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(785) 542-2278 1394 E 1900 Rd
Eudora, KS 66025
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www.davenportwinery.com

C.W. and Mary Davenport moved to Lawrence in 1949, settling at the Jenny Wren Farm west of town where they raised apples, grain crops and cattle and ran a meat market and auction barn. C.W. retired in 1960, but soon discovered he needed something to keep him busy, so he bought farm ground east of Lawrence in the Kaw Bottoms area and set 74 acres of peaches and 6 acres of apples. The road bordering the farm came to be known as Peach Orchard Road (now County Road 1057 and/or East 1900 Road). C.W. and Mary's grandson Greg helped work the farm during the summer months and eventually took over operations when C.W.'s health no longer allowed him to work. Since then, Greg has added more apples and pears to the mix, then grapes because his wife Charlee thought "they looked so pretty." Given their respective German & Polish heritages, it was only natural that Greg and Charlee should begin making wine; first as amateurs, then commercially in August 1997. Greg & Charlee's intent is to make good wine from Kansas Read more »

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  • Sémillon

    History of the grape: Little is documented about the early years of this grape, which is surprising due to its distin...

  • Chardonel

      Grape: Chardonel Color: White   Main Regions: New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio. ...

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

    “King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...

  • Sauvignon Blanc

    Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California -- at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety -- and...

  • Pinot Noir

    “With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...

  • Syrah

    The irony here is that Syrah’s origins could give Carmen Sandiego a run for her international wallet. Syrah’s deepest...

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  • February 2013

    The Zinner party was last night, but preparations began a week or two ago when I realized I had accumulated some Zins that needed consuming.  I had been lured by a cellar sale on BPWine that featured a ton of Turley wines from different vineyards at really attractive prices.  By the time I pulled the trigger, the best values appeared to be a 200... Read More

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  • November 2012

    It’s Saturday afternoon and I am still buzzing about the wine tasting I attended on Thursday night. Wadebridge wines put on a fantastic evening at the Royal Cornwall Showground. The venue was heaving with people guzzling their way through the over 100 wines on show looking for the perfect bottles to order in time for Christmas.The event was very... Read More

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  • October 2009

    Went down to East Sussex the other week to meet up with Will Davenport of Davenport Vineyards to see how he was getting on with this yeard harvest. Whilst I was there managed to try his new vintage of the Diamond Fields Pinot and Horsmonden Dry White, both drinking really well and I'd highly recommend. www.davenportvineyards.co.uk!http://i2.phot... Read More

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  • Roth Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 2004

    September 2007

    Roth Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 2004

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    The Wine Spies Say:TOP SECRET ALERT: Today we are featuring another incredible value. Again, we we bring you a big, classic Cabernet Sauvignon that drinks like a way more expensive wine.Mission Codename: Agent White sees RedOperative: Agent WhiteObjective: Send Agent White to Sonoma County to uncover a killer CabernetMission Status: Accomplished... Read More

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