Not Your Typical Winery

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​Wonderful wine, cozy tasting room, charming country setting, vineyard views. We've got your winery visitation expectations covered. And then some. 
     For starters, we also are a licensed trout hatchery. We grow grapes and trout (we’re not named Trout Springs for nothing.) Makes sense--trout are the wine of fish, after all.
     Originality and creativity are a way of life at Trout Springs Winery. We also offer: 
* Estate wine, which means we use our own grapes (not all Wisconsin wineries do). 
*  Our own draft, craft ​​beer.
*  ​Grape powder, cheese infused with our grape powder, and chocolate made with our grape powder by world-famous Seroogy’s Chocolates in Green Bay.
*  Fine dining events.
*  Glamping (see below).​
​   Find out more about us in this TV video.

Glamping? It's Better Than it Sounds!

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​​     For those romantics and nature lovers who think camping is cool but not for you—no bed, no hotel amenities, no way—we’ve introduced something that could make happy campers out of you: glamour camping, or glamping as it's called.
​     Our spacious 18-foot bell tent is perched on a platform and outfitted with a queen size bed and furniture, refrigerator, microwave, lights, and a flush toilet. Meals are optional, wine essential. ​For more information about our glamping packages, click here.​ 

We Turned the Fox Valley into Napa Valley
(and Were Named Winery of the Year for That)

     Trout Springs Winery is the birthplace of the Wisconsin Ledge. That’s a real big deal in the wine world.
     Long story short, we grow great grapes because our area’s temperate climate rivals that of some of the best grape-growing regions on earth. Like Napa Valley. The Federal Government officially identifies prime grape-producing locations as American Viticultural Areas (AVA).
     We figured wine lovers should know about the pedigree of our grapes. So, with proof and paperwork in hand, we went to the Fed. In the winter of 2005 just after opening the doors at TSW, Steve J. DeBaker, owner and winemaker, petitioned the Federal Government to establish just under 2.5-million acres to be designated a prime grape-growing region based upon the Niagara Escarpment.  After several years of numerous evaluations, more paperwork, and persistence, a petition was passed in 2012 establishing the Wisconsin Ledge, a bona fide AVA—just like Napa Valley—in the land of Lambeau, beer, and booyah.
​     And for that we were named the 2014 Winery of The Year by the Wisconsin Grape Growers Association.​ (Read more about the Wisconsin Ledge here.)

Wedding and Event ​Space Available

Add that extra touch of romance to your wedding. Put some pizzazz in your next special event, business luncheon, corporate retreat, or seminar.
     We offer custom packages ranging from  full dinners to receptions. As for weddings, our charming vineyard makes a great romantic setting! For more information, click ​here.

8th Annual Wisconsin Ledge AVA Celebration
Aug. 15 at Trout Springs Winery

News & Events

 2020 Events
​​Aug. 15: Eighth Annual Wisconsin Ledge American Viticultural Area Celebration at Trout Springs
Painters, potters, food, and, of course, wine. Watch Steve give the lowdown on WFRV-TV's Midwest Farm Weekly (video on lower left of this page).
For more information, see the poster below (click here for full size). 
​Oct. 31: Halloween Dinner at 5 pm
R.S.V.P. only; $49.95 per person, includes a separate glass of wine with each of the four courses. See menu here.
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Nov. 6: Ledgendary Challenge
Annual cooking competition and dinner at Fox Valley Technical College beginning at 5 pm. Details to follow.
​TASTING ROOM PROTOCOL
If there are customers in the tasting room, please wait outside until they finish their tastings and/or purchases to allow us time to wipe down surfaces; we will then let you know when to enter.
  • Tasting room capacity is limited to seven people.
  • Wine or beer can be purchased by the glass or bottle and enjoyed out on the pergola.
  • If you want to bring a picnic lunch or snacks, please feel free to do so as long as you eat outside.
We are following CDC guidelines and the Wisconsin Restaurant Promise (read it here), doing everything we can to make sure we all stay safe and healthy.

TSW Hand Sanitizer
     We're now producing two fluids to help get you through a pandemic. Wine, of course, and hand sanitizer! (Watch the segment on WRFV-TV here.)
     TSW Hand Sanitizer is 70 percent alcohol, made with high-proof grape spirits and an all natural aloe vera gel from Organic Creations Inc. in Washington State.
     Each 4-oz. bottle sells  for $8.47. Refills are only $4 each (taxes apply). Limit 5 bottles per customer.​
     Better yet, one free bottle with the purchase of a case of wine.
     
Six Places To Try Ice Wine,
Nature's Sweetest
And we're one of them! The online publication TravelAwaits recently gave us a shout-out. Their goal is to "share the world’s unique, hidden and once-in-a lifetime locations." Yep, sounds like us.
Read the entire article here.