Purple Toad Winery in Paducah known for sweet wines
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Purple Toad Winery in Paducah, Kentucky, has gained a great following among Tri-State sweet wine lovers.
Tasters enjoy the winery's clever flavors such as Black and Bruised (blackberry and Concord grape); Strawberry Lemonade and Chocolate Harbor (a strong port-style wine fermented with cocoa).
"I tell everybody, 'We're like a virus,'" said winemaker Allen Dossey, who owns Purple Toad with his wife, June. "Once we're in a town, the taste for our wine grows and spreads from person to person."
You'll find Purple Toad wine at most of our local liquor and larger grocery stores. You've seen it — the one with the big Brazilian tree frog on the label. And yes, Dossey is perfectly aware the frog is not a toad.