Dance, taste, dine and play in Iowa Wine Country this fall. Join your girlfriends for a fab night out. Sample wine and food pairings on The Iowa Wine Trail. Laugh your boots and hats off on a great couple’s night watching a mystery play. Plan a wine country getaway complete with wine, dinner and an overnight. Enjoy!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Bill Martin Group (variety and dance music)
Snus Hill Winery, Madrid
Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18
Oktoberfest
Eagles Landing Winery, Marquette
Saturday, October 17
Brother Tucker
Dale Valley Winery, Stuart, Iowa
http://www.dalevalleyvineyard.com
Sunday, October 18
Buck Hollow Band and Rican Ribs
Winneshiek Wildberry Winery
Decorah
Sunday Tunes, October 18, 3–6 p.m.
Summerset Winery, Indianola
Sunday, October 18, 2 – 5 p.m.
Sumpin’ Doo (blues)
Snus Winery, Madrid
Thursday, October 22, 6 – 8 p.m.
Girls’ Night Out
Advance reservations required.
Tassel Ridge Winery, Leighton
Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24
Randy Manning’s Jest Mysteries
“A Fistfull of Hollers” Murder Mystery Dinner
Advance reservations required.
Tassel Ridge Winery, Leighton
Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25
Eagle City Winery Fall Open House
Wine Tasting and Hors d’Ouevres, Horse Drawn Trolley Rides, Live Music
Eagle City Winery, Iowa Falls
Saturday, October 24, 2 – 4 p.m.
Iowa’s Wine Cellar One-Year Anniversary
Iowa’s Wine Cellar
Ames
Thursday, October 29, 6 – 8 p.m.
Girls’ Night Out
Advance reservations required.
Tassel Ridge Winery, Leighton
Saturday, November 7 and Sunday, November 8
The Iowa Wine Trail Food Pairing
Food from Around the World
“A World of Food with Iowa Wines” will be the theme for The Iowa Wine Trail’s
November wine and food event to be held Saturday, November 7 and Sunday,
November 8. Each winery will serve samples of their award winning wines paired
with food from around the world.
At each winery, adventurous wine tasters will have the opportunity to sample
foods from around the world paired with unique, locally made wines. There will
be foods from Argentina at Daly Creek Winery, Anamosa, foods from Germany at
Eagles Landing Winery, Marquette, foods from Ireland at Engelbrecht Family
Winery, Fredericksburg and Park Farm Winery, Bankston, Tex-Mex foods at Sutliff
Cider Company, Lisbon, French foods at Tabor Home Vineyards, Baldwin, foods from
around the world at Wallace Winery, West Branch, food from Italy at Wide River
Winery, Clinton, and food from the Caribbean at Winneshiek Wildberry Winery,
Decorah.
Tickets for the two-day event may be purchased in advance for $25 each, or
one-day tickets for $20 each in advance. Tickets are $35 the day of the event.
Visit www.iowawinetrail.com for the Early Bird Special (four tickets for the
price of three) if ordered before November 1. Tickets can also be purchased at
any of the Iowa Wine Trail wineries, by calling 563-557-3727 or online at
Visitors who attend all nine wineries during the weekend will be included in a
drawing for special door prizes. www.iowawinetrail.com or call 563/557-3727
Wine and Dine Des Moines
Jasper Winery, Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse, Radisson
Discover a wine excursion – right here in Des Moines! The Radisson Wine Experience includes transportation from the hotel to Jasper Winery in which you will have a tour, enjoy a wine tasting and a gift certificate to Jasper Winery. Your evening continues with a wine tasting dinner for two at Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse and you will receive two commemorative Johnny’s wine glasses. End the evening with a luxurious overnight stay at the Radisson and wake to a breakfast buffet – all for only $199 plus tax. Limited packages available – call to reserve your Des Moines Wine Tour today!
Call (515) 285-7777 to make a reservation
Have fun! Cheers!
Barbara Rasko
Make Mine Wine magazine
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