Event Spotlight
Winery Spotlight
Firelands Winery, located in Sandusky, Ohio, is “the pioneer in establishing European Vinifera grape varieties in the East” (“Welcome to Firelands Winery,” 2017). In fact, this island winery is highlighted on Ohio.org by blogger Michael Evans (2014, Jan 8) as being “known to be one of the best in Northwest Ohio” (Evans, 2014, Jan 8). Currently the largest winery in Ohio, with its original 1880 wine cellar as a part of the modern facility, Firelands offers tours year-round (“History of the Winery,” 2017). For more information about this unique winery, please visit the Firelands website at www.firelandswinery.com.
Glass City Wine Festival in Toledo, Ohio, is an annual event featuring local wineries, restaurants, and vendors (“Toledo’s Premier Wine Festival,” 2017). For more information and to buy tickets, visit http://www.glasscitywinefestival.com.
List of Wineries
You can find a list of wineries in Northwest Ohio below.
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Chateau Tebeau Winery, Helena, OH
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E & K Winery, Sandusky, OH
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Firelands Winery, Sandusky, OH
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Heineman Winery, Put-in-Bay, OH
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Hillside Winery, Gilboa, OH
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Johlin Century Winery, Oregon, OH
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Kelley's Island Wine Co., Kelley’s Island, OH
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Put In Bay Winery, Put-In-Bay, OH
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Ravenhurst Champagne Cellars, Mount Victory, OH
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Stoney Ridge Winery, Bryan, OH
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The Winery at Versailles, Versailles, OH
Northwest Ohio offers the exciting opportunity to explore wineries off the shores of Sandusky and on Kelley’s Island and South Bass Island. One of these wineries, Mon Ami Historic Winery and Restaurant, “is one of the oldest wineries in the Lake Erie Islands region. The winery is of further significance as one of the four large co-operative wineries which played an important role in the development of the region's wine industry” (Mon Ami Historic Winery and Restaurant, n.d.).
Firelands Winery, located in Sandusky, Ohio.
Put-In-Bay Winery, located in Put-In-Bay, Ohio.