IRVIN-HOUSE VINEYARDS MAKES NATIONAL DEBUT

NBC Today Show to feature Charleston 's Only Winery-July 29

CHARLESTON, SC
July 20, 2005

Charleston's only winery and vineyards, Irvin-House Vineyards, will be in the national spotlight when it makes its debut on the NBC Today Show this Friday, July 29, between 7 and 10 a.m.

Featured in the 2005 Michelin Guide, The Washington Times, Wine Report, SC Homes & Garden and Charleston Magazine, Irvin-House was founded in 2001, by Jim and Ann Irvin. The Irvins grow four varieties of muscadine grapes, a fruit indigenous to the Southeast, and produce five labels of award winning muscadine wine: Tara Gold, Magnolia, Live Oak Reserve, Mullet Hall and Palmetto. A favorite wine among Southerners for centuries, the Irvins have reinvented it for the modern palette.

Irvin House is located on Wadmalaw Island outside of Charleston . The winery is opened to the public Thursday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free tours are available every Saturday at 2 p.m. Visitors can taste authentic wine, visit the vineyards and stroll through the property. Irvin-House wines are available at Whole Foods Market and O'Hara & Flynn in Mt. Pleasant , Piggly Wiggly stores, Kennedy's Bakery, In Good Taste, Toddy Shop, Wine Shop at the Charleston 's Marina, World Market, Harris Teeter as well as Total Wine in West Ashley. For more information on the Irvin-House Vineyards, visit www.charlestonwine.com or contact 843-559-6867.

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