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Eminent domain From grape to wine to bottle
for right-of-way Continued from page 1

The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors at service to add to their
their regular meeting on November 15, business.”
6:00 p.m. in the County Public Meeting East Coast Bottling
room at the Chesterfield Administration is under the umbrella of
Building, Route 10 and Lori Road, Wine and Beer Supply,
Chesterfield, At the meeting persons
affected may appear and present their which is located in
views to consider: Ashland. Robertson
bought the mobile wine
The exercise of eminent domain for bottling business from
the acquisition of fee simple interest Landwirt Bottling, based in
for right-of-way and easements for the Harrisonburg
Route 10 (Route 1 to I-95) Widening “The availability
Project The following properties will be of a mobile bottling
affected by the widening: service should be a major
consideration in winery
12700 Jefferson Davis Highway, GPIN
798653049500000; Breckenridge planning. Too often,
Shopping Center. great emphasis is placed
on producing wine with
12500 Jefferson Davis Highway, GPIN little thought given to its
798654703900000; On the southwest preservation. Historically,
corner of Rt 10 and Rt. 1 is better bottling techniques for the
known as Shell. smaller winery have been
rudimentary, yet today’s
12431 Jefferson Davis Highway, GPIN
798654897000000; Vacant northeast highly competitive market
corner at intersection. (Enterprize necessitates quality bottling
Rental Car) capability at all levels
of production. For many ASHTON CREEK VINEYARDS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. FROM LEFT: ALAN, LORI, RACHEL, AND KIRK THIBAULT,
2530 W. Hundred Road, GPIN wineries, a mobile bottling WITH THEIR TWO PUPS, BAILEY AND WILLIE NELSON.
798654967600000; Enterprize Rental service has been the
Car answer to this dilemma for numerous said Simmers. “We bottle every day that overall, the state did really well
reasons,” said Robertson. “Mobile except September and October, when with its grapes this season. Ashton
2420 W. Hundred Road, GPIN wine bottling is a cost-effective, the wineries are harvesting. We overhaul Creek Vineyards and Event Center
799654517700000; Friendly’s
streamlined solution to an issue so our machinery during those two months. is located about three miles south of
If further information is desired, please many wineries face: how do we bottle This is our second day bottling since West Hundred Road at 14501 Jefferson
contact Stan Newcomb, Principal all this wine? We are able to bottle the overhaul, and we will run through Davis Highway. The event facility,
Engineer, at 748-1037, between the 3,200 bottles per hour, 54 bottles per August next year.” Simmers was on hand called the Barn, is a 5,000 square foot
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday minute.” at Ashton Creek to train the new owner post-and-beam construction with an
through Friday. Gary Simmers, owner of and his staff. occupancy of 280. The tasting room
Landwirt Bottling, designed the “We have the quantity now,” said has two floors, each with a capacity of
mobile wine bottling truck 20 years Alan Thibault. “We have 500 cases ready a 120 and the second floor is used for
We’re cleaning up ago to offer flexibility in meeting with everything in-house. It should last smaller parties. The winery is in the
our website. come see the bottling challenges of various us a full year until next harvest.” lower level of the entire center, and
wineries not only in Virginia but u[
its area is 8,000 square feet. Hours of
The winery has already booked 58
how we are caught up and down the East Coast. “The mobile weddings this year. Plans are to add the tasting room are noon to 8 p.m.
with all of our recent wine bottling put into a truck saves six more stainless steel tanks. “Our Wednesdays through Fridays and 11
print and a magazine the winery a three, four, five hundred grapes are still young,” said Kurt. a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
version, too thousand dollar investment, plus “But we are still growing. The cold For more information, visit www.
www.villagenewonline.com space in the winery and maintaining injuries the grapes received this year ashtoncreekvineyard.com or call (804)
or Village News Chester on Facebook it and the need to update technology,” will take two years to recover.” He said 896-1586.

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