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Feature Wine Aficionados Welcome Vintner's Cellar to Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL has welcomed Vintner’s Cellar, North America’s fastest growing make-your-own wine store, which carries everything from Chardonnay to Merlot. The store, which opened its doors in May, is located on Century Drive, adding to the Michigan-based winery’s already existing franchises throughout CA, CO, FL, IL, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MO, NC, ND, NH, SC, TX and WA. Making quality top priority, Vintner’s Cellar travels the world in search of the finest vineyards to produce Vintner’s Cellar Gold Medallion Collection Wine Kits. Only the finest harvests from these select vineyards are chosen, resulting in wine kits which produce excellent, premium wines in as little as five weeks. After creating a custom wine, high quality custom labels are placed on each bottle and can be customized for any occasion. The wine each franchise supplies is ready to drink and enjoy once bottled; however, the company advises its customers to put a few bottles away in order for the wines to age to perfection. Vintner’s Cellar also offers its customers an opportunity to interact and ensure repeat business. In just two visits to Vintner’s Cellar customers can create 25 bottles of wine - no grape stomping necessary. The initial visit is designated to start the customer’s batch in the store and then a return visit in six to eight weeks is set to bottle and label the wine. The winery will also take care of all the transitional steps and will even assist in the design of custom labels. Vintner’s Cellars’ also offers gift baskets. The company’s top seller is The Bucketeer, a set containing a bottle of wine of the customer’s choosing, two wine glasses and after-dinner sweets, complete with an ice bucket. For the outdoors type, The Tailgater comes complete with wine, glasses, plates, cloth napkins, cheese and crackers for two. And for a special anniversary, try the Sex In the City basket with wine, glasses, chocolate, cookies, and a candle. Vintner’s Cellar also welcomes its customers the chance to partake in one of their many wine-tasting parties. Parties are held at the store after their hours of operation. They can be as short as an hour or as long as three hours. Parties generally consist of 12 to 24 guests or six to 12 couples. But the experience of making and tasting wines won’t stop in Edwardsville, IL. Vintner’s Cellar offers wine making franchise opportunities. Vintner’s Cellar Franchising International Inc. is introducing a brand new business opportunity to the U.S. marketplace. This retail wine making concept has proven highly successful in Canada for over 10 years. The company’s system offers a franchise fee of $35,000, extensive training and support, coupled with no royalty fees and the potential to develop a business. Franchisees also receive a recognized name, an extensive training and support program, the experience of a corporate team and assistance with site selection and lease negotiations. Vintner’s Cellar is currently operating 32 locations nationwide. The stores occupy spaces of 2,000 sq.ft. in strip centers and malls. Growth opportunities are being explored during the coming 18 months, with a total of 60 locations to be opened by June 2007. For more information, contact J. Robert Poirier III, Vintner’s Cellar Franchising International, Inc., 4020 Somers Drive, Burton, MI 48529; 800-480-7417, Fax 810-743-9466; Email: sales@vintnercellar.com; Web site: http://vintnerscellar.com. |