Holesinsky Winery

Holesinsky Winery

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Located 4 miles north of Buhl, Idaho, on the Snake River canyon rim, the Holesinsky Winery was founded by James Holesinsky. James’s father was a chemist and wanted James to be a chemist, but the son says he found his passion in a different sort of effort: winemaking. In 2001 James went to University of California-Davis and completed the wine program, then came back and planted 7 acres of grapes at his family’s farm. That was the beginning of the Holesinsky Vineyard and Winery. But the chemistry gene remained in the Holesinsky family and they have another business plan thanks to the covid-19 epidemic sweeping the nation. The wineries closed to the public, but their clients can drive up, buy a bottle of wine and impossible to find hand sanitizer. Caitlin Holesinsky of Holesinsky Winery: “We haven't really had to bad of lines. People wait in their cars. We sanitize before and after each person. And then we just go to their cars, give them what they need and take a card and they're on their way.” End of story, right? No. While the demand for wine is brisk, hand sanitizer is flying off the shelves. They can't keep up with demand. “You look up there, the isopropyl alcohol. Those are all our empties that we processed Saturday.”
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