Welcome
Sip the Essence of Fine South Dakota Wines
Growing Grapes, Pushing Boundaries, Creating Joy
Our Brand
I've been a lot of things in my life and in each role I've learned invaluable lessons that challenged my perspective and those new ideas made me better, more curious, it made me want better, it drove me to create opportunities for others to experience the world through a new lens.
As a farmer I learned family values, hard work, and responsibility. As a scientist, I learned process, discovery, and repeatability and finally, now, I find myself becoming an artist, where each day I'm learning new tools for self expression, creating engaging experiences, and bringing all that together into my favorite season of life yet - bringing joy and surprise to my audience through my wine.
Craig Converse
My Story
Growing up just outside Arlington, SD on a generational family farm, I learned the value of hard work, determination and the importance of taking responsibility seriously.
As a teen, I grew curious about progress, about learning new ways to farm, taking advantage of modern tools, new knowledge and changing taste, so I left the farm and enrolled in college at South Dakota State University to study agronomy. I didn't just want to farm, I wanted to be a part of shaping farms of the future.
As a young adult, I became a research scientist. I worked on new ideas for improving corn production, sustainability and plant biology. I helped create new varieties and products to improve and modernize farming.
After time, I felt curious again, curious as to what I could to do if I brought my new wisdom back to my own family farm. I then joined my father and together we revolutionized our own brand of farming.
Now, It's happening again, time to grow, to change, to employ my new wisdom to something new, to create something old into something new again.
Family Owned
We produce or purchase local products to make exceptional quality wines
Product Descriptions
Core Series
Marquette
Medium dry red wine with flavors of cherry, blackberry, currant and spice.
Itasca
Semi-dry, light and crisp, with aromas of apple, pear and violets.
Frontenac Gris
Semi-sweet rose colored wine with flavors of cherry, cranberry, raspberry and strawberry.
St Croix
Semi-sweet, medium bodied, low tannin easy drinking red wine with flavors of dark berries and currants aged with light oak for a smooth finish. Pairs well with pasta and traditional South Dakota hot dishes.
Brianna
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Edelweiss
Sweet, German Style white wine with aromatic flavors of white grape and stone fruit with a crisp and clean finish.
The Sweeter Side
Fruit and Seasonal Products
Raspberry Rhubarb
Flavorful layers of South Dakota grown Rhubarb and Raspberry fruit. An aromatic bouquet with good body and crisp acidity that carries into a long finish.
Aronia Berry
Aronia berries and Crimson Pearl grapes are a blended to make this unique wine made from South Dakota gown fruit that fills your mouth with flavors or dark berries and earthy tones with a smooth, long finish.
Lingonberry Mead
Lingonberry is a tart Scandinavian fruit that adds a unique fruit flavor to this mead made from South Dakota produced honey. This sweet pink colored wine has flavors of prairie wild flowers, honey and lingonberries.
Determination Series
Elevated Wine Flavors
Petite Pearl
Petite Pearl grape wine aged with bourbon oak to extract sweet, caramelized flavors and aromas to balance the ripe, blackberry and cherry fruit with a long, smooth finish with lingering bourbon notes.
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