Giant Corkscrews

Giant Corkscrews
1 White Fences Drive
Irvington, Virginia
submitted by “MikeP”

Mike says:
I found these in a little town called Irvington down on the Eastern Shore. They were at the entrance to the White Fences Wine Vineyard. They were HUGE!   Easily 20′ tall.

wendyvee says:
Oops! I was saving this post for last Friday — February 18th was National “Drink Wine” Day — but I missed it! So, I am hereby announcing that February 21st is National “Have Another Glass of Wine” Day!

Sadly, it seems that the White Fences Vineyard has gone out of business … but you can still visit their website here. I wonder if they’ll be keeping these corkscrews around much longer?

To see Mike’s other great finds, click the “MikeP” tag at the end of this post!

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Tags: corkscrews, MikeP, Virginia, wine

10 Responses to “Giant Corkscrews”

1. Gunnar says:

   February 23, 2011 at 2:08 pm

   Hey, this just inspired me to do a big corkscrew post on my blog. Great minds think alike (and so do we)!

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2. MikeP says:

   February 25, 2011 at 6:48 pm

   Bummer. I didn’t know they had gone out of business. I’ll have to ride back down there in the summer and see if the corkscrews are still there.

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   • wendyvee says:

     February 25, 2011 at 7:01 pm

     I took so long to post it that they closed before they made it to the site.

     If the corkscrews are still there, pick one up for me, okay? 🙂

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     • MikeP says:

       February 26, 2011 at 11:56 am

       LOL! Yeah, I’ll just tie one on the back of the bike and bring it up to PA for you… 🙂

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       • wendyvee says:

         February 26, 2011 at 12:17 pm

         While you’re at it, get both of them. Just bungie one corkscrew onto each side so that your bike is well-balanced!

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   • M says:

     May 17, 2011 at 8:11 pm

     Was by there today and the corkscrews are still there! Sign frame is there too, but it’s sign-less. Definitely a photo op.

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     • wendyvee says:

       May 17, 2011 at 8:20 pm

       Thanks for the update … it will be interesting to see what becomes of them!

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3. Fuzzygalore says:

   February 28, 2011 at 5:12 pm

   These are great. Sad they’ve folded up but… the idea of corkscrews on a motorcycle just might make up for it.

   And Wendy…
   “Have Another Glass of Wine Day” could only be called – best holiday ever.

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   • wendyvee says:

     February 28, 2011 at 5:50 pm

     Fuzzy –
     I KNOW! I should totally be in charge of all new holidays, right? 🙂

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4. update says:

   May 17, 2014 at 4:55 pm

   they are still there and the vineyard is called the dog and oyster

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