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New wine shop opens in Beavercreek
The Miami Valley’s newest wine shop is open for business in Beavercreek.
Bruning’s Wine Cellar is located in Bruning’s Clock Shop & Home Accent Store at 1481 N. Fairfield Road.
Why a wine shop in a clock shop? Good question. And Bruning’s owner Mike Yegerlehner has an answer.
Yegerlehner has allowed the idea of opening a wine shop to ferment for more than two years, ever since Fairfield Wine in Beavercreek closed in early 2005. He figured the Beavercreek area’s wine thirst wasn’t being adequately slaked by the grocery stores and carryouts in the area. The owners of other wine shops, including Culinary Company in Centerville and Taste of Wine in Miamisburg, offered encouragement and advice. With a spacious building and adequate parking, along with a budding interest in wine, he figures he can help fill the void.
In addition, the clock shop has sold Howard Miller-brand clocks for more than three decades, and the folks at Howard Miller recently launched a line of wine cabinets. Just about every customer who bought a wine cabinet would jokingly remark to Yegerlehner, “Now can you help me fill this thing up?”
Well, how he can.
Bruning’s has about 250 wines and 60-70 beers on its shelves now, and those numbers are growing. Yegerlehner is poised to obtain the license necessary for Bruning’s to host weekly wine tastings, and is wrestling with the best night of the week to hold them (Fridays is the current odds-on favorite, followed by Wednesdays). He hopes to launch the weekly tastings in late June or July.
The clock/wine shop’s hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The phone number is (937) 426-4950. And if you’d like to make any suggestions for Yegerlehner, you can email him at mike@brunings.com.
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By Bruning's Wine Cellar
June 10, 2008 6:51 AM | Link to this
Bruning’s Wine Cellar is considering Fridays for their tastings. The times will either be 4-7 or 5-8. Feedback is appreciated. Looking forward to serving the entire community. CHEERS! Bruning’s Wine CellarBy Makeithappen57
June 9, 2008 10:55 PM | Link to this
Brunings is a beautiful store with a warm and inviting ambiance, just the thing Beavercreek needs and wants. Colleen and Mike have a knack for making people feel welcome, much like walking into a good friends home. The wine is well priced with a good choice. Thank you for bringing something new and fresh to the area.By chiefwino
June 6, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this
I visited Bruning’s Wine Cellar, yesterday. Looks like it is going to be a very inviting place for tastings. Mike just received word that the tasting license had been approved. No schedule is set for the tastings to start. More details will follow.By JLM
June 4, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this
Mike - Whatever night you have the tastings, I am hoping you adjust your hours for that day. Closing at 6pm will not leave much time for tasting for those that work until 5pm. Suggest you close at 7pm or 8pm on tasting night. My humble opinion.By Lyn
June 3, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this
Wednesday would work great for us. Thursday tastings are at Wellington Grille, Friday usually out of townBy Mark Fisher
June 3, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
TG: They’ll run into a conflict no matter which night they choose, so I think the motto should be, ‘the more the merrier.’ Just my two cents worth.By tg
June 3, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Hope it’s a night other than Wednesday as the Wine Gallery & Cafe at 3rd & Wayne does their weekly wine tastings that night.By chiefwino
June 2, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this
Best wishes Mike for your new addition.