Situated in the small town of Birdseye, southern Indiana. Patoka Lake Marina, lodging and winery is just 130 miles from Louisville International Airport—but it’s truly a world apart.
Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Stephen Bartels and his business partner, Heather Setser who share insights about their amazingly tranquil vacation hideaway.


Highlights include floating cabins on Patoka Lake, and shoreside accommodations in cool upscale repurposed grain silos, and wine cruises on Patoka Lake in the heart of rural Southern Indiana.

Bartels also shares engaging insights about his role as a less-is-more legislator in the Indiana House of Representatives.
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