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Wayne’s Country Market is located at 2440 Lexington Avenue in Mansfield.
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According to co-owner and Master Brewer Duncan Macfarlane, the Jane Doe American Wheat beer at The Phoenix Brewing Company is made with pure raspberry puree.
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Wayne’s staff member Katie Radford displays Taken Wine Company’s red wine called “Taken.” A cabernet and merlot mix, “It’s a smooth red blend,” Radford described, “You get a little bit of the nice, dry bite from the cabernet sauvignon grapes, but it’s very, very smooth.”
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The Phoenix Brewing Company’s Master Brewer Duncan Macfarlane said their seasonal Jane Doe American Wheat beer is very similar to the regular John Doe except with pure raspberry puree added.
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Wayne’s has a WineStation, an automated temperature-controlled, wine dispensing and preservation system, that allows customers to sample wine before purchasing a bottle.
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Wayne’s Country Market has a variety of sweet and dry wines, including some higher-end wines. The store sells many Ohio wines and imported wines from places across the globe, such as Italy, South America, New Zealand and Africa.
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The Happy Grape Wine Bar & Bistro in Lexington is located at 300 E. Main St. There’s another location in Ashland at 47 E. Main St.
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The Happy Grape carries approximately 30 different wines at any given time.
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Some of Happy Grape’s white wines include Tora Bay’s sauvignon blanc from Martinborough, New Zealand, Biltmore Estate’s pinot grigio and New Age’s semi-sparkling blend of 90 percent torrontes and 10 percent sauvignon blanc from Mendoza, Argentina (from left to right).
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The Happy Grape sells Casali’s Rosa di Rosa, a red, sparkling Italian wine made with black Malvasia grapes.
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Winery 1285 is located at 1285 W. Hanley Road. The winery currently has 11 wines, plus sangrias, that were each made on-site.
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Norman’s Niche Wine Bar in Bucyrus has a wide variety of wines available, but owner Natalie Norman said the most popular wines have overwhelmingly been from Italy.
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Customers can enjoy the patio while visiting Winery 1285 at The Blueberry Patch.
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Owner Natalie Norman at Norman’s Niche said fruit-flavored drinks on both the wine and beer sides have been the most popular for the summer season.
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Owners Natalie and Jeff Norman at Norman’s Niche, located at 219 S Sandusky Avenue in Bucyrus.
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Winery 1285 offers a peach-basil frozen sangria and an apple cider wine that’s served in a cinnamon-sugar-rimmed glass (from left to right).
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Wishmaker House offers award-winning wines include “Starry Night,” moscato and rhubarb wines (from left to right).
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Wishmaker House currently produces 13 house wines, each of which were made from grapes grown in Ohio or New York.
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Wishmaker House is located at 116 Main St. in Bellville.
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Sweeter white wines at Cypress Cellar Winery are sold year-round, but owner Rick Taylor said these wines are most often sold during the summer months.
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A raspberry wheat beer called the Jane Doe and a German style wheat beer called the Adalinda Hefeweizen are two seasonal ales offered at The Phoenix Brewing Company.
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Owner Rick Taylor said sweeter wines are most popular in the summertime especially in Ohio and the Midwest, where people enjoy fruit in their wines.
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The summer wines offered at The Vault Wine Bar in Shelby are summery in both name and flavors, according to owner Cindy Lash.
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A New Age white wine blend is served over ice with a squeeze of lime for a refreshing summer drink at The Vault Wine Bar.
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Owner Cindy Lash said many customers at The Vault Wine Bar like to enjoy white wines on their outdoor patio during the summer.
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Two fruit-based wines, blueberry wine and peach wine, are the most popular summer wines at Cypress Cellars Winery in Mansfield.
Summer Wine Photo Tour
