Owl Creek News releases

Shawnee Hills gets AVA nod
   November 29, 2006

Southern Illinois' wine industry is coming of age with the approval of the Shawnee Hills American Viticultural Area by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Trade Bureau. The AVA designation – like Napa Valley or Sonoma - is a marketing tool that allows consumers to know where wine grapes are produced. [Read more . . .]

Owl Creek's Bald Knob wine takes best of show for Illinois
   July 7, 2006

Bald Knob, Owl Creek Vineyard's latest award-winning wine took “Best of Show” in the 2006 Illinois Wine Competition held in Springfield last week. The competition judges Illinois' wine offerings to determine the top quality wines across the state in over a dozen categories. Illinois wineries submitted 256 entries in the three-day judging sponsored by the Illinois Grape Growers & Vintner's Association and the Illinois Department of Agriculture. [Read more . . .]