Visit The Iowa Wine Trail by traversing the upper Mississippi Valley wine region at Anamosa, Baldwin, Bankston, Clinton, Decorah, Lisbon, Marquette, and Fredericksburg. Sample well-crafted wines and ciders in the comfort of excellent and diverse tasting rooms among our heritage farms and vineyards, hilltop chateau, nestled river village, and Italian bistro.
Wineries can be visited almost daily and semi-annual Special Events shouldn’t be missed. At each site a winemaker is likely nearby to answer questions about growing wine using the region’s special varietals. Visitors can view operations, enjoy the grounds, and sample award winning wines and sparkling ciders carrying that special Iowa taste.
Enjoy the region’s designated scenic byways, alpine hills, and cold water streams full of trout. This exquisite hill country was spared recent glaciers thus leaving soils, slopes, caves and aquifers well-suited for irrigation, drainage, circulation, and sun to produce the best grapes.
The area is adorned with landscapes as selected by Artist of the Heartland, Grant Wood. We know you would enjoy the hospitality of the trail’s bed & breakfast partners, so consider staying the weekend.
Looking for a Unique Gift Idea?
Purchase 2010 Iowa Wine Trail Weekend Event Tickets or check with our partners for 2010 Iowa Wine Trail Package Opportunities.
Many thanks to all of you who participated in the November Trail Wide Event! Beautiful weather, great wine and great food!! The recipes and wine pairings for the “World of Food with Iowa Wines” theme can be downloaded here.
November Wine Trail Event
The November Wine Trail door prize winners were the following two lucky wine trail travelers. The drawing winners were Kathleen Marx from Clinton, Iowa, and LeAnn Carlson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The winners receive one bottle of wine from each of the participating wineries. The prizes are mailed to the winners or delivered depending on the location.
The Iowa Wine Trail draws door prize winners from persons who have attended the trail event, completed the evaluation on the back of the ticket, and turn them in at the last winery that they visit. One drawing is held from those persons who visited all participating wineries. The other winner is drawn from the total of all tickets turned in at the last winery visited. (Hint - Your odds of being drawn are greater if you visit all participating wineries!)
Plan now for the April 2010 Weekend Event to be held April 24-25, 2010.
April Wine and Food Weekend
April 24-25, 2010
“Decadence2″
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday
At each winery, adventurous wine tasters will be able to SAMPLE foods paired with unique, locally made wines. Plan to sample food and wine at all eight wineries.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
Purchase 3 tickets before April 15, 2010 and get the 4th one FREE!
Two-Day Tickets
$25 each in advance (purchased before April 15th, 2010)
or $35 the day of the event.
Single Day Tickets
$20 each (purchased before April 15th, 2010) or $35 the day of the event.
Tickets can be purchased at participating winery tasting rooms,
online by clicking here, or by calling 563-557-3727.