Article: Grape expectations hit Illinois; Another winery is added to the state's collection

Jim Ewers fashions his place as a bit of Italy in Illinois - a newly built winery that resembles a 400-year-old Tuscan villa, tucked among rolling hills and vistas near a lush national forest.

From his vantage point at the Blue Sky Vineyard in southern Illinois, Ewers sees great opportunity in the state's agricultural landscape and he is unconvinced that adding another winery to Illinois' growing collection will squeeze the market.

"We have not reached critical mass in terms of wineries," Ewers said from the winery, about 15 miles southeast of Carbondale. "The general thought is that we're not taking another slice of the pie - we're helping grow the pie."

Any way you slice it, that pie's ...

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