May 20, 2025 • 28 mins
What if the next chapter of your life is the one that finally brings your soul home? In this episode, I sit down with Dawn Fallert, co-owner of Crown Winery, to talk about what it takes to follow a dream, take a leap of faith, and build a business rooted in love, legacy, and purpose. Dawn shares how she and her husband transitioned from corporate life to vineyard life, what it taught them about marriage and partnership, and how faith has guided every step. This episode is your reminder that it’s never too late to start something beautiful.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How to take a bold leap of faith when you're called to something bigger.
- Why you don’t need experience to start.
- How faith can guide your biggest life and business decisions.
- What building a business with your partner teaches you about communication and trust.
- How to create a legacy that impacts your family, your community, and your soul.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's so scary to like say we're going to just stop
all of that and we'll live offof wine and pizza.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
We have to you know that's what we'll do, yeah.
I think so many partnerships,unfortunately, are they're going
one way, the other partner'sgoing this way, then they wonder
why they lose sight of what'smost important, which is really
the union.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
We never know when they come in that day what
they've been going through.
We don't know, you know, whattheir family situation is
sometimes.
You know, we don't know thatwith any of our guests or
customers that walk in.
So we're like how can we be apositive light?
How can we be like when they gohome at the end of the day and
they think about what was greatabout today?
How can their visit with us bea?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
positive, rooted in love, rooted in faith.
Yeah, I love that.
And then having, of course, theextension of the wine with
Jesus.
That's beautiful.
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Now back to the show.
Welcome back to another episodeof Aligned and Alive.
(02:51):
I'm your host, chrissy May, andwe are still on the road
Nashville and now in Franklin,tennessee, having the best time
of our lives.
And today we're taking you to aplace where time slows down,
the wine is handcrafted withheart and the land itself feels
like a quiet whisper of peace.
Nestled just off the HarpethRiver in Leapers Fork, tennessee
(03:13):
, sits a hidden gem of a tastingroom that's redefining what it
means to sip, savor and stay awhile.
But behind this beautiful spaceis a story of legacy, loss,
bold vision and a leap of faith.
When Peter and Rita Howard firstopened the doors of Crown
Winery in 2009, they plantedmore than vines.
(03:34):
They planted a dream, and whenPeter passed away, that dream
could have ended, but instead itfound new life in the hands of
Don and Scott Fellert, twovisionaries who said yes to the
unknown and have spent the lastseveral years pouring their
hearts into honoring the pastwhile expanding the future.
(03:55):
Crown Winery has become morethan a destination.
It's a community, a tranquil,elevated escape from the hustle,
where every detail invites youto be present, be connected and
be well.
So let's raise a glass tolegacy, love and the magic of
dreaming bigger than fear.
(04:15):
I am so honored to welcome DawnFowler to the show.
Thank you, thanks.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
I'm so happy to be here.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Oh, it's so fun to now dive a little deeper with
you, okay, as I came in theother day and you gave me just
such a good overview of thetasting room, the history behind
it and all the things.
So thank you for letting uscome back in on, technically,
your day off Technically.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, yes.
Is there ever a day off?
I don't know, never.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah.
So I would love to go a littledeeper with the huge leap of
faith that you took in steppinginto this business.
What was that decision momentlike and what gave you the
courage to say yes?
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Oh goodness, it really was a true leap of faith.
You know, my husband and I,years, years ago, like when we
were in our 20s, you know, wethought someday we would love to
have a winery, we would love togrow grapes and make wine, and
we started.
You know, family members heardabout that and we're like, oh,
for Christmas we get awinemaking for dummies book or
(05:13):
you know something like that.
And so we started like readinginto it and we're like, oh gosh,
this is so much work weprobably would never actually do
this.
And so fast forward, many yearslater when we heard that the
winery was for sale and we werelike, wow, could we do this?
And the property's justbeautiful, it's so pretty.
And we don't really have anyexperience or we didn't at that
(05:34):
time in winemaking or in growinggrapes or any of that.
And so we were not sure if wewould be able to do it.
And we just kept talking to theowner and we were like you know
, can we do this?
And she looked at us and shesaid, if anybody can continue
this, I have the most faith inyou all.
And we prayed about it a lotand then we just decided, you
(05:56):
know, let's take a big leap offaith.
If we can't figure out how tomake wine and grow grapes, then
maybe we'll just have an eventvenue and grow grapes, then
maybe we'll just have an eventvenue or maybe we'll.
you know, we looked at all thebackup stuff and we're like it's
worth it to give it a shot.
We just really wanted tocontinue their legacy and kind
of add our story to it.
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
And was this several years after your own, having
your own vineyard?
No, this was like the beginning.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
This was beginning yeah, very beginning is how we
started out, with just taking abig leap of faith and purchasing
the existing, like vineyard andwinery, and then we had to just
jump in and learn, like we hadto lean on.
Tennessee has a great communityof, you know, vineyard owners
and winemakers and you knowpeople think that we're in
competition with each other,like the winery down the road or
(06:41):
whatever, but actually we'reall friends and we all.
It is a community.
I mean we all have to worktogether If, if our equipment
breaks, we have to borrow itfrom somebody else, or you know,
we're just small businessowners all trying to achieve the
same goal and so, um, so wejust kind of had to to learn and
Google and all the things, goto conferences, um, work with
(07:02):
the department of agriculture,all this stuff, and just jump in
and learn.
So we've been doing that now foreight years.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Remarkable.
What was your background likethen?
I'm curious when did you comefrom to stepping into the wine
industry?
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Well, my background was more design.
So I've had home decor storewith my mom.
I did work for a design buildfirm for a good while I'm doing
kitchen remodel and, you know,designing spaces for people to
enjoy.
And then I was a stay-at-homemom for a long time and just
volunteered a lot at theirschool and did some design
(07:34):
projects for the school andthings like that as well.
So it's kind of just at a pointour kids were getting older,
Still had a few in high schoolat that time.
But yeah, we were kind of likeokay, we can maybe do this as
something that we could dotogether for our next chapter.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
I love that.
See, this is all aboutredesigning a whole new way of
living too, right?
So like you go from one seasonof life into the next, and it's
such an inspirational I feel, atleast for me message for so
many people listening andwatching, thinking it's this is
my life, it's all over andthere's nothing else.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Right, but you can reinvent at any moment in your
life it's so true, and never ina million years would I have
thought that I would be sittinghere and owning a winery and
doing what I'm doing.
I never thought I would do that.
Um, and and even when we weremaking that decision, you know
you're like is this the rightthing or or this seems way out
there, and and then we did, andnow I can't even imagine it
(08:31):
different.
You know, it's just so crazyhow you think your life is on a
path in one direction and thensomething happens and it's
completely different and and Ilove it.
And yeah, and I was reallysurprised that we actually took
that leap of faith because wewere very, very settled in how
our life was and my husband wasworking a very good, you know,
(08:52):
corporate manufacturing job thatwe saw ourselves him working,
you know forever and retiringfrom.
And you know, like we just kindof thought we had it figured
out and that would have beenprobably simpler, it would have
been just easy just coastingalong.
But then, you know, doingsomething like this, this it's
just it is so much morerewarding, though for sure it
feels.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
To me it's almost like a soul's calling right,
like you're you just knew youwere meant for something
different and something biggerthan what you've initially been
doing.
How did that look?
The transition look like from?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
because you don't live here locally, right like
you live two hours west of here,right, our main vineyard where
the grapes are growing, and theone we purchased is two hours
west of here, this tasting room,you know.
So starting that was a lot andthen expanding to a separate
location that's in here was alsoa huge leap of faith as well,
because you know you getcomplacent, you know you're like
(09:43):
this is our routine, this ishow it works, this is what we do
.
Um, and then the opportunitycame for us to be here in
Leapers Fork and we were like,wow, can we add something else?
And um, you know, I reminded myhusband, I was like we bought a
place with a vineyard, awedding venue, like a kitchen,
like all these extra things, andwe made that really work well.
And so, you know, this is sorelaxing here, so peaceful, the
(10:09):
community is just amazing, andyou know, we just really wanted
to kind of share what we dothere, you know, in another area
of the state too.
So the transition has been, youknow it's challenging, you know,
trying to do somethingdifferent, but also so rewarding
, like just when my husband,when we first started in this
journey, he worked his full-timejob still for the first five
years of us being winery ownersand you know farming a vineyard
(10:34):
and all of that.
So he was working 80 hours aweek and so for him to it was
really hard for him to quit thatcorporate job.
I mean it wasn't hard but itwas hard just because you know
that stability and that's.
You know your income isconsistent, you have your
benefits, you have all thethings that we all think we have
to have.
And it's so scary to like saywe're going to just stop all of
that and we'll live off of wineand pizza.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
We have to.
You know that's what we'll do.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
So that was scary, it was really scary.
And so when he did finally makethat decision you know that,
okay, it's okay to leave.
Then he said why did I not dothat sooner?
Like, why was I so scared to dothat?
Something about being your ownboss, working for yourself.
I mean, we work very hard allthe time on our day off so you
(11:23):
know, like we work all the time,but it's just very rewarding.
And having this extension hereis, you know, challenging and
it's a lot, but we love it.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
No, it definitely.
I feel that too, especiallywhen you opened me with such,
welcomed me with such open armswhen I walked in here.
How have you honored theoriginal vision then of Crown
Winery while also making it yourown?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
In many ways.
You know, a lot of people askedus why do we not change the
name?
When we bought it and we feltlike we didn't physically plant
those rows of grapes, peter andRita, and the help that they had
you know, all of their friendsand family and the original
landowner there.
They planted those grapes andthey had the vision for the
(12:07):
beautiful Tuscan villa that's atthat location and built all of
that.
And so to us it was just likethey had a dream and a vision
and it was cut short and Iwanted to try to.
We wanted to try to continuethat for them and just kind of
add our story to it.
So the original owner, rita shewas Miss Tennessee in 1961.
Rita really felt like herpageantry titles and her
(12:29):
scholarship money that she wonreally sent her down a whole
different path, positive path inlife, and so she just really
felt that the crown meant a lotto her.
In many ways, peter beingBritish that's, the crown was
really important to him as well.
And so that's kind of how theyinterpreted Crown Winery.
Well, when we purchased it Iwasn't a pageant winner, I
(12:51):
wasn't Miss Tennessee oranything, but the crown.
To us it resembles our faith.
And so we kind of redesigned thepageantry style crown in our
logo you may notice, to makelook a little bit more like a
crown of thorns that Jesus hadand so, you know, we just kind
of took the spin a littledifferent, but still honoring
(13:11):
what they do and leaving thename the same, but then also
kind of tying in our faith,because ultimately that's what
we try to root our business inis just being the light of
Christ to everybody.
We see, you know, we just tryto, you know, figure out a way
we can be an inspiration toeverybody each day.
So so we just kind of try tohonor their name and then put
(13:32):
our spin to it too.
So that's one way, but alsojust trying to keep the grounds
and the property as authentic aswe can and, you know, just
putting our love and passioninto winemaking and making it
the very best.
I mean, that's what they weretrying to do was just continue
to improve year after year.
So that's what we continue todo.
Um, so yeah, how?
Speaker 2 (13:49):
beautiful, be here after years.
So that's what we continue todo.
So, yeah, how beautiful.
You just gave me chills.
I never heard that story fromyou, so that was just amazing.
Yes, and so on point with whathas been unfolding these past
few days, rooted in love, rootedin faith.
Yeah, I love that.
And then having, of course, theextension of the wine, the
cheeses.
That's beautiful.
We're gonna have a little lastsupper here.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
What makes this new tasting room by Leapers Creek
such a special experience forguests?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Well, I feel like Leapers Fork in general is, you
know, like you said, a step back.
You know you can, just when youpull it, when I pull into town,
I just can feel myself relax.
And I think there's nothingbetter than sitting by some
moving water, hearing the, youknow, the creek, you know roll
through and just being able tosit there, put your toes in the
cold water, have a glass of wineand relax.
(14:35):
And I feel like we all getcaught up in the busy day to day
and we forget to just sit andlook around us and how beautiful
things are and how, how greatGod is.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
And so.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
I just feel like it's a great place to come into town
, be able to grab a glass ofwine, sit and relax, have
conversations.
We see a lot of people come outhere with family members and
stuff.
Sometimes they're visiting andthey haven't seen them in a
while and it's so great to lookin the backyard and just see
people really enjoying thecompany of each other.
Also, I'll see people out therejust in complete silence,
sitting, you know, with theireyes closed and listening to the
(15:06):
creek, and it's just, I think,such a great compliment to wine,
the community, the great laidback atmosphere here in Leifers
Fork.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
You just painted the entire story of what I felt
yesterday.
So I was here for thoselistening and watching.
I was here on Sunday, which wasjust everyone basically coming
in from after church and, justlike, as you mentioned, kids
were running around playing inthe creek and it was.
There was this sense of likewashing over my entire body.
I could just sit there forhours and listen to nothing but
(15:38):
just nature around me and, yeah,no, I.
You painted the visionperfectly.
What has owning this winerytaught you about partnership in
both business and marriage?
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Oh gosh, a lot really .
You know, I wasn't sure aboutbeing partner, like working,
especially once Scott retired.
I thought, okay, here we'regoing to be together every day,
can we do this?
But we make a really good team.
And if I didn, and if I what?
I didn't have a partner, um, ifI didn't have Scott, this
(16:13):
business would be broke, becausewe have our own strengths,
because I'm more of the dreamer,the designer, um, you know, I
could, I could spend some money,um, and make it would be
beautiful, we would do a lot ofthings, um, but he he's really
great, um, um, you know,grounding me and I'm good at
also grounding him on somethings too.
So we do really well and wefind it's really opened up, I
(16:37):
guess, our ability to compromiseand to hear each other too.
You know, I think before like hehad his career and I did my
thing and we really didn't talk,we didn't know really a lot
about each other's, know whatpeople were doing, what each
other were doing, I guess, andso so, yeah, so it's really
opened up kind of communication.
Now we really talk a lot I meanprobably all the time about
(16:58):
what each other are doing, butyeah, so a lot of opportunity
for compromise, forunderstanding, for forgiveness
sometimes too.
You know that's big and youknow, just being able to work
together it's really been great,honestly, and I was worried a
little bit at first because younever know, but yeah, it's good.
And then also, so that's, Iguess, kind of business and
(17:20):
marriage together both.
But yeah, so would you say it'sstrengthened your marriage to
some degree.
Yeah, definitely.
Yeah, I think before, like Isaid, we just kind of met each
other in passing each day withyou know he was working, I was
working, we each had our ownpriorities, but like we were
just mad, not mad, but you knowyou get that way where you're
just like oh, this is importantto me, why is this not important
(17:41):
to him, you know, like kind ofthing, and it's easy to get
stuck in that day after day andyou know just kind of forget to
you know communicate, and so Ithink being together every day I
mean we have our own areastotally within the business, so
we're not like sitting in anoffice together or anything like
that.
So, but yeah, it's been reallyeye-opening, I guess, as to how
(18:04):
much we didn't probablycommunicate as much before and
that we do now.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
It's so special, I believe, to be able to go that
deep with your partner and havethat mutual vision and knowing
that you're both co-creating ittogether.
It's just, it's a very powerfulexperience to have in life.
I think so many partnershipsunfortunately are in that
separation.
I don't mean separation forthemselves, but you know they're
(18:28):
going one way, the otherpartner's going this way.
Then they wonder why they losesight of what's most important,
which is really the union of thepartnership.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
And we teach each other things daily.
You know too.
You know it's for me I didn'treally care a lot about.
You know budgeting.
Or you know like the number ofstuff, because he just always
took care of it, you know.
You know like the number ofstuff cause he just always took
care of it.
You know and and he didn't careabout why is it important to
have plants on the front porch?
Or you know like things.
(18:57):
You know um.
You know, or about events.
You know about how important awedding day is to someone and we
do weddings at our other venueand you know.
So things like that was very,you know, foreign to him and now
, like he's, he's given a brideto her and he's like he knows
that's important to know what alittle bit more about those kind
of things.
So it's been fun to learn, Iguess from each other too, and
(19:19):
it's a whole new chapter of life.
Yeah, like experience Yep.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
You mentioned your faith and I love that so much.
What role has faith played inyour journey?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Big, it's the biggest , yeah, like we couldn't do it
without it.
And we, you know, especiallylately I guess, I'm kind of
trying every day to see the Godthings you know to see.
Oh, that was God.
You know, just yesterday, justeven when you came in, you know,
like I, even when you said youcould come today and I had an
(19:50):
appointment and I was like, oh,that's not going to work out.
And then I look at my phone andmy appointment said I'm sorry,
I'm going to have to cancel, andI was like God, that was God
you know, I'm supposed to behere, this is what I'm supposed
to do, and so, recognizing everyday, taking the moment when it
happens, not at the end of theday, to say thank you or to say,
oh, maybe, maybe I was, youknow, maybe that was God telling
(20:12):
me to do something just tolisten, you know, and, and it's
amazing, scott and I have always, since the beginning, just
tried to listen to the HolySpirit.
You know, try to listen to Godand say, okay, this is where
we're feeling led to go, and itsometimes takes a while, you
know, like you want an answerright now, and sometimes you
don't get it and you keepwaiting.
(20:32):
But it has always led us in theright path and, you know, to
the right employees, to theright managers, like it's crazy,
like how, just waiting andbeing still and saying, okay,
someone's going to walk in, likethat's going to be the right
fit.
And even this location, when westarted it without employees
and we're two hours away, and Iwas like you know, god, please,
(20:53):
like we've got to find somebody,I'm exhausted of trying to work
in two places, and like allthis stuff.
And I get a text from a girl whowas a musician here and she was
like my mom and my brother andI all would like some extra
hours.
And they came in here and Ifelt like I have known them
forever.
They felt like they were partof my family.
And when they were in here andI felt like I have known them
forever, they felt like theywere part of my family.
And when they were getting up Iwas sitting here thinking I
(21:15):
just want to hug them and then Iwas like but that would be
weird.
I just met these people andthen the mother of the group,
she said I just want to hug youand I was like that's God.
You know, like here I neededlike one employee at least and I
had three and I have three, youknow and you know.
Just crazy, you know, and solots of God things that happen
(21:36):
and just being aware andlistening to that.
And the other thing is is Scottand I are very big on trying to
be a blessing to you know, likewe just want to look out for
our employees.
We never know when they come inthat day what they've been
going through.
We don't know, you know, whattheir family situation is
Sometimes.
You know, we don't know thatwith any of our guests or
(21:57):
customers that walk in.
So we're like how can we be apositive light, how can we be
like, when they go home at theend of the day and they think
about what was great about today, how can their visit with us be
a positive, you know?
And so that's just kind ofanother way that you know, we
try to make sure that God's inour business.
You know, and in our lives, andthen just what we you know, just
(22:19):
sharing his love every day.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
I feel you so deeply and everything you just
described I always call Godwinks.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Yeah, exactly, you know.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
I really do feel it's one of those moments,
especially in business, where wecan get so terrified and have
those fearful moments ofquestioning Am I doing the right
thing?
Am I making the right decisions?
Am I going to survive if we'rein a down season and leaning
into surrendering or reallygiving it over?
If you can really lean into,that, I feel, is the greatest
(22:48):
process in trusting and knowingthat come on this is the creator
of the heavens and the earth.
You do not think.
He does not have your back,right?
That's how I look at it now andand, as you just mentioned, all
those situations that unfoldedfor you yeah, absolutely,
without a doubt, or or God given.
So I love that.
(23:09):
Thank you for sharing.
Yeah, it's so powerful.
Most people don't usually talkabout that in their business and
I feel that if we could becomea vessel and be more outspoken
of that, can you imagine likebusinesses all over?
Speaker 1 (23:22):
that all lead with that integrity and mindset.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
That's a big warm hug right there, Yep.
What are you most excited aboutas you look toward the future
of Crown Winery?
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Oh gosh, so many things.
I mean just continuing what wedo daily.
Always is, you know, excitingto think about.
You know, we have always newwines that we're you know
creating or things that we'rethinking about, new events, new
types of tastings.
We're working on here inLeapers Fork some historical
(23:54):
pictures that'll be hangingaround us in this room and
around in the tasting room andwe're going to add kind of like
an experience where people kindof come in and get a glass of
wine and get to go through thehistory of Leapers Fork, and I'm
excited to get going on that.
I think that'll be neat too.
So, always lots of newexperiences and things like that
.
And just to see where we go andgrow, we have three adult
(24:15):
children, one still in college,just finishing up college, and
I'm kind of excited.
We've never wanted to push thiswinery on them and this was not
their plan.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
This wasn't their dream or their idea.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
And so we're not like this has to be a family
business, like you have to carrythis on.
You know we've not ever pushedthat on them, but gradually
they're all starting to be likewe might be interested in being
in on this.
So I'm really excited to seewhat kind of roles they can have
in helping us if they choose to.
So that's something we'relooking forward to here in the
(24:47):
near future maybe working theminto some roles within the
winery, and I look forward toworking along with my children
who wouldn't maybe working theminto maybe some roles within the
within the winery, and I lookforward to working along with my
children who wouldn't?
you know, to have them close by,I love that.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
So yeah, and I'm looking forward to seeing what
unfolds, I'll be back here againin a second.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Yes, yeah, I'll let you know.
I cannot wait to see whereeverything is at but thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I really appreciate you.
Now I'm not going to let you gothat easily, though.
Okay, so we're going to do aquick, fun fire round.
I named it Sip and Savor Quickcues.
Okay, all right, you ready?
She has no idea what I puttogether here, so A little
nervous.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
All right, Not going to lie Red, white or rosé.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
White Go-to comfort food with wine.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Cheese.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Most tranquil spot on the property In the creek.
Favorite pizza topping youserve at your vineyard Pepperoni
Dream celebrity guest to hostat Crown Winery.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
That's horrible.
I'm horrible with celebrityguests.
It can be somebody.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Hey, jesus Christ come down, please come be with
celebrity guests.
It can be somebody.
Hey, jesus Christ, come down,please come be here.
Yes, yeah, favorite wine tounwind with?
Oh gosh, I drink Chardonnay.
That's one of our white winesthat we make here.
That's probably my favoritewine.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
And what a great choice on a hot summer day.
Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
If this chapter had a name, it would be I don't know
like I want to say, the Dream,but you know, I don't know if
yeah, the Dream.
The Dream.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
I have a name of that .
It would be a dream to have ataste in your Moth to Crete.
Yes right, sign me up.
What makes Leaper's Fork feellike home?
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Gosh, I think it's just so authentic, you know it's
so comfortable, so relaxing.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
I think so too.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
It's peace One thing you wish everyone knew about
winemaking.
It's not really easy, yeah.
I mean just it's a lot of workand it takes a lot of passion
and a lot of love goes intoevery single bottle.
Um, lots and lots of time andmore than you think, a lot more
(27:00):
than you think I can onlyimagine.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
And last but not least, what are you sipping and
celebrating today?
The fact that you're here, thispodcast.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
That's what we're celebrating.
Did I tee that up, that you're?
Speaker 2 (27:13):
here this podcast.
That's what we're celebrating.
Did I tee that up?
Thank you so much.
I look forward to walkingaround this beautiful tasting
room with you and, of course,we're going to include all the
links in the show notes on thisbeautiful tasting room winery
located in the heart of Leaper'sFork, and, of course,
information on the vineyardwhich is just about two hours
west of here.
Yes, that'll all be in the shownotes.
And, of course, information onthe vineyard which is just about
two hours west of here.
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Yes, that'll all be in the shownotes.
And, of course, their Instagram.
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Thank you.
It's so scary to like say we're going to just stop
all of that and we'll live offof wine and pizza.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
We have to you know that's what we'll do, yeah.
I think so many partnerships,unfortunately, are they're going
one way, the other partner'sgoing this way, then they wonder
why they lose sight of what'smost important, which is really
the union.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
We never know when they come in that day what
they've been going through.
We don't know, you know, whattheir family situation is
sometimes.
You know, we don't know thatwith any of our guests or
customers that walk in.
So we're like how can we be apositive light?
How can we be like when they gohome at the end of the day and
they think about what was greatabout today?
How can their visit with us bea?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
positive, rooted in love, rooted in faith.
Yeah, I love that.
And then having, of course, theextension of the wine with
Jesus.
That's beautiful.
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I'm your host, chrissy May, andwe are still on the road
Nashville and now in Franklin,tennessee, having the best time
of our lives.
And today we're taking you to aplace where time slows down,
the wine is handcrafted withheart and the land itself feels
like a quiet whisper of peace.
Nestled just off the HarpethRiver in Leapers Fork, tennessee
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, sits a hidden gem of a tastingroom that's redefining what it
means to sip, savor and stay awhile.
But behind this beautiful spaceis a story of legacy, loss,
bold vision and a leap of faith.
When Peter and Rita Howard firstopened the doors of Crown
Winery in 2009, they plantedmore than vines.
(03:34):
They planted a dream, and whenPeter passed away, that dream
could have ended, but instead itfound new life in the hands of
Don and Scott Fellert, twovisionaries who said yes to the
unknown and have spent the lastseveral years pouring their
hearts into honoring the pastwhile expanding the future.
(03:55):
Crown Winery has become morethan a destination.
It's a community, a tranquil,elevated escape from the hustle,
where every detail invites youto be present, be connected and
be well.
So let's raise a glass tolegacy, love and the magic of
dreaming bigger than fear.
(04:15):
I am so honored to welcome DawnFowler to the show.
Thank you, thanks.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
I'm so happy to be here.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Oh, it's so fun to now dive a little deeper with
you, okay, as I came in theother day and you gave me just
such a good overview of thetasting room, the history behind
it and all the things.
So thank you for letting uscome back in on, technically,
your day off Technically.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, yes.
Is there ever a day off?
I don't know, never.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah.
So I would love to go a littledeeper with the huge leap of
faith that you took in steppinginto this business.
What was that decision momentlike and what gave you the
courage to say yes?
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Oh goodness, it really was a true leap of faith.
You know, my husband and I,years, years ago, like when we
were in our 20s, you know, wethought someday we would love to
have a winery, we would love togrow grapes and make wine, and
we started.
You know, family members heardabout that and we're like, oh,
for Christmas we get awinemaking for dummies book or
(05:13):
you know something like that.
And so we started like readinginto it and we're like, oh gosh,
this is so much work weprobably would never actually do
this.
And so fast forward, many yearslater when we heard that the
winery was for sale and we werelike, wow, could we do this?
And the property's justbeautiful, it's so pretty.
And we don't really have anyexperience or we didn't at that
(05:34):
time in winemaking or in growinggrapes or any of that.
And so we were not sure if wewould be able to do it.
And we just kept talking to theowner and we were like you know
, can we do this?
And she looked at us and shesaid, if anybody can continue
this, I have the most faith inyou all.
And we prayed about it a lotand then we just decided, you
(05:56):
know, let's take a big leap offaith.
If we can't figure out how tomake wine and grow grapes, then
maybe we'll just have an eventvenue and grow grapes, then
maybe we'll just have an eventvenue or maybe we'll.
you know, we looked at all thebackup stuff and we're like it's
worth it to give it a shot.
We just really wanted tocontinue their legacy and kind
of add our story to it.
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
And was this several years after your own, having
your own vineyard?
No, this was like the beginning.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
This was beginning yeah, very beginning is how we
started out, with just taking abig leap of faith and purchasing
the existing, like vineyard andwinery, and then we had to just
jump in and learn, like we hadto lean on.
Tennessee has a great communityof, you know, vineyard owners
and winemakers and you knowpeople think that we're in
competition with each other,like the winery down the road or
(06:41):
whatever, but actually we'reall friends and we all.
It is a community.
I mean we all have to worktogether If, if our equipment
breaks, we have to borrow itfrom somebody else, or you know,
we're just small businessowners all trying to achieve the
same goal and so, um, so wejust kind of had to to learn and
Google and all the things, goto conferences, um, work with
(07:02):
the department of agriculture,all this stuff, and just jump in
and learn.
So we've been doing that now foreight years.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Remarkable.
What was your background likethen?
I'm curious when did you comefrom to stepping into the wine
industry?
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Well, my background was more design.
So I've had home decor storewith my mom.
I did work for a design buildfirm for a good while I'm doing
kitchen remodel and, you know,designing spaces for people to
enjoy.
And then I was a stay-at-homemom for a long time and just
volunteered a lot at theirschool and did some design
(07:34):
projects for the school andthings like that as well.
So it's kind of just at a pointour kids were getting older,
Still had a few in high schoolat that time.
But yeah, we were kind of likeokay, we can maybe do this as
something that we could dotogether for our next chapter.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
I love that.
See, this is all aboutredesigning a whole new way of
living too, right?
So like you go from one seasonof life into the next, and it's
such an inspirational I feel, atleast for me message for so
many people listening andwatching, thinking it's this is
my life, it's all over andthere's nothing else.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Right, but you can reinvent at any moment in your
life it's so true, and never ina million years would I have
thought that I would be sittinghere and owning a winery and
doing what I'm doing.
I never thought I would do that.
Um, and and even when we weremaking that decision, you know
you're like is this the rightthing or or this seems way out
there, and and then we did, andnow I can't even imagine it
(08:31):
different.
You know, it's just so crazyhow you think your life is on a
path in one direction and thensomething happens and it's
completely different and and Ilove it.
And yeah, and I was reallysurprised that we actually took
that leap of faith because wewere very, very settled in how
our life was and my husband wasworking a very good, you know,
(08:52):
corporate manufacturing job thatwe saw ourselves him working,
you know forever and retiringfrom.
And you know, like we just kindof thought we had it figured
out and that would have beenprobably simpler, it would have
been just easy just coastingalong.
But then, you know, doingsomething like this, this it's
just it is so much morerewarding, though for sure it
feels.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
To me it's almost like a soul's calling right,
like you're you just knew youwere meant for something
different and something biggerthan what you've initially been
doing.
How did that look?
The transition look like from?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
because you don't live here locally, right like
you live two hours west of here,right, our main vineyard where
the grapes are growing, and theone we purchased is two hours
west of here, this tasting room,you know.
So starting that was a lot andthen expanding to a separate
location that's in here was alsoa huge leap of faith as well,
because you know you getcomplacent, you know you're like
(09:43):
this is our routine, this ishow it works, this is what we do
.
Um, and then the opportunitycame for us to be here in
Leapers Fork and we were like,wow, can we add something else?
And um, you know, I reminded myhusband, I was like we bought a
place with a vineyard, awedding venue, like a kitchen,
like all these extra things, andwe made that really work well.
And so, you know, this is sorelaxing here, so peaceful, the
(10:09):
community is just amazing, andyou know, we just really wanted
to kind of share what we dothere, you know, in another area
of the state too.
So the transition has been, youknow it's challenging, you know,
trying to do somethingdifferent, but also so rewarding
, like just when my husband,when we first started in this
journey, he worked his full-timejob still for the first five
years of us being winery ownersand you know farming a vineyard
(10:34):
and all of that.
So he was working 80 hours aweek and so for him to it was
really hard for him to quit thatcorporate job.
I mean it wasn't hard but itwas hard just because you know
that stability and that's.
You know your income isconsistent, you have your
benefits, you have all thethings that we all think we have
to have.
And it's so scary to like saywe're going to just stop all of
that and we'll live off of wineand pizza.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
We have to.
You know that's what we'll do.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
So that was scary, it was really scary.
And so when he did finally makethat decision you know that,
okay, it's okay to leave.
Then he said why did I not dothat sooner?
Like, why was I so scared to dothat?
Something about being your ownboss, working for yourself.
I mean, we work very hard allthe time on our day off so you
(11:23):
know, like we work all the time,but it's just very rewarding.
And having this extension hereis, you know, challenging and
it's a lot, but we love it.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
No, it definitely.
I feel that too, especiallywhen you opened me with such,
welcomed me with such open armswhen I walked in here.
How have you honored theoriginal vision then of Crown
Winery while also making it yourown?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
In many ways.
You know, a lot of people askedus why do we not change the
name?
When we bought it and we feltlike we didn't physically plant
those rows of grapes, peter andRita, and the help that they had
you know, all of their friendsand family and the original
landowner there.
They planted those grapes andthey had the vision for the
(12:07):
beautiful Tuscan villa that's atthat location and built all of
that.
And so to us it was just likethey had a dream and a vision
and it was cut short and Iwanted to try to.
We wanted to try to continuethat for them and just kind of
add our story to it.
So the original owner, rita shewas Miss Tennessee in 1961.
Rita really felt like herpageantry titles and her
(12:29):
scholarship money that she wonreally sent her down a whole
different path, positive path inlife, and so she just really
felt that the crown meant a lotto her.
In many ways, peter beingBritish that's, the crown was
really important to him as well.
And so that's kind of how theyinterpreted Crown Winery.
Well, when we purchased it Iwasn't a pageant winner, I
(12:51):
wasn't Miss Tennessee oranything, but the crown.
To us it resembles our faith.
And so we kind of redesigned thepageantry style crown in our
logo you may notice, to makelook a little bit more like a
crown of thorns that Jesus hadand so, you know, we just kind
of took the spin a littledifferent, but still honoring
(13:11):
what they do and leaving thename the same, but then also
kind of tying in our faith,because ultimately that's what
we try to root our business inis just being the light of
Christ to everybody.
We see, you know, we just tryto, you know, figure out a way
we can be an inspiration toeverybody each day.
So so we just kind of try tohonor their name and then put
(13:32):
our spin to it too.
So that's one way, but alsojust trying to keep the grounds
and the property as authentic aswe can and, you know, just
putting our love and passioninto winemaking and making it
the very best.
I mean, that's what they weretrying to do was just continue
to improve year after year.
So that's what we continue todo.
Um, so yeah, how?
Speaker 2 (13:49):
beautiful, be here after years.
So that's what we continue todo.
So, yeah, how beautiful.
You just gave me chills.
I never heard that story fromyou, so that was just amazing.
Yes, and so on point with whathas been unfolding these past
few days, rooted in love, rootedin faith.
Yeah, I love that.
And then having, of course, theextension of the wine, the
cheeses.
That's beautiful.
We're gonna have a little lastsupper here.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
What makes this new tasting room by Leapers Creek
such a special experience forguests?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Well, I feel like Leapers Fork in general is, you
know, like you said, a step back.
You know you can, just when youpull it, when I pull into town,
I just can feel myself relax.
And I think there's nothingbetter than sitting by some
moving water, hearing the, youknow, the creek, you know roll
through and just being able tosit there, put your toes in the
cold water, have a glass of wineand relax.
(14:35):
And I feel like we all getcaught up in the busy day to day
and we forget to just sit andlook around us and how beautiful
things are and how, how greatGod is.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
And so.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
I just feel like it's a great place to come into town
, be able to grab a glass ofwine, sit and relax, have
conversations.
We see a lot of people come outhere with family members and
stuff.
Sometimes they're visiting andthey haven't seen them in a
while and it's so great to lookin the backyard and just see
people really enjoying thecompany of each other.
Also, I'll see people out therejust in complete silence,
sitting, you know, with theireyes closed and listening to the
(15:06):
creek, and it's just, I think,such a great compliment to wine,
the community, the great laidback atmosphere here in Leifers
Fork.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
You just painted the entire story of what I felt
yesterday.
So I was here for thoselistening and watching.
I was here on Sunday, which wasjust everyone basically coming
in from after church and, justlike, as you mentioned, kids
were running around playing inthe creek and it was.
There was this sense of likewashing over my entire body.
I could just sit there forhours and listen to nothing but
(15:38):
just nature around me and, yeah,no, I.
You painted the visionperfectly.
What has owning this winerytaught you about partnership in
both business and marriage?
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Oh gosh, a lot really .
You know, I wasn't sure aboutbeing partner, like working,
especially once Scott retired.
I thought, okay, here we'regoing to be together every day,
can we do this?
But we make a really good team.
And if I didn, and if I what?
I didn't have a partner, um, ifI didn't have Scott, this
(16:13):
business would be broke, becausewe have our own strengths,
because I'm more of the dreamer,the designer, um, you know, I
could, I could spend some money,um, and make it would be
beautiful, we would do a lot ofthings, um, but he he's really
great, um, um, you know,grounding me and I'm good at
also grounding him on somethings too.
So we do really well and wefind it's really opened up, I
(16:37):
guess, our ability to compromiseand to hear each other too.
You know, I think before like hehad his career and I did my
thing and we really didn't talk,we didn't know really a lot
about each other's, know whatpeople were doing, what each
other were doing, I guess, andso so, yeah, so it's really
opened up kind of communication.
Now we really talk a lot I meanprobably all the time about
(16:58):
what each other are doing, butyeah, so a lot of opportunity
for compromise, forunderstanding, for forgiveness
sometimes too.
You know that's big and youknow, just being able to work
together it's really been great,honestly, and I was worried a
little bit at first because younever know, but yeah, it's good.
And then also, so that's, Iguess, kind of business and
(17:20):
marriage together both.
But yeah, so would you say it'sstrengthened your marriage to
some degree.
Yeah, definitely.
Yeah, I think before, like Isaid, we just kind of met each
other in passing each day withyou know he was working, I was
working, we each had our ownpriorities, but like we were
just mad, not mad, but you knowyou get that way where you're
just like oh, this is importantto me, why is this not important
(17:41):
to him, you know, like kind ofthing, and it's easy to get
stuck in that day after day andyou know just kind of forget to
you know communicate, and so Ithink being together every day I
mean we have our own areastotally within the business, so
we're not like sitting in anoffice together or anything like
that.
So, but yeah, it's been reallyeye-opening, I guess, as to how
(18:04):
much we didn't probablycommunicate as much before and
that we do now.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
It's so special, I believe, to be able to go that
deep with your partner and havethat mutual vision and knowing
that you're both co-creating ittogether.
It's just, it's a very powerfulexperience to have in life.
I think so many partnershipsunfortunately are in that
separation.
I don't mean separation forthemselves, but you know they're
(18:28):
going one way, the otherpartner's going this way.
Then they wonder why they losesight of what's most important,
which is really the union of thepartnership.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
And we teach each other things daily.
You know too.
You know it's for me I didn'treally care a lot about.
You know budgeting.
Or you know like the number ofstuff, because he just always
took care of it, you know.
You know like the number ofstuff cause he just always took
care of it.
You know and and he didn't careabout why is it important to
have plants on the front porch?
Or you know like things.
(18:57):
You know um.
You know, or about events.
You know about how important awedding day is to someone and we
do weddings at our other venueand you know.
So things like that was very,you know, foreign to him and now
, like he's, he's given a brideto her and he's like he knows
that's important to know what alittle bit more about those kind
of things.
So it's been fun to learn, Iguess from each other too, and
(19:19):
it's a whole new chapter of life.
Yeah, like experience Yep.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
You mentioned your faith and I love that so much.
What role has faith played inyour journey?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Big, it's the biggest , yeah, like we couldn't do it
without it.
And we, you know, especiallylately I guess, I'm kind of
trying every day to see the Godthings you know to see.
Oh, that was God.
You know, just yesterday, justeven when you came in, you know,
like I, even when you said youcould come today and I had an
(19:50):
appointment and I was like, oh,that's not going to work out.
And then I look at my phone andmy appointment said I'm sorry,
I'm going to have to cancel, andI was like God, that was God
you know, I'm supposed to behere, this is what I'm supposed
to do, and so, recognizing everyday, taking the moment when it
happens, not at the end of theday, to say thank you or to say,
oh, maybe, maybe I was, youknow, maybe that was God telling
(20:12):
me to do something just tolisten, you know, and, and it's
amazing, scott and I have always, since the beginning, just
tried to listen to the HolySpirit.
You know, try to listen to Godand say, okay, this is where
we're feeling led to go, and itsometimes takes a while, you
know, like you want an answerright now, and sometimes you
don't get it and you keepwaiting.
(20:32):
But it has always led us in theright path and, you know, to
the right employees, to theright managers, like it's crazy,
like how, just waiting andbeing still and saying, okay,
someone's going to walk in, likethat's going to be the right
fit.
And even this location, when westarted it without employees
and we're two hours away, and Iwas like you know, god, please,
(20:53):
like we've got to find somebody,I'm exhausted of trying to work
in two places, and like allthis stuff.
And I get a text from a girl whowas a musician here and she was
like my mom and my brother andI all would like some extra
hours.
And they came in here and Ifelt like I have known them
forever.
They felt like they were partof my family.
And when they were in here andI felt like I have known them
forever, they felt like theywere part of my family.
And when they were getting up Iwas sitting here thinking I
(21:15):
just want to hug them and then Iwas like but that would be
weird.
I just met these people andthen the mother of the group,
she said I just want to hug youand I was like that's God.
You know, like here I neededlike one employee at least and I
had three and I have three, youknow and you know.
Just crazy, you know, and solots of God things that happen
(21:36):
and just being aware andlistening to that.
And the other thing is is Scottand I are very big on trying to
be a blessing to you know, likewe just want to look out for
our employees.
We never know when they come inthat day what they've been
going through.
We don't know, you know, whattheir family situation is
Sometimes.
You know, we don't know thatwith any of our guests or
(21:57):
customers that walk in.
So we're like how can we be apositive light, how can we be
like, when they go home at theend of the day and they think
about what was great about today, how can their visit with us be
a positive, you know?
And so that's just kind ofanother way that you know, we
try to make sure that God's inour business.
You know, and in our lives, andthen just what we you know, just
(22:19):
sharing his love every day.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
I feel you so deeply and everything you just
described I always call Godwinks.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Yeah, exactly, you know.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
I really do feel it's one of those moments,
especially in business, where wecan get so terrified and have
those fearful moments ofquestioning Am I doing the right
thing?
Am I making the right decisions?
Am I going to survive if we'rein a down season and leaning
into surrendering or reallygiving it over?
If you can really lean into,that, I feel, is the greatest
(22:48):
process in trusting and knowingthat come on this is the creator
of the heavens and the earth.
You do not think.
He does not have your back,right?
That's how I look at it now andand, as you just mentioned, all
those situations that unfoldedfor you yeah, absolutely,
without a doubt, or or God given.
So I love that.
(23:09):
Thank you for sharing.
Yeah, it's so powerful.
Most people don't usually talkabout that in their business and
I feel that if we could becomea vessel and be more outspoken
of that, can you imagine likebusinesses all over?
Speaker 1 (23:22):
that all lead with that integrity and mindset.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
That's a big warm hug right there, Yep.
What are you most excited aboutas you look toward the future
of Crown Winery?
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Oh gosh, so many things.
I mean just continuing what wedo daily.
Always is, you know, excitingto think about.
You know, we have always newwines that we're you know
creating or things that we'rethinking about, new events, new
types of tastings.
We're working on here inLeapers Fork some historical
(23:54):
pictures that'll be hangingaround us in this room and
around in the tasting room andwe're going to add kind of like
an experience where people kindof come in and get a glass of
wine and get to go through thehistory of Leapers Fork, and I'm
excited to get going on that.
I think that'll be neat too.
So, always lots of newexperiences and things like that
.
And just to see where we go andgrow, we have three adult
(24:15):
children, one still in college,just finishing up college, and
I'm kind of excited.
We've never wanted to push thiswinery on them and this was not
their plan.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
This wasn't their dream or their idea.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
And so we're not like this has to be a family
business, like you have to carrythis on.
You know we've not ever pushedthat on them, but gradually
they're all starting to be likewe might be interested in being
in on this.
So I'm really excited to seewhat kind of roles they can have
in helping us if they choose to.
So that's something we'relooking forward to here in the
(24:47):
near future maybe working theminto some roles within the
winery, and I look forward toworking along with my children
who wouldn't maybe working theminto maybe some roles within the
within the winery, and I lookforward to working along with my
children who wouldn't?
you know, to have them close by,I love that.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
So yeah, and I'm looking forward to seeing what
unfolds, I'll be back here againin a second.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Yes, yeah, I'll let you know.
I cannot wait to see whereeverything is at but thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I really appreciate you.
Now I'm not going to let you gothat easily, though.
Okay, so we're going to do aquick, fun fire round.
I named it Sip and Savor Quickcues.
Okay, all right, you ready?
She has no idea what I puttogether here, so A little
nervous.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
All right, Not going to lie Red, white or rosé.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
White Go-to comfort food with wine.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Cheese.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Most tranquil spot on the property In the creek.
Favorite pizza topping youserve at your vineyard Pepperoni
Dream celebrity guest to hostat Crown Winery.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
That's horrible.
I'm horrible with celebrityguests.
It can be somebody.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Hey, jesus Christ come down, please come be with
celebrity guests.
It can be somebody.
Hey, jesus Christ, come down,please come be here.
Yes, yeah, favorite wine tounwind with?
Oh gosh, I drink Chardonnay.
That's one of our white winesthat we make here.
That's probably my favoritewine.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
And what a great choice on a hot summer day.
Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
If this chapter had a name, it would be I don't know
like I want to say, the Dream,but you know, I don't know if
yeah, the Dream.
The Dream.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
I have a name of that .
It would be a dream to have ataste in your Moth to Crete.
Yes right, sign me up.
What makes Leaper's Fork feellike home?
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Gosh, I think it's just so authentic, you know it's
so comfortable, so relaxing.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
I think so too.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
It's peace One thing you wish everyone knew about
winemaking.
It's not really easy, yeah.
I mean just it's a lot of workand it takes a lot of passion
and a lot of love goes intoevery single bottle.
Um, lots and lots of time andmore than you think, a lot more
(27:00):
than you think I can onlyimagine.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
And last but not least, what are you sipping and
celebrating today?
The fact that you're here, thispodcast.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
That's what we're celebrating.
Did I tee that up, that you're?
Speaker 2 (27:13):
here this podcast.
That's what we're celebrating.
Did I tee that up?
Thank you so much.
I look forward to walkingaround this beautiful tasting
room with you and, of course,we're going to include all the
links in the show notes on thisbeautiful tasting room winery
located in the heart of Leaper'sFork, and, of course,
information on the vineyardwhich is just about two hours
west of here.
Yes, that'll all be in the shownotes.
And, of course, information onthe vineyard which is just about
two hours west of here.
(27:33):
Yes, that'll all be in the shownotes.
And, of course, their Instagram.
So get connected.
There's so many opportunities.
Of course, there's a membershipfor the wine.
If you can't make it local, noproblem, we have you covered.
You can click on the link inthe show notes and order and it
can be shipped to anywhere inthe United States.
So we also have a promo codefor you to have a little savings
(27:54):
, and that is alive 10.
Alive, because who doesn't feelalive when they drink some wine
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I know I do, so.
A live 10 will give you somesavings.
Just click the link in the shownotes and press send to have
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Thank you.
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