Congratulation to all winners, and thank you  all others participating.

June 19, we'll celebrate 5 years as a winery! Come join our celebration. *Specials on the menu*1.00-5.00 PM games with prizes- Horseshoe tournament, quiz walk etc.*get 2 free wine glasses, when you buy a case of wine( + discount of course)Release of Villard Blanc.
It's also Fathers day weekend, and we'll have the Fathers day menu available both Saturday and Sunday.

May 25. We have one full time position available, and also need xtra staff. If interested contact Gerd or Anders.
Hummingbirds are here, and the barn swallows  have already got babies in their nests. Last night I saw the first lightning bugs.
The barrel room had the first reservation a week ago. It went well, and everybody was happy.
Hope to see you over Memorial weekend.

April 30, in Sweden, we're celebrating Valborg today- that is, we celebrate the end of the winter and   beginning of spring. Most people are gathering around large bonfires, and sing- Welcome beautiful May. 
Family visit, our oldest daughter Malin and family is here for a visit.Little My, 20 months is full of energy, and so smart!

This weekend we'll release our first Cabernet Sauvignon, the Norton will be released  Mothers Day.

The Restaurant is now open Wednesday - Sunday!

April 17-18. Lobster on the menu! Check out our special menu on the Cafe page.

APRIL.Amazing, how fast everything can start to bloom. We now have 77F/24C degrees weather, and suddenly everything starts to bloom._ peach trees, magnolia all different kinds, red-bud, weeping cherry, Bradford pear trees, Crab apples start to bud. Crocuses, Tulips, Daffodils, Dandelion's, Grape Hyacinths. You mention it, it is blooming. I love this time of the year. There is no other place, that I know of,  that explodes as fast, in the spring as here in Southern Illinois, and it's beautiful.
Purple Martins, Barn Swallows, are here very soon we'll have hummingbirds, humming around. frogs are singing--Life is good!
Come visit spring in Southern Illinois- this is the place to be.

April. The Easter 4 course dinner is CANCELLED, due to ,to few reservations. That means that we'll be open until  7.00PM, Saturday. The Easter menu dinner  will now, be our weekend specials, so you can still get a great Easter meal.

The Barn Swallows are here, Magnolia is blooming, and the frogs are singing- a safe Spring sign.
The weather is expected to be great for Easter-~70F. That would in Sweden be summer temperatures-so enjoy!

Anders and Samuel are still working on pruning and trellis work, out in the vineyard, when the weather permits. Anders is also working with the wines, and has put the Chardonell in French oak. Villard Blanc is still needing some time to be bottled, but we sell it by the glass, for a meal, and it turned out to be a very smooth, fresh dry wine.
We're just waiting for the label approval to release the Cab.Sav.
So good times are waiting.

We're also looking forward to a visit by Malin, our oldest daughter and family. They are arriving in mid April , with little My- our youngest grand child, 1  and 1/2 years old. Fun, for a grandma.
See you, soon.

March is the month when Purple Martins will return to the area, the days gets longer, Canada geese  in V-formations, and spring flowers will peek up from the ground. What a wonderful time, we have in front of us. You can already sit outside sip a glass of wine, during warm and sunny days. March is also the month of Art and Vintage, all wineries will have an artist showing their art. Joeseph Pape is the artist at Hedman, exhibiting colorful oil paintings .

 Friday 12, we will hold a four course Cheese dinner with paired wine.- reservations required for the dinner, and the kitchen will close at 5.00 PM to prepare for the dinner.
The out door work has finally started, one month delayed due to the long and cold winter. Peach trees are pruned and Samuel is now pruning the Traminette vines. Anders is working with the new trellis, for our Sauvignon Blanch-which will be harvest for the first time this year.
The cold winter has also hindered the out door work to finish the barn siding, so we have been working, with indoor construction instead. The new Barrel room will soon be open for production, ageing and also available for reservations to our customers, for birthday parties graduations etc.
We hope to see you soon.

Valentine Dinner this Saturday at 7.00 PM.
Reservations required. Only some few more seats available, so if you are interested, you need to make your reservation now.

We'll will be closed 5.00 PM-7.00 PM Saturday, to prepare for the dinner.
If you can't make it for the dinner Saturday 13, we also will have some nice specials on the menu Sunday 14.

The Winter Wine dinner 1/29 is cancelled, and we will be open regular Friday hours 12.00-7.00. Welcome

2010 News and Events
Happy New Year and thank you for your business 2009.
We've been on vacation, and will open up again this Saturday 16TH.
I now have some nice Valentine heart necklaces, for sale.
We'll have specials every weekend, and will release 2008 Villard Blanc later this spring.
Weather wise it's nice winter temperatures. It's getting lighter, and we're going in the right direction, a couple of months and we'll have spring again!
Bottling is coming up and soon Samuel will be pruning and work with the trellis.
March will be the month of WINE and ART. Joe Pape will display his art, at the winery 3/6 and 7-2010.
Come and see.
 

 
12/25-09Merry Christmas

The four Course Wine Dinners for January to May 2010, are now posted on the event cafe page.

12/09
We will close at 1.00 PM 12/24-09 and be closed Dec.25 and Jan.1
We also will be closed 01/08-10-01/15-10, open again Saturday 01/16-10 .
We hope to see you in 2010, and will hold 4 course meals with paired wine 01/29-10,Valentine dinner 02/13, 03/12, Easter dinner 04/03, Mothers day dinner 05/07. More info on the dinners will be posted.