“Dato Red” 12 x 24” Oil on Wood Panel

Two icons of western culture: the boot and the embroidered pearl button shirt.  The title Dato Red is a nod to an old name given to homemade red wine.

Any winemakers out there?  There is a growth of South Dakota wineries… I never would have guessed that South Dakota would become wine country!  Many of the wineries locally have “cashed in” on grandma and grandpa’s old wine recipes… chokecherry wine, wild plum, raspberry… What a great thing to bring the pioneer can-do spirit forward!

I had a label chosen for a local winery: Prairie Berry Winery in Hill City, SD.  They choose a different label design each year for their fall release of their “Pumpkin Bog” wine, which is actually made from pumpkins and cranberries!  Very harvest fest and to my taste, very good!  It was fun to be at their establishment this past fall, learning more about wine and especially, learning about the South Dakota wine heritage!