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2005 Christmas Wine > SOLD OUT
	The release of this year's Christmas Wine is significant for all of us at Smoky Hill Vineyards. It marks the first new wine release since the death of our founder and winemaker, Steve Jennings. It is significant because just as December marks the end of a calendar year, the beginning of the Christmas season marks the beginning of the church year. The close of the 2005 calendar year marks the cessation of vintages created hands-on by our founder, but dawns the transition for his wines to be carried on by the team standing firmly in place to carry on his dream: to produce the finest wine in Kansas.

Steve's son, Norm, assisted by Director of Cellar Operations, Brett Sula, crafted this year's Christmas wine following the path that Steve laid. In late October and early November, key members of the Smoky Hill staff and family representing over 40 years of Winery experience, gathered to "team taste" samples of Christmas wine prepared by Norm and Brett. Comparing blends to last year's vintage in a blind tasting, the selection was unanimous.

Slightly sweeter than last year's vintage, due to part to the intense heat the vineyard flourished in this past summer, the entire staff is confidant of the legacy the 2005 Vintage Christmas Wine affirms. A careful blend of vidal, ventura, vignoles and chardonnay grapes have resulted in a light bodied wine, reminiscent of green apple, apricot and nutmeg with a semi-sweet finish. A select group of spices, which have been placed in a mesh bag, is suspended in the wine for just the right length of time to pick up the flavors from the spices. The spices are quite prominent during the holiday season, then mellow out over the next several months to produce a lightly spiced, semi-sweet table wine appropriate for many special occasions. This wine is delicious chilled, and just as good mulled.

The bottle is also of special significance this year. The third in a series, an etched silhouette bottle features a country church, its steeple reaching for the brilliance of a bright star, the snow covered field blanketing the dormant ground of a cold, Christmas night. This year's Christmas wine celebrates the legacy of our winemaker, and is dedicated to honor his life.

Christmas Wine is available at all Smoky Hill Winery locations, and select wine retailers in Kansas. If Smoky Hill Wines are not available through your favorite Kansas wine retailer, ask for it!

We hope that the same spirit that embodied our winemaker will be with you and loved ones during the Christmas Season and always.

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