Owen Valley Winery

While enjoying a vacation in Indiana or winding through Indiana on your way to your summer destination, stop at one of Indian’s many wineries.

Do you know that Indiana has several wine trails? Indiana wine trails include:

Vineyards at Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards

• Cardinal Flight Wine Trail
• Indiana Uplands Wine Trail
• Indy Wine Trail
• Indiana Grown Wine Trail
• Hoosier Wine Trail
• Indiana Wine Trail
• State Line Wine Trail

Oliver Winery and Vineyards

If you have a moment, take time to enjoy wineries participating in one Indiana’s wine trails listed above.

1. Indiana has two American Viticultural Areas, the Indian Uplans and the Ohio River Valley 
2. More than 80 boutique-size wineries and large wineries can be discovered throughout Indiana
3. Indiana wines are produced with traditional vinifera, hybrid and Native American grapes.
4. Wines produced with fruit are also available including: blackberry, blueberry, black currant and strawberry
5. 

   Butler Winery & Vineyards

   During the 1800s, the first vineyards in Indiana were  started by an immigrant from Switzerland, John James DuFour. Unfortunately, by the 1830s, the vineyards were replanted with various other crops. Just prior to Prohibition, wineries were scattered around the state. After Prohibition, the wine industry did not start making a comeback until 1970. 

Wine Trail Traveler has visited and written about several of the Indiana wineries.

Ertel Cellars Winery

Check out the winery reviews online.

If you will be in Indiana to enjoy a portion of your summer, be sure to look for a winery or two. As you discover wines you enjoy, purchase a bottle to take home with you as a reminder of summer.

Cheers! Kathy