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A weathered sign welcomes visitors to the Amigoni Family Vineyards in Centerview, Mo., where Michael Amigoni is on a mission to grow real French varietals and craft Bordeaux-style wines.

DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star

A weathered sign welcomes visitors to the Amigoni Family Vineyards in Centerview, Mo., where Michael Amigoni is on a mission to grow real French varietals and craft Bordeaux-style wines.

KC's Inland Sea winery hopes to taste success

08:23 AM CST

Michael Amigoni concedes he’s something of a rogue in Missouri’s wine world, where a serviceable grape known as Norton rules. But it’s a status he relishes, and the wines he’s making from these grapes for the Inland Sea label are beginning to create a buzz.


Museum designer Jerry Eisterhold has growing interest in grapes

11/07/2009 06:04 PM

Jerry Eisterhold, owner of Eisterhold Associates in Kansas City, designs museums around the country. Locally, he has completed the Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times exhibit at the Truman Museum & Library; the Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the John Baker Film Collection Exhibit at the American Jazz Museum. His serious hobby is winemaking.

More examples emerge of artist Gabriella Polony-Mountain's work

11/07/2009 06:00 PM

The magazine cover story two weeks ago about 91-year-old Hungarian-born artist Gabriella Polony-Mountain generated so much interest in an exhibition of her work that it has been extended.

'COWTOWN' by Charlie Podrebarac

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Web exclusive: Chapters 31-33

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The final 11 chapters of Richard Jennings’ “Ghost Town” story will appear on KansasCity.com over the next month. We’ll post two to three chapters each Sunday. The story will be published in book form in June.

AROUND THE BLOCK

All Liberty needs now is another Bogie

10/29/2009 04:18 PM

Liberty has always been charming, at least since I’ve lived there, but in the last few years it has become a little more Johnson County. Not necessarily a bad thing. It used to be that anytime I visited friends on the Kansas side, I’d come home feeling envious of their Targets and Hen Houses and Marshalls and Chick-fil-A’s. We didn’t have those near Liberty.

LOVE STORY

Tough times help bring couple closer together

11/07/2009 06:18 PM

Christie Sullivan was not a party girl. It was November 2000, and 18-year-old Christie was putting herself through Cottey College in Nevada, Mo., working at the Sonic Drive-In.

LAST BITE

Beef, Pork and Mushroom Lasagna

11/07/2009 06:22 PM

Chef John C. Smith of 801 Chophouse in Kansas City suggests this hearty lasagna dish to feed family or friends.

DESIGN NOTEBOOK

When creating a bedroom haven, don't skimp on the essentials

11/08/2009 08:36 AM

This time of year also evokes nesting, an easy way to get warm and do something just for you. We spend a third of our lives in bed, so it’s important to have a clear idea of how you envision your rest chambers.

EYE LEVEL

Jacob Loose flagpole

10/17/2009 06:34 PM

For nearly 95 years, the Jacob Loose flagpole has greeted visitors as they enter Kansas City’s Swope Park. At around 200 feet (not including the original 6-foot copper eagle weather vane), it was regarded as the “tallest unguyed pole in the country” at the time.

FASHION FUSION

Men's clothing gets new life as women's apparel

11/07/2009 06:01 PM

The swingy haute couture dress by Pakistani designer Deepak Perwani looks as if it began life as an exotic tablecloth.

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