Winery Spotlight
Event Spotlight
Dutch Creek Winery, located in Athens, OH,
was established in 2014 by the husband and
wife team of Paul and Cindy Freedman.
The winery resides at Wild Pear Farm and
specializes in creating small-batch, artisanal
meads, ciders, and fruit wines.
Paul and Cindy purchased the land near
Amesville due to their love of nature and
desire to create and share a lasting legacy. The couple keeps bees and tends apple, peach and pear orchards, whose honey and fruit are used in making their products (Kight, 2016). Of note is their Royal Affair Earl Grey Honey Tea Wine, which won Bronze at the 2016 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (Dutch Creek Winery, ca 2017).
To learn more about this fascinating duo and their labor of love, please visit their website at http://dutchcreekwinery.com/.
List of Wineries
You can find a list of wineries in Southeast Ohio below.
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Baltic Mill Winery, Baltic, OH
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Black Sheep Vineyard, Adena, OH
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Dutch Creek Winery, Athens, OH
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French Ridge Winery, Killbuck, OH
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Georgetown Vineyards, Cambridge, OH
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Heritage Vineyard Winery & Guest House, Warsaw, OH
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Hocking Hills Winery, Logan, OH
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Indian Bear Winery, Walhonding, OH
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Manchester Hill Winery, Circleville, OH
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Marietta Wine Cellars, Marietta, OH
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Merry Family Winery, Gallipolis, OH
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Pleasant Hill Vineyards, Athens, OH
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Rainbow Hills Winery, Newcomerstown, OH
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Raven’s Glenn Winery, West Lafayette, OH
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Shade Winery, Shade, OH
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Stone Crest Vineyard, Frazeysburg, OH
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Terra Cotta Vineyards, New Concord, OH
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Unicorn Wine Guild, Belpre, OH
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Wolftree Winery, Millfield, OH
The wineries of Southeast Ohio are rich with incredible rural scenery as well as the opportunity to experience food and events unique to each winery. Stop by Georgetown Vineyards for their brick oven pizza (Brick Oven Pizza, n.d.), or check out Unicorn Wine Guild for teas and coffees (Unicorn Wine Guild, 2017). If you are interested in history, you might want to visit Baltic Mill Winery, with its historic mill that was once “Ohio's largest flour mill using the newly built railroad to bring in grain and ship out flour and meal” (Mill History, 2017). With such a variety of offerings, there is something for everyone at the wineries of Southeast Ohio.
Raven’s Glenn Winery, located in West Lafayette, Ohio, offers two entertaining fall-focused events. “Wine Your Way Out,” is a hay ride, corn maze, and campfire event for adults that includes wine tastings paired with chocolates and cheeses. Their “Eat, Drink, and Be Scary Bus Tour” is an all day event that visits several local area wineries and a brewery and includes a ghost tour, dinner, and dancing. An overnight stay is optional for an additional cost. (Raven’s Glenn Schedule of Events, 2017).
