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a bottle of wine and help rebuild a landmark! THE HISTORY: In 1924, the developers of Temple Terrace built Dr. Charles Campbell's Hygiostatic Bat Roost (known as "The Bat Tower") on the banks of the Hillsborough River. Dr. Campbell, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, was first to pioneer this type of structure. Bats inhabited the landmark early on, and the tower then stood as silent sentinel for fifty years before falling to arsonists in 1979. THE GOAL: Friends of the Temple Terrace Parks and Recreation and the Temple Terrace Preservation Society have teamed up to reconstruct the tower as a functional bat roost, in the new Riverfront Park in Temple Terrace. This will be one of just four Campbell bat towers in the world. Two Unique Wines for this Unique Project |
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In honor of the Temple Orange, we have created our own orange riesling. This delightful riesling is fermented as usual, and is then married with the juice from fresh florida oranges. The result has been described as a "mimosa without the fizz". The orange flavor provides both a nice, refreshing flavor as well as a bit of nostalgia. |
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The red wine is called L'Collage. It is a dark ruby colored, robust wine in the Bordeaux style. The timeless Bordeaux combination of cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes is then married with cabernet franc to give the wine its richness, depth and color. It is a perfect compliment to any dinner calling for a hearty red wine. | ||
Each of these wines is available for $12.00 per bottle. Come visit us at the winery. You are welcome to taste both of these Bat Tower wines. If you can't make it to the winery, the wines are also available in Temple Terrace at The Olde World Cheese Shop, Chuck's Natural Marketplace, and The Empress Tea Room. We hope that they will soon be availabe in Publix as well. |
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