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Wh was it that mentioned Presque Isle?

All,

I remember reading back in the posts about someone ordering everything from Presque Isle.

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If so, I was wondering if any of you have ever been to the winery or seen pictures of the place. I live only a few miles from there and I will be buying most if not all of my supplies, chemicals, etc. from them in the future, especially that I don't need to pay shipping.

The prices are great, and beat grape and granary where I have been buying before.

If anyone is interested, I can post a few pictures on the web and link to them from here. There is an amazing stream with mini waterfalls just outside, and I can show a pic of their bulk juice tanks too.

I am in no way affiliated with them, just passing on some info.

Greg

Reply to
Hoss
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That's the place. It's 45 minutes away from me. I took a little over 100 lbs of my white grapes there last year to be crushed, destemmed, and pressed. All that for $6. Pretty good deal. As far as being a winery that caters to on-site consumption, they are extremely small. I'd guess their main business is equipment and ingredients.

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Ken Anderson

Yes, I have been therre. It is about 4.5 days from me. I live in Houston, Texas. I was visiting the area and stopped in and picked up a few things. A very strange place. A huge inventory. You can get things from them that you cannot easily find anywhere else. But they have no showroom. Just a small room with a counter. You need to pick out what you want from their catilogue and give them a list then the fill it. I also visited Walkers Fruit Basket and got several juices for wine making. They would not be too far from you (at least not compared to me) and they have good product.

Ray

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Ray Calvert

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:08:54 GMT, "Ray Calvert" wrote: I thought it was you who talked about it. It is a weird place, I haven't been to many as I'm new to the hobby, but the showroom is small. I'd say tasting and cash register room is more like it. They must do one heckuva good internet business.

I'll have to look into Walker's Fruit Basket too, I think I've heard of it but can't remember from where...

Here are some pics if anyone is interested. A couple of shots of the stream outsider their place and one of the juice casks out back. I don't think the front one will come through, I tried to get it to work several times, but not much luck.

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Reply to
Hoss

One of the owners of Presque Isle wines, Laurie Boettcher, is from my part of the country. Consequently, her brother has opened up a store here in Fargo. I've never been to the original location, but Mike Jore has a real nice shop downtown here. They are very active in education and supplying home winemakers as well as new and established wineries. They are trying to reach west to supply the upper midwest wineries with equipment and supplies. I don't know what their PA store looks like, but I know the folks are knowledgable and very helpful. They also provide good products at good prices.

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Greg Cook

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