Westport Winery transforms storied grapes into hand sanitizer

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ABERDEEN — Kim Roberts and her family at Westport Winery Garden Resort rank among the most innovative, eclectic and acclaimed wineries in the Pacific Northwest.

Last week, their young Ocean’s Daughter Distillery project pivoted into a position of producing hand sanitizer for regional law enforcement and first responders working amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’ve warned our neighbors that they will see a large police presence at our property right now because they are all here to get hand sanitizer,” Roberts said.

More than 30 cases of hand sanitizer — which equates to about 360 wine bottles — have been dispensed to law enforcement and first responders from the Washington State Patrol, Grays Harbor County, Aberdeen, Montesano, McCleary, Westport and Squaxin Island Tribal Police.

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1. My hand-sanitizer story

We stopped at our local liquor store the other day to stock up. In New York, liquor stores are considered essential businesses. Go figure.

Anyway, we made our selections and brought them to the cash register. After he wrung up the bill and I paid him, he offered me the use of the bottle of hand-sanitizer he had on the counter. It looked like a national brand so I asked where he got it. He laughed and pointed over his shoulder at a bottle of Everclear grain alcohol. It's 150 proof (75% alcohol) and he mixed it with some aloe vera.

Of course, I bought a bottle.