Byline: Scott Sloan

Aug. 6--Eight years ago, an Anderson County couple spent their hours after work for nearly two weeks with a shovel, planting 750 grape vines.

Today, the wine connoisseurs operate one of Kentucky's largest vineyards and wineries, expanding a once arduous hobby into a full-time business: Lovers Leap Vineyards & Winery.

"We're picking up a lot of steam quick. We're hoping it won't stop," said Jerry Holder, who owns the business with his wife, Ann.

The two popped the cork in June 2001 with a festival attended by about 250 people, Jerry Holder said. Since then, parties in the Anderson County countryside routinely attract between 300 and 400 ...

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