Spirit Knob Winery

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Oct 21, 2018

Favorite Wine: Norton

Another Illinois surprise find for its wine, setting and owner/vintner’s friendliness. Though closed for the day, Matt Schulte came up from the winery’s basement where he was working to give us a non-rushed introduction to some of the finest wines to be found in Illinois. Let me just leave you with the fact that this winery has been awarded eleven gold and double gold Illinois medals in 2018 alone, produced the Illinois Bicentennial Wine and was praised by the Chicago Tribune for its offerings. All this plus very reasonably priced wines. We left with 2017 Estate Norton bottles which we will put away for another four or five years. The rest of the case consisted of Traminette and their Bluff Ridge White (roughly 40% Chardonel, 40% Vignoles, 20% Traminette). Planted first in 1998 and developed over the years, you will be treated at this bluff location located near the Mississippi River Road, but not in view of the waters.

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Oct 15, 2007

Favorite Wine: Vignoles

Neat building and winery to spend a beautiful autumn afternoon. This was my first visit this year and hopefully, not the last.

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Oct 13, 2007

Favorite Wine: traminette

went to the grand opening Oct 7. Beautiful facility, what a view! Loved the traminette, as well as the norton and chambourcin, the blends were good too.