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 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.
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​Behind the Scenes and Behind the Counter
Unlike some establishments where hired hands dispense samples, at Trout Springs husband-and-wife Steve and Andrea DeBaker--the owners and winemakers--are the only ones doing the pouring. Learn about the winery and the delectable wine you're tasting directly from the experts! ​
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Glamping--It's More Romantic 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, no amenities, no way—we've got something that might make happy campers out of you: glamour camping, or glamping as it's called.
     And we recently upped our glamping game. We replaced our tent with a spacious 240-square-foot, three-seasons cabin. Our Little Cabin in the Vineyard is perched on a  platform and outfitted with a queen-size bed and furniture, refrigerator, microwave, and lights. The personal porta-potty is the extent of roughing it. 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.

News & Events

 Co-Owner Steve DeBaker AKA
TV's Retired Rambler
 Watch Steve talk about things Wisconsin Ledge related on his monthly Retired Rambler segments (below) on WFRV-TV's Local Five Live.

June 15, 2021 ... The Ridges: One Amazing Sanctuary: This month Steve introduces us to The Ridges in Baileys Harbor, the most biologically diverse ecosystem in Wisconsin.  Home to many unique plants including about 25 different orchids. Watch here.

May 18, 2021 ... Vines and Fine Wines: Steve talks about two of his favorite subjects: vineyards and the Wisconsin Ledge (and why it's a great grape-growing region). Watch here.

April 20, 2021 ... Alvar?  What's That?  Steve gives us the scoop on one of the Earth's rarest ecosystems, and one such environmental area just happens to be in Northeast Wisconsin: the Red Banks Alvar (watch here).

March 16, 2021 ... BAT FAN: ​Steve and Jerry Theys from Wildlife of Wisconsin discuss the importance of bats and show how to build a bat house to help protect the bat population in Wisconsin (watch here).

Feb. 16, 2021 ... Wonderful Waterfalls  
When things thaw and the beauty runs once again (watch here).

Jan. 19, 2021 ... New Monument Sign
​Steve talks about the Wisconsin Ledge and presents plans for the new monument sign at Way-Morr County Park (watch here).
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Trout Springs Winery Featured in the Green Bay Press Gazette
Feb. 13, 2021 ... Get a quick history lesson about the winery and learn how we have persevered during the pandemic in this article, which we posted on Facebook here (and while you're there why not follow us?).​​
 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.