gratefully accept 12-pack soda cartons and
sealing wax from other wine bottles. All of
their bottles are dipped and sealed in hot
melted bottle sealing wax because it is the
best airtight bottle sealer for natural corks.
What are the soda cartons used for?
Lenore explained that they turn them inside
out, separate the inside of the box with a
cardboard divider and use it as a wine twopack
holder.
“Substantial change never, ever comes
from the top down. It has always come
from us, the people. If you want to change
something, something that isn’t working
properly in our country, it’s because of the
people making it so.”
Larry strongly believes that change can
be made, and he makes sure that the
interns who come to work at Bunker Hill
leave with one message, if nothing else.
“No matter what their future plans are
for a career, I want them to know that a
successful, prosperous business can be run
in a green, sustainable way.”
There is another side to
Bunker Hill Winery that is
almost as popular as the wine, and that is
the spirits who live there. Lenore has a large
photo album full of photos provided by
their visitors who have taken pictures on
their spirit walk but had to go home and
look at the photos more closely to see what
they had captured on fi lm.
Strange mists
and odd
apparitions in
photographs
taken on the
property are
commonplace
now, and a
collection of
them can be
found on the
winery website,
bunkerhillvineyard.
com.
Look on the
very bottom of
the home page
where there
is a section
in green, on
the far right
where it says
“ghost story.”
These photos
above are
courtesy of the
website.
A Safe Haven
for Spirits
According to the Bunker Hill Vineyard and Winery
website, “A 157 year old laurel oak tree once stood in the
center of the property, but in 2017, after hurricane Irma
swept through Florida, the oak tree unfortunately died.
To commemorate the tree, a chainsaw sculptor came
and was given free reign over what he thought would
be best for the tree. After spending some time on the
property, the artist was able to clearly see a vision of
what the tree should become; a Cavalry soldier, Native
American woman, owl, and an angel to represent the
spirits that live at Bunker Hill. Eight solar lights were later
placed in a ring around the tree to light it up and at least
twice a week, the spot lights are turned over and turned
backwards.”