Eagle City Winery - Email Newsletter #13 (Heart of Iowa Wine Trail)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Des Moines, IA � December 18, 2012 � The Heart of Iowa Wine Trail announces an evening getaway for winter-weary, wine-loving central Iowans.  The wine trail is hosting the 5th Annual Tropical Wine Festival at the Scottish Rite Consistory at 519 Park St. in Des Moines on Friday evening, February 1, 2013 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This one-year-only relocation of the event was necessitated by the renovation of the Des Moines Botanical Center.

Iowa Pork Producers and Iowa Restaurant Association
This will be the second year that The Iowa Pork Producers will be supporting this event. New this year will be the Iowa Restaurant Association and their Dine Iowa program. These two organizations are providing invaluable support and their participation allows the event to offer the finest in food for attendees to sample.

Tickets for the event are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Tickets may be purchased on-line by visiting www.heartofiowawinetrail.com/tropicalwinefestival.html or from any Heart of Iowa Wine Trail Winery. All those attending the Tropical Wine Festival will receive a commemorative wine glass.

For guests wishing to extend the activity into their own overnight getaway, the wine trail has named the Renaissance Savery Hotel at 401 Locust Street in Des Moines, Iowa as the preferred partner hotel and has arranged for discounted hotel accommodations for event guests staying at that facility. Rooms for the 2013 event are in very short supply so those wishing to stay at the Savery should get their reservations made as early as possible. Guests wishing to take advantage of this special hotel offer should contact the hotel directly at (515) 244-2151 and make their own reservations. When making reservations, guests should request the Heart of Iowa Wine Trail event room rate.

About the Heart of Iowa Wine Trail

The Heart of Iowa Wine Trail is an organization of fifteen central Iowa wineries dedicated to promoting awareness for Iowa's rapidly growing wine industry. The organization sponsors periodic events throughout the year that are designed to familiarize both native Iowans and visitors with central Iowa wineries and the wines they produce. The fifteen wineries include Dale Valley Vineyard, Eagle City Winery, Grape Escape, Jasper Winery, John Ernest Vineyard and Winery, LaVida Loca Winery, Penoach Winery, Prairie Moon Winery, Rosey Acres Winery, Snus Hill Winery, Fox Ridge Winery, Summerset Winery, Tassel Ridge Winery, Two Saints Winery and White Oak Vineyards.
Additional information on The Heart of Iowa Wine Trail and its member wineries is available on-line at www.heartofiowawinetrail.com