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Wineries

Sugar Creek Vineyard & Meadery

Fountain, MN

Sugar Creek Vineyard and Meadery, located in Southeastern Minnesota’s Upper Mississippi River Valley Viticultural region, is well suited for growing cold, hardy wine grapes that create a wide spectrum of flavors. Our meads are produced using locally sourced honey, and fermented to perfection with a variety of fruits, spice, and oak additives. We invite you to come visit and enjoy our wines and meads, and experience a little bit of all that Southeastern Minnesota has to offer.

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Winneshiek Wildberry Winery

Decorah, IA

Enjoy a fun, friendly wine experience amidst the beautiful, rolling hills of Northeast Iowa. Winneshiek Wildberry Winery is a family-owned and operated winery specializing in award winning fruit and Midwestern grape table wine in Decorah, Iowa. The winery is located on our 150-year family farm between Decorah, IA, and Mabel, MN.We invite you to spend a day in the country sipping wine and enjoying the seasonal view from the patio!



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Frisky Fox Vineyard & Winery

Riceville, IA

Our vineyard is located on our family farm near Riceville, IA. We raised swine and horses back in the ’70s and ’80s. Now we rent out the farmland and tend to the vineyard. We planted the first 30 vines in 2010; they were damaged by a tornado on May 22, 2011. The roof of the old house landed on the grape trellis, 300 feet from house. The tornado also destroyed the grain bin and all of the old hog buildings. Since then, the vineyard has expanded to 550 vines currently growing on the property.

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Empty Nest Winery

Waukon, IA

Our winery is breathtaking & charming, made from our reclaimed 100 year old family barn. Come sit & relax inside or out on our patio & gazebo and your stress will melt away. You must step foot inside to appreciate this beautiful venue! Our winery tasting room has a fun & relaxed atmosphere so you can meet friends to taste & enjoy a glass of wine, sangria, seltzers, pint of craft beer, cider or cans of your favorite beer and always free popcorn to munch on. We have 10 taps of craft beers and hard ciders. Find us on Facebook.



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Blufftop Vineyard and Winery

Blufftop Vineyard

Winona, MN

We are a small 4 acre vineyard and farm winery near Dakota, Minnesota in Winona County. We started growing grapes in 2018 and feature three varieties, Itasca, Petite Pearl and Crimson Pearl. We developed a passion for wine making following years of going on wine tours and becoming members of a home wine making group, The Fermented Friends. We decided to apply for a Farm Winery license so we could share our wines and opened our farm winery in the fall of 2022. We offer sampling year-round, LIVE music in the warmer months and limited hours through the winter. We do have a small indoor seating area and hope to do an expansion in 2025. We hope you’ll stop by to sample our wines, enjoy a glass or take a few bottles home with you!

blufftopvineyard.com

Eagles Landing Winery

Marquette, IA

2022 Governor’s Cup Iowa State Fair
People’s Choice Award Iowa State Fair 2021
Winery of the Year 2018


Eagles Landing Winery prides itself as a fun, friendly atmosphere that is family owned and is located in Northeast Iowa along the Mississippi River and is part of the tri-area of Prairie du Chien, WI & McGregor, IA. Rich in history and the beauty of the driftless area, we are conveniently located near several State Parks, a National Monument, and a State Forest. We are Pet Friendly in our Wine Garden. Check out our website for our music line-up.

EeaglesLandingWinery.com

Distilleries

Harmony Spirits

Harmony, MN

Harmony Spirits makes premium spirits made from locally sourced grains. Stop in at our tasting room and have one of our delicious cocktails. Look for Harmony Spirits at your favorite liquor store.

Put some “Harmony”
in your glass and enjoy.


HarmonySpirits.net

Township 23 Distillery

Nelson, WI

A farm family legacy, aged six generations, has now been redefined and found in spirits.

Township 23 Distillery uses only the superb organic grains from the heart of Village Edge Farms to give you the ultimate field to glass experience.


Township23distillery.com

Breweries

Sylvan Brewing

Lanesboro, MN

Comfy, Crafty, and a little bit Crazy… nestled in the heart of southeastern Minnesota’s beautiful bluff country, Lanesboro’s first brewery in over 100 years welcomes you with delicious beer and friendly service. Sylvan Brewing is located in the former wood-stacked granary. Our patio is open year-round and in the winter has heaters and a fire pit for those chilly days. Dogs are welcome on the patio. We’ve got beer for all tastes!





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Hoppy Girl Brewing

Wabasha, MN

Good beer can be found in many places. Great beer, however, is not so easy to find. Some of the best beer is made off the beaten path, by an artist with a simple passion. A brewer with this passion brews hand-crafted small batch beers to be shared with family and friends, and they are not generally found at your average watering hole. Lucky for you, there is a taproom in the back alley of our B&B where just such beers can be found! Come enjoy some unique and unforgettable flavors.



HoppyGirlBrewing.com

Karst Brewing

Fountain, MN

Independent craft beer in Karst Country! Karst Brewing in Fountain is Fillmore County’s first modern brewery. Eric brews a wide variety of exceptional beers from light to malty to hop forward to sour. The owners have repurposed three historic buildings to create spacious outdoor seating, an off-leash dog area, a beautiful indoor taproom and a cozy fireplace room. Karst geology gives the region its characteristic caves, sinkholes & streams, which Karst’s Big Spring IPA, Trout Run Pale Ale, Sugar Creek Saison and Flowstone Alt celebrate. Come enjoy trivia, music, food trucks, local pizza from Village Square, and amazing local BEER!

KarstBrewed.com

Pulpit Rock Brewing Co.

Decorah, IA

Built out of an old dairy facility and originally situated next to a laundromat, Pulpit Rock Brewing opened its bay doors during the summer of ’15. Founded by four Luther alumni, fueled by two head-brewers and driven by a small taproom team (and the occasional volunteer), this modest brewery embraces the opportunity to produce and serve exciting and innovative beers. With a rotating tap list that balances classic styles, unabashed hop-enthusiasm and adventurous flavor-infusions, we aim to provide our guests with a spectrum of tastes and experiences.

PulpitRockBrewing.net

Fat Pat’s

Spring Grove, MN

Fat Pat’s serves traditional Texas-style BBQ in the heart of the Upper Midwest. Fat Pat’s started in 2017 in Spring Grove, MN but owner Patrick Longmire Jr. has been honing his BBQ skills for years. His smoking knowledge and skill was born and raised in the heart of BBQ country, U.S.A.—Texas.





FatPatsBrewery.com

Bluff Brothers Brewing

Spring Valley, MN

New brewery in Spring Valley, Minnesota.





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