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Article: Winemaking hobby becomes delicious business for New Glarus couple
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 4, 1999
CopyrightCopyright 1999 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Winemaking began innocently enough for Bob Borucki. A bottle
here, a bottle there, made with the grapes, apples, cherries and
plums growing around him on his small farm in Michigan.
As demand among friends and relatives for his wine grew, Borucki,
a seed salesman, began to turn out ever-larger numbers of bottles of
white, red and blush wines.
In 1990, Borucki, a self-taught winemaker, turned his hobby into a
small business, hoping that baby boomers like himself would start
turning from beer to wine.
Besides, "It was a hobby that Peg and I enjoyed doing together.
We enjoyed entertaining our friends with the wine," Borucki said.
A job transfer to Mineral Point prompted Borucki, 49, and his ...
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