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About Us
The Crofut Family Winery &
Vineyard is a 63-acre farm and vineyard. There are 6.5 acres
of commercial vines planted in 2003-2004, including University of
Minnesota varieties: Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, and LaCrescent. The
test vineyard, located at the entrance to the property, is assessing
experimental grape vine varieties for hardiness, disease resistance
and of course, taste!
The Crofut family has been making wine for
three generations. Don has won numerous awards for his winemaking at State
and County Fairs. Visitors will see the grape harvest and processing of
grapes for juice and wine production.
Check our our virtual tour of the vineyard!
All guests are welcome to walk the vineyards. To arrange a live tour of our
winemaking facility, cask room and bottling area, call us at 952-492-3227.
About the Crofut Family Vineyards
The primary family
vineyard consists of 6.5 acres on the property. The top three acres is
underlain by Ordovician limestone that was not eroded; Webster alluvial clay
loam on top.
Our partner growers:
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Zimmermans, South of
Waseca
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Zieglers 4 acres
just north of St. Peter
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Goettl’s north of
Montgomery
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Lau’s 2 acres west
of Waseca.
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Double V Vineyard Pat
Valencour, 3 miles west of winery location
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Montgomery’s, 2
miles south of our winery location
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At the Crofut
Family Winery, winemaking is an art and a science. Grapes are picked by
hand and wines are aged in oak barrels. Crofut Family Winery houses the bottling, labeling and distribution of the wines.
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