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-Kazia Juell

 

Minnesota 2011 Vineyard Events

Alexis Bailly Vineyard

Ø   April 1 - Vineyard Opens Friday - Saturday

Ø   April 9 - Chocolate/Cheese/Wine Pairing

Ø   June 4-6 & 11-13 - 33rd Annual Spring Open House

Ø   Jazz in the Vineyard - Sundays in July and August

Ø   Nov 5-6 - Harvest Celebration - Foch Nouveau

Ø   Nov 20-21 - Annual Wine and Chocolate Tasting

  

  

Buffalo Rock Winery

Ø   May 6 - Tasting Room opens, with tastings Friday - Sunday

Ø   Minnesota's Newest Winery!

  

  

Cannon River Winery

Ø   Special musical performances on selected weekends

Ø   Open Year Round!

Ø   May 28-29 - Tap the Barrel

Ø   June 3-5 - Local Foods - Local Wines

Ø   Aug - Sept - Vineyard Tours and Picnics - selected dates

 

 

Carlos Creek Winery

Ø   Live music on weekends

Ø   Open Year Round - tastings and tours daily!

Ø   Sept 16-18 - MN Food & Wine Festival

 

 

Crofut Family Vineyard

Ø   April 16 - Vineyard Opens Friday - Sunday

Ø   Friday Fix Prixe, starts Friday, June 3th

Ø   Fun With Wine, starts Sunday June 5th

Ø   Sept - Grape Stomp

 

 

Falconer Vineyards Winery

Ø   Music in the Vines - selected Saturday's

Ø   May 28- 29 - Tap the Barrel

Ø   June 3-5 - Local Foods - Local Wines

Ø   June 25-26 - Wine & Art Crawl

Ø   Oct 15-16 - Federweiser & Roter Rauscher

Ø   Nov 12-13 - Holiday Food & Wine

Ø   Nov 19-20 - Cheese & Chocolates


  

Fieldstone Vineyards

Ø   Open year-round!

     

 

Forest Edge Winery

Ø   Open May - December

Ø   Aug 20-21 - Art Fair

 

 

Garvin Heights Vineyards

Ø   Open April - December or by Appointment

Ø   June 3-5 - Local Foods - Local Wines

Ø   Nov 12-13 - Holiday Food Festival

 

 

Glacial Ridge Winery

Ø   Open Year Round!

Ø   Live Music on Saturdays

Ø   May 14 - 1st Annual Barn Dance

Ø   May 21 - 3rd Annual Spring Luncheon

Ø   May 26 - Thursday Evening Outdoor Concert Series Begins

Ø   September 10 - 5th Annual Grape Stomp

Ø   Friday Night Soup Night - all winter long

 

 

 

Goose Lake Farm & Winery

Ø   Opens May 5 - December 31

Ø   May 8 - Women Who Drink

Ø   May 14 - Oct 22 - Artisan & Farmers Market - vendors, music & demos

 

 

Hinterland Vineyards

Ø   Now Open!

 

 

Indian Island Winery

Ø   Apr 29 - May 1 - New Release Weekend

Ø   June 25 - Summer Wine Kickoff

Ø   Aug 13 - Summer Wine Fest

Ø   Sept 10 - Grape Stomp

Ø   Live Music on Friday and Select Saturday Evenings

 

 

Millner Heritage Vineyard & Winery

Ø   Now Open!

Ø   Musical Entertainment on Saturdays and Sundays, May-Oct.

Ø   June 15-17 Anniversary Celebration

Ø   Oct 1-2 Oktoberfest & Grape Stomp

 

 

Minnestalgia

Ø   Open Year-Round!

 

  

Morgan Creek Vineyards

Ø   Open May - December

Ø   May - Nov - Jazz Night, first Saturday

Ø   May 6 - Oct 28 - Winedown for the Weekend

Ø   June 25-26 - Prairie Stories & River Rhymes Poetry Festival

Ø   July 15-17 - German Winefest

Ø   Oct - Annual Grape Stomp

Ø   Nov - Annual Winemaker's Dinner

Ø   Dec 3-4 - Holiday Open House

Ø   Dec - Christmas Candlelight Wine Tasting

 

 

Northern Vineyards

Ø   Open Daily!

Ø   Live Music on Sunday's

 

 

Parley Lake Winery

Ø   July 1- Season Opening

 

 

Post Town Winery

Ø   Closed for relocation, planned reopening in July, 2011

 

 

Saint Croix Vineyards

Ø   Open April 1st - December

Ø   May 28- 29 - Barrel Tasting Event

Ø   June 4 - Rock the Vine II

Ø   June 25-26 - Wine and Art Crawl

Ø   July 9th - Taste of Stillwater

Ø   August 13-14 - Art Meets Wine Festival

Ø   Sept 10-11 - Grape Stomp 2010

 

 

Salem Glen Vineyard

Ø   Open April - December and by Appointment

Ø   Special musical performances on selected Saturday's

 

 

Scenic Valley Winery

Ø   Open April  - October and by Appointment

 

 

Two Fools Vineyard

Ø   Open June  - October

 

 

White Rabbit Vineyards

Ø   Special Event Wine Tastings

 

 

Wild Mountain Winery

Ø   Opens July 2011!

 

 

WineHaven Winery

Ø   July 9-10 -  13th Annual Raspberries and Wine Festival

Ø   August 4-7 - Annual Rhubarb Frenzy

Ø   Oct 15-16 - Federweisser & Roter Rauscher Festival

Ø   Nov 19-20 - Cheese and Chocolate Weekend

Ø   Dec 3-4 - Holiday Festival

 

 

Woodland Hill Winery

Ø   June 4 - August 27th - Friday Night Appetizers

Ø   June 9 - Ladies Night Out

Ø   June 18 - Garden Tea

Ø   June 19 - Father's Day Barbeque

Ø   Aug 13-14 - 4th Annual Art Festival

Ø   Aug 20th - Germanfest

 

 

 

Other Minnesota Vineyards/Wineries

 

Coyote Ridge Vineyards

Polska Vineyards

Warehouse Winery
 

 

Nearby Wisconsin Vineyards/Wineries

 

Chateau St. Croix Winery

Danzinger Vineyards

Indian Creek Orchard - Winery & Grille

Maiden Rock Winery & Cidery

Seven Hawks Vineyard

Trade River Winery

Valley Vineyard

 

 

 

Other Wine Related Links

 

Pine Cheese Mart
Oct - Grape crush & wine making day

 

Winecast
Wine Podcast by Minnesota Resident Tim Elliott

 

 

Partner Links

 

Beth and the Biscuit

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