First-documented tests: the modern distillery and the county's vines — both stand across the line

2013–14 AND THE PRESENT REGISTER · “FIRST” ALWAYS CARRYING ITS “DOCUMENTED”

Both halves of this row were untested in the banked build; both are tested now, for this ground first and for the county share second, with “first” carrying its “documented” throughout. The modern distillery. For Granger: no distilled spirits plant seated in Clay or Harris appears in the TTB permit record or the state permit record as searched (the preceding article's sweep), at any date — the township test is a tested negative. For the county: the first documented distillery of the modern craft era seated in St. Joseph County in the record reached is The Indiana Whiskey Company of South Bend — founded by Charles Florance, a Notre Dame MBA of 2013, distilling in a former trucking terminal west of downtown South Bend and sending out its Silver Sweet Corn whiskey by 2014 (second place at the 2014 World Spirits Competition), its still, fermenters and grains all Indiana-made or Indiana-grown on its own published account, its address printed in its own current record as 1115 West Sample Street, South Bend. A second county house belongs to the same era's record at boundary size: 18 Vodka of Mishawaka, at 4211 Grape Road, distilling rye vodka eighteen times in a German copper still and offering tours and tastings by 2014 under the state law change that first allowed them. Neither house is Granger's; the county's modern distilling begins in its two cities, and this ground's share is none — stated, as the checklist requires, as a finding. The vines. For the county: the documented vines stand, again, across the line — IRONHAND Vineyard of South Bend, a boutique winery at 1025 Northside Boulevard producing some 4,000 bottles a year from classic European grapes and American hybrids (a red blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chambourcin; a white of Riesling, Traminette and Gewürztraminer), with every step from vine to bottle performed on site on its published record, named for Henri de Tonti's iron hand. Joseph County planting was returned by the registers searched.

Sources:

1. Notre Dame Magazine, “Whiskey the Hoosier Way” (Charles Florance '13 MBA, founder; operations in South Bend; Silver Sweet Corn whiskey; 20 cases a week at the account's date; local still, fermenters and grains), consulted November 2026; University of Notre Dame ESTEEM program record, 2014 (the company touring; second place, 2014 World Spirits Competition); The Indiana Whiskey Company's own site (1115 W Sample St, South Bend; grain bill 80% corn, 10% wheat, 10% barley), consulted November 2026.
2. Midwest Wanderer, September 9, 2014 (18 Vodka, 4211 Grape Rd, Mishawaka: rye vodka distilled 18 times; tours and tastings under the Indiana law change), consulted November 2026.
3. IRONHAND Vineyard's own published record and Indiana's Cool North winery tour, March 1, 2025 (1025 Northside Blvd, South Bend; c. 4,000 bottles a year; the blends as printed; on-site winemaking; tastings by appointment), consulted November 2026.
4. Indiana winery lists and guides searched November 2026 (the state winery guide by town; the northern-Indiana winery lists; the Indiana winery register record): South Bend's entry is Ironhand; no Granger entry in any list searched.