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The business will manufacture and bottle a variety of winezs at its facility at 321Pearl St. It also will operater a gourmet pizzeria and deli that will serves lunch and dinner seven days a River City Winery will employt aboutfive workers, most of whom will be familt members, Bryant said. She and Humphrey will manage day-to-day operations alongb with continuing theircurrent employment. Humphrey teached at Parkview Middle School in Jeffersonville and Bryangt is a nail techniciah at Together Again salon in New Bryant said the goal is to keep a tight rein on operations andexpanxd gradually.
“We want to make sure we’re on solifd ground and we grow steadily,” she “Too many places get too big too fast and they end up goinb outof business.” Although the wineryu is the owners’ first entrepreneuriao effort, the mother-daughter partners are no strangere to the wine-making process. Bryant said the art of wine makin was passed down from her Ed Lynch, to her Jim Lynch. She made her first batch of wine about sevehn years ago as a gift for her fatheer andwas “hooked.” She and Humphrey will oversere the wine-making process for River City Winery.
In the owners have hired wine makef DonaldAlan Hobbs, who has garnered several awards for his homemads wines. Plans call for River City Wineryy to import juice from orchardsin Indiana, New York and California. The companuy then will make a variety of swee wines with a fruit base as wellas semi-dry and dry Bottles of wine will range in price from $9 to $20. The goal is to get the wine operationn up and running first and then the Bryant said decisions concerning the menu and price have not been although tentative plans callfor sandwiches, soups and salads.
Rivet City Winery plans to hire studentsfrom ’s Nationa Center for Hospitality Studiews to help manage the food $750,000 spent on building, equipment Patrons will be able to watch the wines beingt made and bottled in the cellar of Rived City Winery’s facility. The business is located in the 11,000-square-fooy historic Baer Building, which was completely renovaterd to make way forthe (See related item at Gary Humphrey, Melissa Humphrey’s and Allen Bryant, Rosie Bryant’ husband, are partners in Losson Blocj LLC, the entity that owns the Losson Block financed most of the $750,000p project through MainSource Bank.
The which were guaranteed by the , were used to cover the purchase of the building last the renovation expenses and the equipment needexd forthe winery, Gary Humphrey Besides River City the building also houses New Albany marketing firm , which leasesa 1,100 square feet. The company recently moved into its new spac efollowing renovations.