Above is an article written in the
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, December 10, 2002.

Bear Kingdom Vineyard in Little Rock offers traditional jams and jellies, but goes a step further into the vineyard to offer a selection of gourmet wine jellies.

Dennis Kolb makes the jellies with wines from Post Familie Vineyards and Winery at Altus. The alcohol cooks off as the jelly is made, but the flavor and bouquet of the wine remain. The jellies - burgundy, Maiden's blush, Niagara, red muscadine and cabernet sauvignon - are delicious served over cream cheese, as a glaze on Cornish hens, on crepes and waffles, as cheesecake toppings, etc.

Kolb uses white wine in his Vino Pepper Jelly for a sweet peppery and pungent condiment. It's not only tasty, but also pretty - translucent gold with flecks of jalapeno and red bell peppers.

Bear Kingdom Vineyard's products also include muscadine, scuppernong, grape, blackberry and cherry jelly; and blackberry, red raspberry and strawberry jam. Kolb grows the muscadines and scuppernongs in a vineyard behind his state-licensed cannery.

Gift baskets with your choice of jellies and jams range in price from $21.50 to $29.50, plus sales tax and shipping costs. Call (800) 781-1545 or see the Web site www.bearkingdom.com. Orders from outside Pulaski County are shipped via Federal Express, Inside Pulaski County, Kolb will deliver orders or customers may pick them up at 13106 Arch St. Order by Dec. 17 to receive products in time for Christmas.  --  Rhonda Owen