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(PERU, Ill.) — Producing roughly 100,000 bottles of wine a year, August Hill Winery opened up shop in 2002. The inspiration of the winery comes from August (Augie) Engelhaupt, a farmer who tended to his land, teaching great life lessons to his grandson Mark Wenzel. Over two decades and a mechanical engineering degree later, MarkContinue reading “From Vineyard to Cave: Illinois Wine Tour meets August Hill Winery”