Keels Creek Winery in Eureka Springs offers a wine tasting of 6 of their wines for $5.00 and you get to keep the wine glass (the glass is somewhat small). The winery prides itself on being local, with the grapes being grown within 30 miles of the winery. It is more in the French style of wine than what is usual around these parts - most of the other wineries are in the German, sweet vein.
Some of the more interesting wines are the Chardonell - which has a very distinct smoky flavor, and the Vignoles - which tastes like banana.
What was interesting in the tasting was 2 of their wines were arrived at by mistakes - like realizing that they misplaced a wine cask and letting it age longer than intended and the other accidentally had 2 different grapes mixed when it came to the vinery. Gotta love a winery that is only 4 years old and can admit when they had an oops.
They are known for their Chambourcin Reserve 2006 but it is not available in the tasting because they only have a few bottles left.
The price range for the bottles of wine are $13.95 through $25.95.
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