WE BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY OF A SMALL TOWN WINERY DESTROYED IN A TORNADO AT THE TIME. THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HELD WELL NOW THEY’RE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO REBUILDING KATV NEWS WATCH EVANS JOEY SAVAGE HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY TONIGHT? A LOT CAN CHANGE IN TWO WEEKS. THIS IS SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE IN MID-JUNE AND EF-1 TORNADO LEVELED THIS WELL-LOVED WINERY. THIS EMPTY SPACE IS WHERE THE EVENT CENTER ONCE HOUSED GRAPE JUICE JOY. IT WAS A PRETTY EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE TO JUST SEE ALL OF THAT. WHAT WAS JUST DAYS BEFORE? NO LONGER SHADOWED BY THE COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY WENT DOWN THERE AND SEE IF WE COULD HELP AND BOY, IT WAS DEVASTATING AND THAT HELP HASN’T DRIED UP ANOTHER LOCAL VINEYARD HAS OPENED THEIR TASTING ROOM DOORS TO PRAIRIE CROSSING. WE WORKED TOGETHER, AND I KNOW THEY DO THE SAME THING FOR ME. SO IT WASN’T EVEN A QUESTION THE COMMUNITY SAYS CHEERS TO THAT DESPITE SUPPLY CHAIN CONCERNS THE ROOF WHICH WAS SCATTERED ACROSS FIELDS IN THE STORM IS ALREADY REPLACED. OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS TO GET THE WINERY BACK IN OPERATIONS. THE PROPERTY IS STILL SPARKLING WITH SHARDS OF GLASS BLOWN APART BY THE STORM, BUT GET THIS NONE OF IT APPEARS TO BE FROM BOTTLES OF WINE. IN FACT, WE’RE TOLD NOT ONE CASE WAS DAMAGED WE COULDN’T COVER FROM QUICKLY WOULD BE IF ALL OF THE INVENTORY OF WINE WAS DESTROYED. SO IT’S IT’S AWESOME. WHAT ELSE IS AWESOME QUARKS WILL POPPING IN THE REOPEN TAST. ING STIR THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED I WAS AMAZED AND DELIGHTED. I WAS REAL TICKLED FOR THEM NOW SITES ARE SET ON SAVING THESE GRAPEVINES WHICH COULD TAKE YEARS TO YIELD A CROP, BUT THERE’S NO WHINING IN WINEMAKING. WELL, IT’S REALLY HARD TO KILL A GREAT VINE. YOU HAVE TO TRY REALLY REALLY HARD ALMOST AS HARD AS IT IS TO KILL THESE BUSINESS OWNERS SPIRITS. THIS PLACE IS NOT GOING AWAY. IT’S NOT DEFEATED. VERY CROSSING IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR ALL TO ENJOY FOR A LONG TIME TO COME AND THERE’S NOTHING SWEETER THAN THAT IN TRAINER JOEY SAVCHIK KATV NEWS. WATCH 7. IN FACT NEW OWNERS WILL ACQUIRE THE WINERY SOON CURRENT OWNERS. TELL KETV. THEY’RE REFUNDING DEPOSITS FOR PEOPLE WHOSE EVENTS WERE CANCELED AND HELPING THEM FIND NEW VENUES NOW, THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR TIME REDESIGNING THEIR EVENT ROOM AND SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO’S HEL