Posted in Can I Buy You a Drink?, Date Night, Family Friendly, Family Optional, Feeding the Multitudes, Out of the Box, Winery, tagged Iowa Wine Tour, iowa winery, iowa wines, local wines, Meskwaki, Mesquakie, Tama Iowa on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
9/20/08
John Ernst Vineyard and Winery
On your way to the Meskwaki Bingo Casino and Hotel, take a quick detour to visit the John Ernest Vineyard and Winery. This area is full of history and activities and is right between Cedar Rapids and Ames. If you’re interested in learning about Meskwaki culture check out the site above.
The winery sits [...]
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Posted in Can I Buy You a Drink?, Date Night, Family Optional, Out of the Box, Winery, tagged Century Farm, Family Owned, Iowa, Iowa Vineyard, Iowa Wine, Iowa Wine Tour, Local Food, Local Produce, Tabor Home, Vineyard, Wine tour, Winery, Wines, Wonderful on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Snuggled in between the rolling hills of Jackson County lies a century farm and acres of grape vines at a
family owned winery called Tabor Home. I’m no stranger to Tabor Home. I met them years ago at the farmer’s market in Cedar Rapids, fell in love with their wines, and have been a “fan” ever [...]
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Posted in Can I Buy You a Drink?, Out of the Box, Winery, tagged estherville, iowa winery, little swan lake winery, local winery, okoboji, spencer iowa, Wines on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On our trip to Terrill, to visit the family, one of our outings was Little Swan Lake Winery in Estherville. Little did we know that it was the day of their Harvest Festival featuring World Port, Billie James, and Neal Ruge. Along with a whole other host of goodies. I desperately wanted to stay to [...]
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