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.)

News & Events

2020 Events
Aug. 15: Annual Wisconsin Ledge American Viticultural Area Celebration
Painters, potters, food, and, of course, wine. Watch for special announcements here by Senator André Jacque.

Oct. 31: Halloween Dinner at 5 pm
Menu to follow shortly. Spots already filling up fast. Call to reserve.

Nov. 6: Ledgendary Challenge
Annual cooking competition and dinner at Fox Valley Technical College beginning at 5 pm. Details to follow.

6 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.
   
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.
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