebastiano Capponi  of Villa Calcinaia, a winery in the Chianti region of Tuscany, poured his family&amp;#8217;s impressive lineup of wines at DLM Oakwood. 

The fact that such high-profile European winemakers are making Dayton a stop on their marketing trips to the U.S. certainly says something positive about the Dayton wine market, don&amp;#8217;t you think? 

Highlights of the tastings includes the pleasantly tart and refreshing 2008 Domaine du Salvard Cheverny Blanc, $16.99; every 2007 Vacqueyras from Domaine le Sang de Cailloux, which range from $40 to $55; the delicious white Villa Calcinaia Comitale 2007, $16.99; and both the Count&amp;#8217;s Villa Calcinaia Chianti Classico 2005 ($21.99 ) and Villa Calcinaia Chianti Classico Riserva 2005 ($34.99). These are good days to be a wine lover in Dayton. Just sayin&amp;#8217;.

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<description>The fine folks at A Taste of Wine in Miamisburg asked its e-mail-list members whether they have raided their children&amp;#8217;s Halloween candy, and suggested the following candy-and-wine pairings: &amp;#8220;For Skittles, Candy Corn and Starbursts, try a sweet riesling. Peanut Butter...</description>
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The fine folks at A Taste of Wine in Miamisburg asked its e-mail-list members whether they have raided their children&amp;#8217;s Halloween candy, and suggested the following candy-and-wine pairings:

&amp;#8220;For Skittles, Candy Corn and Starbursts, try a sweet riesling. Peanut Butter Cups would pair well with cabernet sauvignon or red zinfandel. And Snickers would be delicious with a 10-year tawny port.&amp;#8221; 

So now you know.

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<dc:subject>Just for Fun</dc:subject>
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<description>The California National Organization for Women (NOW) and Bottlenotes have joined to launch the Feminist Wine Club, according to a NOW news release issued late Monday night, Nov. 2. &amp;#8220;All wines in the Feminist Wine Club have been carefully selected...</description>
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The California National Organization for Women (NOW) and Bottlenotes have joined to launch the Feminist Wine Club, according to a NOW news release issued late Monday night, Nov. 2. 

&amp;#8220;All wines in the Feminist Wine Club have been carefully selected by Bottlenotes to showcase some phenomenal wines made or imported by women, or produced at wineries owned by women,&amp;#8221; says the Feminist Wine Club web site. &amp;#8220;All proceeds from the Feminist Wine Club go to the California National Organization for Women.&amp;#8221;

NOW calls the wine club &amp;#8220;an easy, enjoyable, non-intimidating way for women to learn about wine, build community, and support women winemakers and causes as well.&amp;#8221;

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Here&amp;#8217;s a news release I received about Middletown-area Miami University alumni hosting a wine-tasting and auction event to support students scholarships:

   MIDDLETOWN, OH - A wine tasting party and silent auction will be held at the Miami University Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, sponsored by the Middletown Area Chapter of the Miami University Alumni Association.  The evening&amp;#8217;s proceeds will support scholarships for students beginning their education on the Middletown campus but may follow them to Oxford, Hamilton or the new VOA Learning Center.

   Five wines with accompanying hors d&amp;#8217;oeuvres from the Dorothy Lane Markets of Springboro and Dayton will be served.   Dorothy Lane&amp;#8217;s wine expert, Todd Templin, will provide tasters with information concerning each of the selected wines, including white, red and dessert wines.  

   More than twenty items will be offered in a silent auction, including an original watercolor painting of the Black (Pugh&amp;#8217;s Mill) Covered Bridge near Oxford by the late, renowned watercolorist Frank Martindell.  The painting was featured in Mr. Martindell&amp;#8217;s one-man show at the Middletown Art Center in 2007.  Other items range from massages and spa treatments to Miami and Reds sports memorabilia and sports gear.

   Reservations may be made by calling Joanne Harper at 513-529-1451 or by following an on-line link on www.miamialum.org.  The cost is $40.00 per person or $35.00 for members of the Miami University Alumni Association.  You do not have to be a graduate of Miami to attend.  Anyone wishing more information may contact Joanne Harper (harperjh@muohio.edu), Paula Cohen (513-423-4443) or Ellen Kukuk (513-423-1778).

   The Voice of America Learning Center is located at the corner of Cox Road and VOA Park Drive in West Chester.

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<title>Dayton&apos;s finest wine-and-beer tastings and events list, free for the perusing</title>

    

    


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Week in and week out, this list is simply breathtaking, and this week&amp;#8217;s is no exception. Our collective thanks to the Dayton-based wine listserv that compiles this collection of wine and beer tastings, dinners, fundraisers and other events, then graciously shares it with Uncorked. Yes, these events make for fine reading &amp;#8212; but even better attending. Check out the French winemakers pouring their wines at DLM Springboro tonight (Friday, 10-30), and the Italian winemaker pouring Saturday afternoon at DLM Oakwood (these people traveled halfway around the world just to pour for us!), or the upcoming beer dinner at Jay&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8212; something a bit out of the ordinary. 

But don&amp;#8217;t overlook the very different, special-themed tastings this weekend at Little Sonoma and Jungle Jim&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8212; unlike any I can ever recall seeing in the many years of these wine lists. Great ideas!

Click on &amp;#8220;continue reading&amp;#8221; if the list doesn&amp;#8217;t appear directly below &amp;#8230; Cheers!

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<dc:date>2009-10-30T06:47:02-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Got wine tastings? Check!</title>

    

    


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<description>Wine tastings, wine dinners, wine-themed fund-raising events, beer tastings, beer dinners &amp;#8212; we&amp;#8217;ve got &amp;#8216;em all, thanks to the Dayton-based wine listserv that compiles the following list and shares with Uncorked and its members. For that, we thank our lucky...</description>
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Wine tastings, wine dinners, wine-themed fund-raising events, beer tastings, beer dinners &amp;#8212; we&amp;#8217;ve got &amp;#8216;em all, thanks to the Dayton-based wine listserv that compiles  the  following list and shares with Uncorked and its members. For that, we thank our lucky stars. And for the tastings themselves, we thank our lucky stars a second time. 

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The &amp;#8220;Grapes &amp;#8212; a Wine Lounge&amp;#8221; 
that we told you about Thursday (and in this morning&amp;#8217;s Dayton Daily News Life section) has encountered a bit of a snag.

The lounge had opened inside the Centerville Pub at 68 West Franklin St., in a loft area that previously was used mostly for storage. But Centerville city officials apparently noted that the building&amp;#8217;s occupancy paperwork did not call for that portion of the building to be used to seat customers, so the wine lounge can&amp;#8217;t seat guests there until the occupancy paperwork issue is resolved, Grapes co-manager Gayle Burtt said this afternoon, Oct. 16.

In the meantime, however, the sports bar will set aside some tables and will still serve the wines and appetizers that are on the wine lounge&amp;#8217;s menu, and customers can peek into what will, hopefully soon, become the Grapes wine lounge, Burtt said. 

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<title>Dayton-area wine lovers get VIP treatment (again)</title>

    

    


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Good Golly Miss Molly. Are we not blessed?

Thanks to the Dayton-based wine listserv for compiling this amazing list and sharing with Uncorked &#8230; Enjoy!
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Fellow wine enthusiasts, I&amp;#8217;d say our little secret is out, isn&amp;#8217;t it? Because the explosion of wine bars is showing no signs of slowing down. On the contrary

Here&amp;#8217;s a brand new one to add to the story I wrote in last Sunday&amp;#8217;s DDN business section about the growing wine-bar trend: &amp;#8220;Grapes &amp;#8212; a Wine Lounge&amp;#8221; has opened INSIDE the Centerville Pub at 68 West Franklin St. 

Yes, a wine lounge inside a sports bar. 

&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s the best of both worlds &amp;#8212; a good marriage,&amp;#8221; said Gayle Burtt of Washington Twp., who manages the wine lounge with Mark Brown.

Burtt, who is the organizers of a Wine Lovers in Dayton group on MeetUp.com, has had her eye on an upstairs loft in the Centerville Pub for some time. 

&amp;#8220;It was a space that was unused, except for storage,&amp;#8221; Burtt said. &amp;#8220;I approached the pub&amp;#8217;s owners and essentially asked to sub-lease it.&amp;#8221;

Now, the pub&amp;#8217;s loft has been renovated, and Burtt says she believes the region&amp;#8217;s wine enthusiasts will embrace what she described as a &amp;#8220;wine lounge with a warm, cozy atmosphere, with comfortable leather chairs and love seats in a living room-type setting.&amp;#8221; And unlike several other Dayton-area wine bars, Grapes &amp;#8212; A Wine Lounge does not do double duty as a retail wine shop, she said. 

The new wine lounge offers weekly wine tastings on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. &amp;#8212; which also happens to be prime NFL football-watching time. Burtt has already spoken with couples who like the idea of going to the Centerville Pub together, but watching games from separate venues inside &amp;#8212; with some spouses settling in on the main floor, with its full bar, darts, video bowling and patio, and others seeking out the cozier wine lounge, where wine is the only alcohol served.

The Grapes wine lounge seats 25 to 30 people. It serves a variety of wines by the glass or bottle (the wine list is available on the Grapes &amp;#8212; a Wine Lounge web site, and it serves light food including cheese-and-meat plates, smoked salmon &amp;#8220;martinis,&amp;#8221; and tortilla pizzas. 

The wine lounge&amp;#8217;s hours are Wednesday and Thursday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday  and Saturday, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. It is closed Monday and Tuesday. For more information, call (937) 238-5706.

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<title>Jay&apos;s to host Italian wine luncheon</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON &amp;#8212; Jay&amp;#8217;s Restaurant, 225 E. Sixth St. in the Oregon Historic District, will host an Italian Wine Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. Guest chef for the dinner will be Mike Tenore. The menu includes Seared Scallops...</description>
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DAYTON &amp;#8212; Jay&amp;#8217;s Restaurant, 225 E. Sixth St. in the Oregon Historic District, will host an Italian Wine Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. Guest chef for the dinner will be Mike Tenore. The menu includes Seared Scallops with Spaghetti Squash, Cheese Ravioli with Marinara, Pesto-Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Wild Mushroom Risotto, and Deconstructed Lemon Cannoli. The cost is $65. For more information or to make reservations, call (937) 222-2892.

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<title>Grand opening set for Far Hills Avenue wine bar</title>

    

    


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<description>WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County &amp;#8212; Rumbleseat Wine, 5853 Far Hills Ave., will host a grand-opening celebration from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. (Click on this earlier Uncorked story for more on Rumbleseat). Puzzle of Light will perform...</description>
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WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County &amp;#8212; Rumbleseat Wine, 5853 Far Hills Ave., will host a grand-opening celebration from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. (Click on this earlier Uncorked story for more on Rumbleseat). Puzzle of Light will perform at the event. For more information, email Chris Holloway at chris@RumbleseatWine.com or call (937) 938-9801.

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<title>Fall in love with wine this weekend</title>

    

    


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<description>Somewhere on this list is a wine you could fall in love with. I mean, seriously in love with. Will it be the Muller-Thurgau at Bruning&amp;#8217;s? The Barolo at Jay&amp;#8217;s? The Pinot Noir at DLM Springboro? Mmmm. Romancing the wine....</description>
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Somewhere on this list is a wine you could fall in love with. 

I mean, seriously in love with. 

Will it be the Muller-Thurgau at Bruning&amp;#8217;s? The Barolo at Jay&amp;#8217;s? The Pinot Noir at DLM Springboro? 

Mmmm. Romancing the wine.

The following list of Dayton-area wine tastings and events comes to Uncorked via a hard-working Dayton-based wine listserv. 

And you gotta love that.

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<dc:date>2009-10-09T05:52:39-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Big changes on tap for Springboro wine bar</title>

    

    


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<description>SPRINGBORO &amp;#8212; Bella Vino, the wine and spirits bar at 495 N. Main St. (Ohio 741), has a new manager and new plans for the future. John C. Feltz, who previously managed the wine department at the Trader Joe&amp;#8217;s store...</description>
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SPRINGBORO &amp;#8212; Bella Vino, the wine and spirits bar at 495 N. Main St. (Ohio 741), has a new manager and new plans for the future.

John C. Feltz, who previously managed the wine department at the Trader Joe&amp;#8217;s store in Kettering, is now the &amp;#8220;location manager and wine enthusiast&amp;#8221; at Bella Vino, the wine bar&amp;#8217;s partners  announced in a news release. 

Former Bella Vino manager David Sauer, who had very much been the public face of Bella Vino, said his last night was Saturday,  Oct. 3. 

&amp;#8220;The partners wanted to go in a different direction, so I decided to move on,&amp;#8221; said Sauer, who now works for Heartland Payment Systems. &amp;#8220;I still have a small ownership in (Bella Vino), but no other involvement &amp;#8230; . I hope things move in the right direction.&amp;#8221;

Feltz, a Fairborn native and 1984 graduate of Carroll High School, holds both a bachelor&amp;#8217;s and master&amp;#8217;s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton. He spent part of his youth working in his family&amp;#8217;s vineyard in West Milton. Heritage Vineyard ceased production by the mid-1990s, in part because Ohio&amp;#8217;s cold winters wreaked havoc on its grapevines. 

Feltz was busy in the wine bar this week taking inventory and making plans for Bella Vino&amp;#8217;s future.

&amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re going to make this a destination for wine lovers&amp;#8221; in the region, Feltz said. 

Bella Vino will expand its tasting program so that there is a wine tasting every day at least for some part of the day, Feltz said. And he will look to expand the number of wine classes and special events.

Bella Vino is also taking steps to more fully utilize social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook to connect with the community and customers, Feltz said. &amp;#8220;This is going to be a 21st Century wine bar,&amp;#8221; he said.

The wine bar will offer a variety of hot and cold appetizers, Feltz said.

A news release also promises &amp;#8220;by-reservation tastings with truly special wines and in-depth presentations on winemaking, food pairing, and wine tasting,&amp;#8221; as well as new cocktails and spirits tastings. The wine bar has a full liquor license that allows it to serve spirits as well as wine.

Bella Vino is owned by Craig Coy, Kevyn Coy, Dave Girouard, Charles Walsh and Sauer. It opened as Mulligan&amp;#8217;s wine shop and was Grapes of Ruth wine bar from 2003 to 2007, when it was purchased by its current owners. 

For more information, call (937) 748-3807 or email bellavinomerchants@yahoo.com.

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