![]() “The girls said, ‘There has to be a big window at the end overlooking the vineyard,'” he recalls. ![]() When Larry was planning the windows for the tasting room, he proposed simple waist-high openings around the space. It was an interesting wood to work with.” The View So we put it underneath the walnut as it was drying. The problem with hackberry is that it warps coming right off the saw. “It’s really a junk wood, but I used it because of the color. “I used a wood called ‘hackberry,'” he explains. Larry specifically chose a light-colored wood for the bar so guests could “see the wines through the glass against the lighter wood.” “It’s got a lot of curl and burl - an interesting character that you wouldn’t typically find in furniture-grade walnut.” The Bar “The wood here is much different than what you’d normally see in walnut trim,” he says. Installed with help from his son Reuben, the floor was a labor of love for Larry who has long dabbled in carpentry and woodworking. The custom walnut inlay and baseboards are also made from wood found on the family’s land. The floor of the tasting room is made from white oak, harvested from the 23-acre property. ![]() Here are just a few of the things that make Grandview’s tasting room so special. That brings in a tremendous number of local people - some come every week.” “We have music on the deck in the summertime from about March through October, then the performances move inside. “Friday night is our big deal,” says Larry. The most popular time to visit Grandview Vineyard is on Friday evenings when the winery hosts live music. We also raised the building so we had more room for tanks and that sort of thing.” “We put up a three-foot concrete wall all the way around. “There was no foundation - it was basically a pole barn,” recalls Larry. They fortified the walls, installed new equipment, and created a bright, sunny space where visitors can enjoy their wines and the spectacular view (hence the name). Six years ago, the family - Larry, wife Marilyn, their daughters Fran and Sarah, and the daughters’ husbands Steve and Scott - transformed the building into a modern winery and tasting room. The erstwhile barn housed co-owner (and trained veterinarian) Larry Kennel’s bovine-centric business. Before Grandview Vineyard‘s Lancaster County tasting room welcomed wine-swirling patrons, it was home to cows.
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