| Whyte
Horse Winery came to existence when a dream and a passion
came |
| together. The dream was
to care for a vineyard; the passion was borne from |
| thirty years of collecting fine
wines. |
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In 2002, we were looking
for a piece of land that had either a stream or pond and woods.
We were interested in having something that our family could
enjoy. On the way to dinner one evening we noticed a property
that was for sale by owner. We called on the property and were
told that it already had a full-price offer. We made a backup
offer and were told it would probably be of no avail. The next
day we received a call during church that the owner of the property
wanted to speak with us. When we called the owner back, she asked “Will
you take the horse”? When questioned what she meant, she
replied that she had a 25-year-old white mare that she couldn’t
take with her. The people with the existing offer did not want
the horse but if we would take the horse with the property we
could have it all. We took the horse, Molly.
Molly became our grandchildren’s favorite. Three years
ago we ventured out to the farm after church. I teach a Sunday
school class and had been teaching on Bruce Wilkinson’s
book, "The Secret of the Vine." As I sat on the deck and looked
out at our rolling pasture, I told Connie that I wanted to plant
a vineyard. I wanted to care for the vine. It was only natural
to take the interest in the vineyard and our passion for fine
wine collecting to the next level of a winery.
We approached my brother Don Pampel and his wife Denise concerning
be a part of the project. Don, Denise, Connie and I were all
farm kids, so it has felt like we were all returning to our roots.
When we were searching for the name of the winery, Connie came
up with the name Whyte Horse for Molly — who was the reason
we were able to buy the property. The land is located in White
County in Indiana, so we wanted a different spelling that was
more Old World, since that is also the style of wine we enjoy
most.
Hence Whyte Horse was born.
-- Larry & Connie
Pampel
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