Door Peninsula Winery Wins 2 More Medals!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  April 10th, 2017 Contact Beth Levendusky blevendusky@dcwine.com    920-743-7431 Door Peninsula Winery wins 2 new medals;  Double Gold for Cranberry Wine and Gold for Blackberry wine Carlsville, WI - Door Peninsula Winery has won two new medals for their award-winning wines, including a Double Gold Medal for their Cranberry.  The inaugural Great American International Wine Competition awarded Door Peninsula Winery's Cranberry wine with a Double Gold medal and Blackberry wine with a Gold Medal.   The 1st annual Great American International Wine Competition was held in late March with judging completed on March 20th. The competition included 25 judges from 9 countries in various wine backgrounds including Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, sommeliers, educators, enologists, winemakers, retailers, importers and wine industry writers and consultants. All proceeds from the Great American International Wine Competition went to the Raise a Glass Foundation which supports worthy charities focused on adults and children throughout the world. Submissions this year directly supported InterVol, a humanitarian group that recovers unused medical supplies and hospital equipment and ships them to countries in urgent need of assistance. Over 1,000 wines were entered from over 100 wineries, 12 countries, and 26 United States. The full results can be viewed at http://wine.raiseaglassfoundation.com/results/2017. Door Peninsula winery has been a consistent winner of medals through the years including at the Finger Lakes Competition, San Francisco International Wine Competition, The East Meets West Wine Challenge and the Amenti del Vino International Competition.  Door Peninsula Winery, established in 1974, is located on highway 42 in Carlsville. Tastings of their full line of award-winning wines are held daily, year round. More information about wines and hours of operation can be found on DPW's website: http://www.DCWine.com. ***  -30-  ***
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Ted Pollman Scholarship Awarded to Three Area Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  October 23th, 2015 Contact Beth Levendusky blevendusky@dcwine.com    920-743-7431 Ted Pollman Scholarship Awarded to Three Area Students Carlsville, WI - Recipients of the 2015 Ted Pollman Scholarship were announced this week. Casey Rosenthal who attends Bellin College, Mathew VanBramer who attends UW Madison, and Ethan Ray who attends UW Parkside were chosen out of many deserving candidates. All three will received $1500 towards schooling and are current employees of Pollman family businesses. The Ted Pollman Scholarship was created by the Pollman family, owners of Door Peninsula Winery and other Door County businesses, to honor the memory of their youngest son who was tragically killed in a car accident in 2000. Despite being diagnosed with severe learning disabilities at the age of five, Ted exceeded through hard work and persistence. The intent of the scholarship is to award graduating seniors or those currently pursuing higher education who have overcome financial, scholastic and/or physical challenges in their life. The scholarship is in its fourteenth year, beginning in Biloxi, Mississippi at Ted's alma mater, St. John's High School. During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the high school was destroyed and the decision was made to move the scholarship to Door County due to Door Peninsula Winery's location.    Applicants are asked about their educational aspirations, community involvement, extracurricular involvement, and the challenges they have faced and overcome. Each application is read by the Pollman family and deserving students are chosen based on their answers. "It was difficult for us to make a decision," said Bob Pollman. "We received so many deserving applications this year that we couldn't decide on just one. We are pleased we are able to help these young people and keep the memory of our son going." There are 3 additional Ted Pollman Scholarships awarded each year to area graduating high school seniors going on to higher education. The Pollman family has owned Door Peninsula Winery since 1984 and also owns Door County Distillery and Bistro 42, attached to the winery; Juniper's Gin Joint, The Barrel Room and The Cherry Hut in Fish Creek; and Shipwrecked Brew Pub and Fat Louie's Olive Oil Company in Egg Harbor.

A Murder Mystery Dinner - "Death by Wine"

Great fun event at one of our favorite places!  A murder mystery dinner!

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Experience a truly entertaining night filled with MYSTERY, SUSPENSE, & MURDER. Play detective to solve a murder case where everyone is a suspect, even you.  Enjoy a 4-course gourmet dinner during a live and interactive theater performance. What: Death By Wine, a Murder Mystery Dinner When: August 1st, Cocktails at 6pm, Dinner at 7pm Where: Bistro 42 (Inside the Winery) Cost: $65/person, includes tax and gratuity To make sure you are seated on time, please arrive by 6:40 at the latest! Mystery solved around 10:00pm Tickets are only $65.00, but space is limited. Reserve your spot now before you miss out on all the sleuthing fun! Ticket price includes 4 course dinner, non-alcoholic beverages, and show. Any alcoholic beverages are extra. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Physical tickets will not be sent, please check in with your name and confirmation at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets please  call 1-800-551-5049 or click here

Exhibit of Local Artist at the Gallery at Door Peninsula Winery!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  April 10, 2013  Contact Beth Levendusky blevendusky@dcwine.com    920-743-7431    Exhibit of local artist, Lynn Gilchrist, to open Saturday at the Gallery at Door Peninsula Winery. Carlsville, WI - The Gallery at Door Peninsula Winery is pleased to present the work of Lynn Gilchrist in a solo exhibit on the two floors of its central rotunda from Friday April 24- August 14.  The Opening Reception will be Sunday, April 26, 4:30- 7:00 with Door Peninsula Wines and Bistro 42 appetizers featured. Lynn Gilchrist's work is represented by Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor which has coordinated this exhibit for the Gallery at Door Peninsula Winery.  The exhibit is open 9am-5pm daily in April and 9am-9pm throughout the summer.  The Winery is located in Carlsville, between Sturgeon Bay and Egg Harbor on Highway 42. Gilchrist lives and works in Sturgeon Bay.  She received her BA in Studio Art/ Art History from Oberlin College in Ohio with study at Temple University in Rome and at California Institute of the Arts.  She has won numerous awards, including Best of Show and Purchase Awards at shows in Sacramento, CA, Lake Forest, IL, and Appleton, Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, Sheboygan and Sturgeon Bay, WI. Her solo and invitational shows include: Neville Public Museum, Wisconsin Arts Gallery, Miller Art Museum and West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts (all WI), Lee Hall Gallery/N.M.U. (MI), and Deer Path Art Gallery (IL). Lynn Gilchrist is in love with Door County- its beauty, its people, its hidden wonders, its essence.... and it shows, in some way, in almost every painting she does . "I go to nature for contemplation, recreation, enrichment, and wonder. Being able to run outdoors and to paint outdoors in Door County is a great joy, with Lake Michigan, the fields and woods all around. The pursuits intertwine: running can open one's eyes and be a form of meditation and doing art can feel like a physical race in itself. While plain air painting the artist may be staring but is no longer day-dreaming. One needs to paint fast and in the process makes quick choices that are usually more true to one's soul." The exhibit features work from every decade of Gilchrist's expansive career and interests which means that in the midst of landscapes and nature studies, you'll find dogs watching tv, various self-portraits, girl-friends and just bright, whimsical paintings (including pastels) meant to be fun and engaging.  She quotes Henry Miller's vow to himself to do her work "calmly, joyously, and recklessly." For more information please contact Door Peninsula Winery at 1-800-551-5049 or email blevendusky@dcwine.com.  ***  --  ***
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Door Peninsula Winery Makes Sizable Donation to Door CANcer

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DOOR PENINSULA WINERY MAKES SIZABLE DONATION TO DOOR CANcer

STURGEON BAY – Door Peninsula Winery continued its commitment to philanthropy by making a donation of $2,186 to DOOR CANcer earlier this month at the annual Spring Fling event.

This year’s Miss Door County’s Outstanding Teen Sophia Pollman, whose father and grandparents own Door Peninsula Winery, presented the check at the event to DOOR CANcer’s vice president Barb Herdina before a capacity crowd at Stone Harbor Resort and Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay.

The money was raised as a result from the sales of the winery’s Sweet Survivor wine – a special bottling of their flagship Sweet Cherry wine. With every purchase, the winery sets aside $1 towards DOOR CANcer, in their aim to help families who are struggling to cope with a relative battling cancer.

Since the Sweet Survivor campaign was launched, the winery has donated over $6,000 over the last four years, continuing the tradition of Door Peninsula Winery giving back to organizations up and down the peninsula.

To see the check presentation, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/DoorPeninsulaWinery/posts/10152379742977013

ABOUT DOOR CANcer:

DOOR CANcer, Inc. is a community-based voluntary organization dedicated to help serve Door County families with cancer in times of need. DOOR CANcer, Inc. strives to make life a little easier for those families affected by CANcer. We hope to alleviate some of the suffering through a financial aid program that is aimed to help those families who are finding it a serious drain, not only in the areas of medical care but in other areas of their lives.

ABOUT DOOR PENINSULA WINERY:

For 40 years, Door Peninsula Winery (DPW) has been a mainstay in Door County, producing the finest and largest selection of wines in all of Wisconsin. Established in a former 19^th century two-room schoolhouse, DPW has utilized a wide variety of fruits into its line of dry and sweet wines. Through it all, a winning tradition exists within the wines. In 2013, Door Peninsula Winery was awarded seven bronze, six silver, four gold and three double gold medals.

Door Peninsula Winery Wins Awards in Florida!

We just received this press release from one of our favorite places - Door Peninsula Winery - and they have won more awards!  Very cool!

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Door Peninsula Winery wins 3 medals at Fla. competition

Three of our wines recently received awards at the 26th Annual Florida State Fair International Wine Competition, sponsored by the Florida Grape Growers Association.

Taking a gold medal at this global event was Blackberry Merlot – one of the 733 total entries to receive this high distinction. This semi-sweet blend has been one of the more-popular wines from Door Peninsula Winery. This wine brings a full, dark fruit flavor with a merlot-style mid-palate.

Two other blended wines – Lighthouse White and Sunset Splash – were awarded bronze medals. Lighthouse White uses Catawba grapes. This aromatic wine is packed with melon, green apple, and orange notes. This sweet white has a pleasing back palate with acidity that allows it to pair well with most foods.

Sunset Splash is made in the style of a white Sangria. It’s a sweet and tropical white wine which is packed with pineapple, mango, and citrus tones – consistently a favorite wine of the customers.

Now in its 40^th year of operation, Door Peninsula Winery has continued to be one of the leading wineries in the Midwest, producing over 45 different kinds of wine, from dry to sweet. Located on Highway 42 in Carlsville north of Sturgeon Bay, the winery is open each day at 9 a.m.

For more information on the winery, visit our website at www.DCWine.com, our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DoorPeninsulaWinery or on Twitter by following @DoorPenWinery.

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New Art Work at the Gallery at Door Peninsula Winery!

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Rolf Olson exhibition to get “Up Close and Personal”

The newest exhibition to come to The Gallery at Door Peninsula Winery will feature the works of award-winning poet and photographer Rolf Olson. The new show will be titled “Door County: Up Close and Personal”.

 

Olson has been a craftsman in wood and metal for 25 years working in Door County as a boat builder and joiner, designing and building doors, cabinets, furniture and functional objects. Olson said he has always “enjoyed clean, simple and elegant design” and his photographs “reflect that aesthetic.”

“I am drawn to the resonant factor of a landscape, (which) elicits a question or an emotional response from

the viewer,” Olson said. “Hopefully there will be more content than just the object itself.”

Olson’s exhibition will feature selected photographs composed and framed without digital manipulation and minimal cropping. Most of the images are captured with an older Canon Powershot S3 IS and featured in the exhibit will be photographs of Door County “up close” and truly “personal”.

 

The work from the Egg Harbor resident has been featured in the Peninsula Pulse, the UU Gallery in Ephraim and Glas in Sturgeon Bay. Next spring, a show of his photographs and poetry corresponding with paintings of Margaret Lockwood will be featured at Woodwalk Gallery.

The exhibition opened on Nov. 1 and will be on display during the entire off-season.

The Gallery at Door Peninsula Winery is part of the complex within Door Peninsula Winery in Carlsville, which includes Door County Distillery and Bistro 42. Our seasonal shows ensures each visit will be unique offering works from local Door County artist, primarily working with two-dimensional pieces.

The Gallery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended evening hours when the Bistro 42 is serving dinner.

Ted Pollman Scholarship Awarded to Three Area Students

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Ted Pollman Scholarship Awarded to Three Area Students

Three students with strong ties to Door County - Spencer Gustafson, Barbara Haverli and Margaret Giblin - have been named the latest recipients of the Ted Pollman Scholarship, it was announced this week.

Now in its 13^th year, the Ted Pollman Scholarship was created by the Pollman family, owners of Door Peninsula Winery and other Door County businesses, to honor the memory of their youngest son who was tragically killed in a car accident in 2000. For Gustafson, in his first year as a student at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay, the honor of winning a Pollman scholarship is great.

“I know the history behind Ted and how important his name is,” Gustafson said. “I’ve been around the winery family for about 6 years and have grown real close to the Pollman family. So, it’s an honor to receive this.”

The intent of the scholarship is to award a graduating or recently-graduated senior who has overcome financial, scholastic and/or physical challenges in their life and has ambitions of furthering their education. This is true for Gustafson as he furthers his studies in criminal justice and law enforcement.

“I was wondering about how to pay for all of my books,” he said. “Now, I can use this to help with those costs.”

Haverli, currently a senior at Southern Door High School in Brussels, was surprised to win a Pollman Scholarship.

“In the beginning, I wasn’t planning on applying for any scholarships,” she said. “Now that I have been given a scholarship, I’m motivated to start applying for more of them.”

Haverli has spent her summers working at Shipwrecked Restaurant in Egg Harbor and is planning on enrolling in the accredited Ultrasound Technician Program at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay.

Giblin has begun her studies at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, majoring in athletic training. She has spent previous summers working at Cooper’s Corner in Fish Creek as a hostess and waitress.

“I wasn’t really expecting it,” Giblin said. “This is a really nice honor and just working so much at Cooper’s, it’s nice to actually be appreciated in such a way.”

Giblin, a recent Sevastopol High School graduate who will still be working at Cooper’s during her academic breaks, hopes to return to Door County after college to work as a trainer at one of the area high schools.

The intent of the Pollman Scholarship is to award a graduating senior who has overcome financial, scholastic and/or physical challenges in their life and has ambitions of furthering their education

Applicants are asked about their educational aspirations, community involvement, extracurricular involvement, and the challenges they have faced and overcome. Each application is read by the Pollman family and a deserving student is chosen based on their answers.

The Pollman family has owned Door Peninsula Winery since 1984 and also owns Door County Distillery and Bistro 42, attached to the winery; Cooper’s Corner, The Barrel Room and The Cherry Hut in Fish Creek; and Shipwrecked Brew Pub and Fat Louie’s Olive Oil in Egg Harbor.

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Door Peninsula Winery and Door County Distillery Win International Awards!

 

 

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April 26, 2013

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Door Peninsula Winery & Door County Distillery Win International Awards

Carlsville, WI - Door Peninsula Winery (DPW) & Door County Distillery (DCD) announced receiving national and international recognition for their wines and spirits last Friday.

DPW won Double Gold medals for their Mango & blended Chaos Red wines and Best of Class for Mango. from the Jerry D. Mead New World International Wine Competition. The competition is held in Southern California that is open to wines produced anywhere in the "New World", including all of North America, Central America, and South America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. And is consistently billed as the only competition in America, and perhaps the world, to pit the best wines against each other to determine an overall best of variety or type.

"Winning Double Gold for any of our wines is a significant award," said Rob Pollman, Chief Operations Officer at DPW. "To have won Double Gold for two of our wines, plus a Best of Class, among such competition is a huge accomplishment and honor."

Double Gold is an award given to the top 3% of all wines entered in a competition and Best of Class is reserved for the best wine of a competition for its category.

"These awards speak to how we truly capture the fruit flavors in these wines," said Paul Santoriello, Winemaker at DPW. "This is the first time either has won Double Gold. I think it's the start of something big. They are nice awards and it's nice to be recognized."

DCD also entered a product into the same competition: Apple Brandy, which took a silver medal. Spirits competitions are few, but wine competitions typically have a spirits category for products derived from wine, primarily brandy, because of the growing number of micro-distilleries in the U.S.

DCD also took silver, for its Gin, and bronze, for its Luminous Vodka, from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. This competition is regarded as the most respected spirits competition in the world by the spirits industry.

"These awards are extremely prestigious medals to receive," said Kyle Thomas, Head Distiller at DCD. "Especially, when you consider they were compared to well-known, high-end, national vodkas, gins and brandies. It's great that, as a micro-distillery, we can create ultra-premium products and now be world-recognized for them."

Apple Brandy and Luminous Vodka were both released last fall. Gin has won several awards since its release in late 2011, including multiple Gold medals. All DPW & DCD products are made locally and are specialty products of Door County. DCD's Apple Brandy is made from DPW's Apple wine.

 

DPW & DCD are located on Highway 42 in Carlsville and these award-winning products can be sampled daily from 9am to 5pm.

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