(French Lick, IN - April 17, 2012) The Indiana Uplands Wine Trail has set the date and is in full preparation mode for its 2nd Annual "Uncork the Uplands" wine and food festival event coming this summer to Huber's Orchard, Winery & Vineyards in Southern Indiana on Saturday, July 21, 2012.

'Uncork the Uplands' 2012 will feature the finest selections from the award-winning wines and food cultivated exclusively from the south-central region of Indiana known as the Uplands Wine Region. This exciting epicurean event will entice and elevate the senses for both the connoisseur and the novice and will be an exquisite - and educational - experience for everyone in attendance. Held at Huber's Orchard, Winery & Vineyards, located at 19816 Huber Road in Starlight, Indiana, "Uncork the Uplands" will be easily accessible from all Southern and Central Indiana regions, and only 25 miles from the Louisville Metropolitan area.

The Saturday evening event begins at 5:00 p.m. guests will enjoy special Indiana food and wine pairings and enjoy a culinary presentation by our guest Daniel Orr, the internationally renowned chef and creator/proprietor of FARMbloomington. The celebration will feature a sensational pairing stations of the Indiana Upland Trail's first-rate wines and regional foods, featuring Mr. Orr as special guest. A portion of the evening's proceeds will go toward Ivy Tech of Southern Indiana's Viticulture Enology Science & Technology Alliance (VESTA) and TheFARM Fund raising future culinarians at Ivy Tech in Bloomington, Indiana

"We are thrilled to present "Uncork the Uplands" once again this year, an entertaining experience for the wine and food lover in all of us," states Kim Doty, President of the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail and Owner of French Lick Winery. "The selections we will present from the renowned wineries of the Uplands Wine Trail are notable amongst connoisseurs as some of the best in the world and we look forward to sharing them all, along with our wonderful regional food offerings, with all of our guests at this year's event."

For more information please visit us online at http://uncorktheuplands.com/. Advance tickets are now available for purchase at $65 each through Sunday, July 1, 2012, at http://uncorktheuplands2012.eventbrite.com/. Thereafter tickets will be $75, along with walk up sales on the day of the event, Saturday, July 21. Additionally, corporate and business sponsorships opportunities are still available for further information regarding sponsorships please contact Dana Huber- dana.huber@huberwinery.com or Sarah McAleer smcaleer@oliverwinery.com.

The Indiana Uplands Wine Trail is nestled among the rolling hills of Southern Indiana and showcases nine wineries.Best Vineyards Winery, Brown County Winery, Butler Winery, Carousel Winery, French Lick Winery, Huber Winery, Oliver Winery, Turtle Run Winery, and Winzerwald Winery each proudly coupling high quality wines with a wonderfully unique epicurean experience. For more information visit us at http://indianauplands.com/, on Facebook @ /www.facebook.com/IndianaUplands and Twitter @IUWT.

Daniel Orr is the chef/owner of FARMbloomington, a multi-faceted culinary complex that consists of a restaurant, market, bar, and music venue, the result of his work around the world, from New York, to France, to the Caribbean. As a chef, Orr draws from a lifelong curiosity about individual ingredients combined with extensive training in the art of finding food's true essence and flavor. The result is simple, yet sophisticated; the best of American food tempered by classic European training. As he states, "real food for real people." An Indiana native, Orr is the author of Daniel Orr: Real Food, FARMfood - green living with chef daniel orr and Paradise Kitchen, as well as the creator the popular radio show and podcast Earth Eats.

Contact: Kim Doty, Pres. 888-494-6381

April 5, 2012

Toast to Spring Wine & Cheese on the Uplands Wine Trail

SOUTHERN INDIANA-April is the perfect time to enjoy a "Toast to Spring" weekend on the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail! This popular wine and cheese pairing event will be held April 21 and 22, 2012 and best of all - its absolutely free.

Each winery on the trail will offer suggested pairings of the finest Uplands wines with savory cheeses. With everything from aged Gouda & Merlot Cheddar to Chocolate Cheese and Morel & Leek Jack --- this event is a must for every cheese and wine lover. Toast to Spring allows you to become familiar with Indiana Uplands' wines as well as a host of cheeses to not only taste, but many wineries also offer them for sale to take home.

Touring southern Indiana and viewing Spring in bloom with dogwoods, eastern redbud, and flowering forests is a great way to relax and unwind from winter. Comprised of nine wineries - Winzerwald, Turtle Run, Oliver, Huber, French Lick, Carousel, Butler, Brown County and Best Vineyards - the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail (IUWT) was the first wine trail formed in Indiana in 2003. All of the nine wineries offer wine tasting, and many offer a delicious assortment of gourmet picnic foods, wine related gifts and cellar tours.

While enjoying Toast to Spring, participants may also complete the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail passport program and receive a pair of wine trail logo buffet plates, as well as entry into the grand prize drawing to be held at the 2012 Vintage Indiana Wine Festival in downtown Indianapolis on June 2. Grand prizes include two tickets to Uncork the Uplands July 21, 2012 with special guest Chef Orr from Farm Bloomington and an overnight stay at the Artist's Colony Inn in French Lick.

Visit IndianaUplands.com for winery hours and more information about the Indiana Uplands.

February 13, 2012

Contact- Kim Doty, Pres., 888-494-6381

SOUTHERN INDIANA -

Indiana's favorite wine trail event is here with a new twist! Now in its sixth year, the March Gladness food extravaganza promises another four days of food and fun. This year, the event's theme is Around the World with each winery featuring foods from a specific country. During the weekends of March 10-11 and 17-18, the Uplands Wine Trail allows visitors to experience the wine trail VIP style with tastings, gourmet hors d'oeuvres and desserts and special vintage wines. The Indiana Uplands Wine Trail is comprised of nine wineries-Huber, Best, Turtle Run, Winzerwald, French Lick, Carousel, Oliver, Butler and Brown County.

Some of the culinary surprises you'll find include Cuban mango salsa at Best Vineyards, South African vegetable curry at Butler Winery, Brazilian empanadas at Carousel Winery and Sauerkraut Soup at Winzerwald Winery. French Lick Winery will be serving up Spanish chorizo and manchego cheese, Oliver Winery will create some special Argentine samplers, Huber Winery will tempt you with Italian tuscan soup, and Turtle Run will specialize in delicacies from France and don't forget the Greek spanakopita at Brown County Winery.

Tickets are available at any trail winery or on-line at eventbrite.com which can be reached via the wine trail website at www.indianauplands.com for only $30 before March 1st and $35 thereafter. Tickets entitle you to visit each of the nine wineries once over the four-day event. Tickets may also be used in conjunction with the IUWT's ever-popular Passport program. Receive two free buffet party plates with the trail logo upon completion of the trail using your passport and you are automatically entered into the grand prize drawings at the Vintage Indiana Festival in downtown Indianapolis, June 2, 2012.

Visit www.IndianaUplands.com for more detail about the event and how to order tickets as well as links to individual wineries and their event schedules and how you can become an associate member of the wine trail.

November 28, 2011

Contact: Kimberly Doty,

President, IUWT, 888-494-6380

Nine Wineries with Holiday Spirits in the Uplands

SOUTHERN INDIANA-The Indiana Uplands Wine Trail (IUWT) will be hosting a new event - the "Spirits of Christmas" Weekend along the wine trail this holiday season. The nine wineries along the Uplands Wine Trail will be spreading Christmas spirit by offering wine tasting and complimentary traditional and old-fashioned holiday treats at each winery.

Comprised of nine wineries-Best Vineyards, Brown County, Oliver, Butler, Carousel, French Lick, Winzerwald, Turtle Run and Huber-the wine trail's new event will fill the weekend of December 10 & 11 with holiday sweets and offer a great opportunity to stock up on your favorite wines for holiday gatherings and gift-giving.

On the southern leg of the trail visit Best Vineyards who will be featuring variations of their grandmother's "Winnings" nut cookies and chocolate topped peanut butter cookies. At Winzerwald Winery warm up with traditional German springerle & almerle cookies and warm Gluhwein and steamed egg nog. Huber Winery will pair traditional holiday cookies and homemade fudge with select wines.

Enjoy complimentary tastes of wassail and gingerbread cake at French Lick Winery. Further north visit Butler Winery for mulled fruit wines including apple, blueberry and black currant to put you in the holiday spirit.

The event is free of charge and runs during each of the winery's normal operating hours. Pick up a Passport to the Wine Trail at the first winery and after visiting all nine, the last winery will present you with your set of two logo buffet plates per passport just in time for those holiday celebrations. Each participant that completes the passport will also be entered into a grand prize drawing which will be held at the 2012 Vintage Indiana Wine Festival in Indianapolis in June.

Visit www.IndianaUplands.com for links to individual wineries for hours and details.

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The festivities begin Friday at 6 p.m. EDT with a cocktail reception and culinary demonstration with internationally renowned Master Sommelier, TV host and author, Andrea Robinson. The celebration continues Saturday evening at 6 p.m. with the "Uncorked Celebration Dinner", an over-the-top wine connoisseur's dream, featuring a dabbling of wine education with pairings of the Trail's finest wines and foods, featuring Robinson as special guest speaker.

"This is a wonderful, fun, and yes, even educational, celebration for everyone who loves wine, and food of course," states Kim Doty, Owner of French Lick Winery and President of the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail. "The selections featured will showcase that the nine wineries of the Uplands Trail are among the best in the world. And with the extremely engaging and informative Andrea Robinson in attendance, it's a festival that attendees won't soon forget."

Purchase advance tickets today, online at http://uncorktheuplands.eventbrite.com at the discounted price of $100 per person for both evening's events, or individually at $40 per person for Friday evening and $75 per person for Saturday evening. For additional event information visit www.uncorktheuplands.com.

Chocolate Lover's Weekends on the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail

FRENCH LICK - The Indiana Uplands Wine Trail (IUWT) is enticing chocolate lovers to bring their sweethearts to the wineries this month for free chocolates. The nine wineries will be offering four days of free chocolate and wine pairings to celebrate Valentine's Day. 2011 marks six years of offering chocolate and wine during February at the wineries along the Uplands Wine Trail which reaches from Bloomington on the north to the I-64 corridor on the south. The event attracts both enophiles and chocophiles alike. The best part is the event is absolutely free.

During the weekends of February 12/13 and 19/20 each winery along the trail will pair their award-winning wines with tempting chocolate treats. Dan Adams of Winzerwald Winery says the event is so popular that even snowy days during last year's event did not hurt attendance, although he admitted "Super Bowl Sunday was a little slow since our very own Colts were playing!" "It's a really fun weekend, whether with a group of friends or as a romantic getaway. Combined with an overnight stay at an area cabin or B&B it's a sure cure for the winter blues," Adams says.

Along the northern portion of the wine trail you can find Oliver Winery serving Gourmet Hand Painted Chocolate Truffles from Ghyslain Chocolatier. Butler Winery will be serving chocolate heart-shaped cups with assorted fillings and an array of brownies and chocolates. Butler will also release several new wines, including new vintages of Traminette & Vidal. In addition, on Saturday the 19th, they will be hosting their first "Meet the Growers" event at their vineyard. Carousel Winery will be offering decadent edible chocolate cups filled with the wine of your choice and free samples of Carousel's own in-house produced creamy fudges. Carousel will release their Indiana Persimmon wine and offer Amish signed & dated Woven Wine Baskets to fill with the wine of your choice and a Wine-A-Rita mix or candle for a wonderful Valentine's day gift.

Some of the offerings along the south leg of the wine trail will be Winzerwald Winery featuring their newly released Cabernet Sauvignon & Black Riesling along with their famous fruit wines and warm mulled wine with four chocolate cheesecakes: Heavenly Chocolate, Cookies & Cream, Chocolate Turtle and Raspberry White Chocolate. French Lick Winery will highlight San Francisco chocolates with your choice of wines. Best Vineyards is serving Chocolate Paté with Hazelnut gluten free crackers, Creamy peanut-butter fudge dipped in dark chocolate, Chocolate oatmeal gluten & sugar free cookies sweetened with honey, and Strawberry Flame Balls (a twist on the traditional Bourbon Balls).

Now comprised of nine wineries - Brown County, Butler, Oliver, Carousel, French Lick, Winzerwald, Turtle Run, Best and Huber - the Uplands Wine Trail was formed in 2003. Visit www.IndianaUplands.com for links to individual wineries and their event schedules. Tickets are also now on sale at the wineries for "March Gladness" March 12/13 and 19/20 the most popular of Wine Trail events pairing wines with a host of foods from entrees to desserts in a VIP atmosphere.

Uplands Wine Trail Grand Prizes to be Awarded at Vintage Wine Festival in Indy

FRENCH LICK - The Indiana Uplands Wine Trail (IUWT) is rewarding their customers this past year with their prize drawing to be held during the Vintage Indiana Wine Festival. The festival is held annually at Military Park in downtown Indianapolis the first Saturday in June and this year the festival is on Saturday, June 5, 2010.

All nine wineries will be attending the festival and offering free tastes of their award-winning wines. Grand prizes include an amethyst necklace created by Hinshaw Rocks and Gems of French Lick and several overnight lodging and dinner packages. In addition to the Passport Program the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail also hosts five other annual events in February, March, April, May and November through January.

Now comprised of nine wineries - Brown County, Butler, Oliver, Carousel, French Lick, Winzerwald, Turtle Run, Best and Huber - the Uplands Wine Trail was formed in 2003 as the first wine trail in the state. Visit www.IndianaUplands.com for links to individual wineries and their event schedules for the summer season.

SOUTHERN INDIANA-April is the perfect time to enjoy a "Toast to Spring" weekend on the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail! Now in its eighth year, this ever popular event will be held April 17-18, 2010 and best of all - its absolutely free. Each winery on the trail will offer suggested pairings of the finest Uplands wines with savory cheeses. With everything from aged Cheddar & Havarti to Chocolate and Morel & Leek Jack --- this event is a must for every cheese and wine lover.

Featured this year is Indiana's new signature wine "Traminette". A hybrid of Gewurztraminer and a French-American Seyve grape, this grape yields a variety of styles of wine from dry to dessert and has floral aromas and flavors of orange, spice and honey. Toast to Spring allows you to become familiar with this versatile grape grown in Indiana as well as a host of cheeses to not only taste, but many wineries also offer them for sale to take home.

Touring southern Indiana and viewing Spring in bloom with dogwoods, eastern redbud, and daffodils is a great way to relax and unwind from a long winter indoors. Comprised of nine wineries - Winzerwald, Turtle Run, Oliver, Huber, French Lick, Carousel, Butler, Brown County and Best Vineyards - the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail (IUWT) was the first wine trail formed in Indiana in 2003. All of the wineries offer wine tasting, and many offer a delicious assortment of gourmet picnic foods, wine related gifts and cellar tours.

While enjoying Toast to Spring, participants may also complete the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail passport program and receive a picnic blanket as well as entry into the grand prize drawing to be held at the 2010 Vintage Indiana Wine Festival in downtown Indianapolis on June 5.

Visit www.indianauplands.com for winery hours and information.