Swirll Winery in downtown Dallas closing on December 20

DALLAS — Swirll Winery, the bottle-your-own winery located in the lobby of the Davis Building on Main Street in downtown Dallas, will close for good on December 20, confirmed Peggy Davion, who co-owned the business with her husband Louis.

"We ran out of money," she said. "We had no money. We've been trying and trying with all our heart and soul for the last six to eight months, thought we'd get busy at Christmas time, and nothing. So we made the decision that we just don't have a choice."

Swirll opened in mid-2005 bolstered by a year's worth of financial incentives from the city. But Davion says that very few downtown residents supported them.

"The corporate level supported us in a big way, but that business is not here any longer," she said. "It's the economy. We were doing nothing but fabulous until January and February, and it's been a decline every since. We're just like Wall Street, GM, and all the banks -- we're out of money."

All merchandise at the store is marked down to half off, and all batches of wine must be picked up by December 20. The two will return to their careers in computers and real estate.

"It breaks our heart to leave here," Peggy said.