Iowa Fall Wine Trail

Celebrate Fall with the Iowa Wine Trail

First Two Weekends in November

Join us for the 2024 Iowa Fall Wine Trail over the first two weekends in November - featuring 18 wineries across the state. Experience the beauty of autumn while indulging in delicious local wines. Buy your tickets today!

Plan Your Perfect Fall Wine Getaway!
Make the most of your Iowa Fall Wine Trail experience with our interactive Google Map! This handy tool allows you to see the location of all 18 participating wineries, get directions for your chosen route, and view their operating hours and special offers – all on one map! Simply visit this Map to start planning your perfect fall wine adventure.
Dates:

• November 1-3


• November 8-10

Tickets: Tickets are $40 and include a FREE Wine Tasting at each participating winery. Plus, enjoy additional special offers and discounts at each location. Buy tickets now!

Participating Wineries:

•     Bishop Vineyard & Winery: After purchasing a small acreage of this Century Farm in 2010, the owners wanted to put the property back into production. Bishop Vineyard & Winery offers a peaceful setting to enjoy their award-winning wines.


•   Covered Bridges Winery: Located along the rolling hills of the heart of Iowa's wine country, Covered Bridges Winery produces a variety of wines made from grapes grown on their own vineyards. Ask about the story behind their wine: Rattlesnake Red. 


• Eagles Landing Winery: A stop in Marquette, Iowa can’t be complete without a visit to Eagles Landing Winery, which continues to offer award winning wines plus now, food. 


• Glyn Mawr Winery - The Local: Glyn Mawr Winery, otherwise known as The Local in the historical downtown of Mount Vernon, is a place where Iowa-made wine, customers, and economy all come together in a wonderful atmosphere. 


• Jasper Winery: A trip into Des Moines will take you to Jasper Winery, where you can sample an array of innovative wines including their canned wines and bourbon aged wines.


• Jennings Winery: With over 25 years of experience, Jennings Winery is a popular destination for wine lovers in Garber, Iowa. The owners like to say the wines are crafted by leprechauns!


• Madison County Winery:  Sitting in a picturesque manner on a hillside just outside of St. Charles. A staple in the Iowa Wine industry, there you can also enjoy beer from Twisted Vine and Big Rack Brew House.


• Olathea Creek Vineyard & Winery: Olathea Creek Winery in Le Claire, IA, is one of the state's newest wineries, but you wouldn’t know it by their quality wines. Once a campsite for the Saux and Fox tribes, ‘Olethe’ in Fox means beautiful, and that’s exactly what this winery is. 


• PromiseLand Winery: Located in the Southern hills of Guttenberg, IA, on the Great River Road. Owners, Pat and Cindy Wachendorf, offer a one-of-a-kind experience that will make you feel right at home.


• Soldier Creek Winery: Two-time Iowa Winemaker of the Year, Anne Zwink (2018, 2023) brings together her award-winning wines with a fun atmosphere right on their family farm. Check out their live events on their website!


• Sweet Honeymoon Winery: Enjoy a romantic setting and delicious wines at Sweet Honeymoon Winery, located in the Loess Hills. Your adventure carries on with a fun twist full of good laughs when you stop to sip on wines from Jim and Sue at Sweet Honeymoon Winery. 


• The Cellar Winery: North of Des Moines, just one gravel mile from the High Trestle Trail, sits The Cellar Winery, which is never short on entertainment (former home of Snus Hill Winery). 


• TYCOGA Winery & Distillery: Visit TYCOGA Winery & Distillery, a place of elegance with a quiet country feel. They offer over twenty types of wines plus mixed drinks made with their own Vodka, Whiskey, & Gin. 


• Van Wijk Winery: Located in the scenic town of Sully, Van Wijk Winery produces a variety of wines, including fruit wines and hybrids.


• Wide River Winery: Wide River has three locations! Wide River Winery Clinton: take the climb to the top of the bluff where you will pair their Jury Duty or Felony Red wines with a tasty cheese melt. At the Wide River LeClaire Tasting Room, enjoy their Pursuit of Happiness Wines with their house made Chocolate Torte. The Wide River Village of East Davenport will treat you with their Not Guilty wine paired with their Honey Walnut Bar. 


• ·       Winneshiek Wildberry Winery: Winneshiek Wildberry Winery is a beautiful country winery with twenty two acres of grapevines and two acres of rhubarb just outside of Decorah.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore Iowa's wineries and savor their unique offerings.