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Three Years of The Wijn House

9/12/2019

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This Saturday, September 21st we are excited to celebrate three years of operation at The Wijn House! We hope you'll join us for: 
  • Free tastings from Fireside & Ackerman Wineries
  • A chocolate fountain! from VanVeens Chocolates
  • $3 glasses of wine all day long 
  • Other surprises we think up between now & then 

Three years is both a very long slog and a blink of an eye.  We still remember the trepidation (mostly from Jeremy) and the excitement (mostly from Tara) of opening a small business. There were long nights of tearing up flooring, painting, remodeling and wondering what we had gotten ourselves into.  When we opened our doors we had a humble 500 bottle inventory from 7 Iowa wineries, and only a guess at how this whole thing was going to work. It seems almost laughable today as we generally stock about 2,000 bottles from 40 wineries & cideries around the state.

It's been a lot of work, but also a lot of fun: meeting customers, business owners and wine makers from around the state and beyond. We even managed to win back-to-back Iowa Wine Growers Association "Retailer of the Year" awards in 2018 & 2019 to start our trophy case! 

We'd like to thank all of you for the support we received since opening our little wine store on the Pella square. If you're in the area this weekend please stop in and help us celebrate! 

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The Pella Wine Walk

9/4/2019

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The Wine Walk is almost here! The 5th annual Pella Wine Walk is Friday, October 4th from 4-8pm, and we don't like to brag .... but it's going to the best wine walk of all time!

Last years event was an unprecedented success, so much so that we ran out of souvenir glasses. To put it in perspective, we expected no more than 200 people and had ordered 300 glasses in preparation. The event unfortunately was the same night as the Pella/Osky football game (in Oskaloosa) AND it was raining cats and dogs. Everything pointed to a slow night and poor turnout - but over 400 people showed up!  We were a little overwhelmed, but in a good way and everyone had a great night dodging raindrops. 
 
We will be limiting tickets this year to the first 400 people. Please get your tickets beforehand by purchasing in person at The Wijn House or online here. We do expect this event to sellout again prior to October. 

This year's Pella Wine Walk will feature 20 stops all over and around the Pella square with samples from 16 Iowa wineries, 2 Iowa breweries and even an Iowa cidery. We've also continued to expand the food samples available and have a couple surprises ready for you as well. As always The Wijn House will be offering 10% ALL purchases that night so you can take home some of your favorites. 

Don't miss the 2019 Pella Wine Walk!

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