Clearcreek Country Vineyard started from the dream of Gary Evans, who wanted a small vineyard upon retirement from his 30 year engineering job at Harley Davidson in Pennsylvania. Gary planted the acre vineyard between 2006 to 2007. He and his wife, Shirley, would drive back and forth from Pennsylvania to tend to the vines for over 3 years before his eventual retirement in 2009. Upon his retirement, Gary and Shirley moved to Amanda to settle in and work full time in the vineyard to get it ready for production. Tragedy struck as Gary suddenly passed away in January of 2010, which was devastating for Shirley and the entire Evans’ family. It seemed as though Gary’s dream had came to an end before it was fully realized.
