Wines

99 Bottles Winery features a variety of white, red, and rose wines.  We also make wines such as apple, crab apple, pear, cherry, and parsley.  The fruit used in our grape and apple wines comes from our own vineyard and orchard.  Our other fruit wines are made with fruit grown by regional growers and local wild fruit we pick ourselves.  

We will someday feature ninety-nine different varieties of wines, from sweet apple to dry parsley and everything in between.  - A little ambitious?  Well maybe, but how could you make too much wine?

Featured Wine:

This is our first large batch Marquette, and we couldn't be happier. 

Marquette is a close relative to the Frontenac and Pinot Noir grape varieties and was developed by the University of Minnesota and introduced in 2006.  Marquette is an ideal grape for our chilly Northern climate and short growing season.  Marquette’s high sugar and low acidity make a complex and delicious wine. 

Our Marquette is smooth, rich, and complex without the tannic bite typically found in red wines.  While not a sweet wine, our Marquette is definitely not dry either.  We like to think it’s just perfect.

We performed a blind taste test with one of the more popular Iowa-made Marquette wines, and ours won, hands down.  Now, we don’t want to brag, but this is pretty darn good wine.  Enjoy the Marquette with a light meal, or, really, any time you’d like.  We prefer to drink it on the back deck watching a gorgeous Iowa sunset.  
Enjoy!

Wine Varieties Produced by 99 Bottles Winery & Vineyard:

Bluebell - We originally planted the Bluebells as juice grapes, not wine grapes.  However, we discovered they make a great wine.  Their taste is very distinct and "grapey" with sweet, floral notes.  Bluebell is a hardy, well-producing grape.
We are still developing the Bluebell wine in small batches, but look for this sweet, rose wine soon!

Brianna - Brianna is a cold climate variety developed by Elmer Swenson.  Brianna yeilds medium to large, thick-skinned, golden berries.  Brianna creates a wonderful semi-sweet table wine, with notes of pineapple, floral and banana flavors.  Brianna is similar in taste to Edelweiss, but lacks the distinctive cotton-candy sweetness of it's sister.

Edelweiss - June's favorite, the Edelweiss is a very winter-hardy child of the Ontario grape. It was developed by Elmer Swenson in 1980 at the University of Minnesota.  Edelweiss is characterized by it's distinct sweet flavor whom some describe as strawberry-banana and some as cotton candy.  Edelweiss produces large, golden fruit.

Frontenac - 

Frontenac Blanc - 

Frontenac Gris - 

Marquette - Marquette is a close relative to the Frontenac and Pinot Noir grape varieties.  This variety was developed by the University of Minnesota and introduced to the market in 2006.  Marquette is an ideal grape for our chilly Northern climate and short growing season.  Marquette’s high sugar and low acidity make a complex and delicious wine. Our Marquette is smooth, rich, and complex without the tannic bite typically found in red wines.  While not a sweet wine, our Marquette is definitely not dry either.  We like to think it’s just perfect.

Wild Grapes - Wild grape, Vitis riparia, is a very common vine of Iowa woodlands. Wild grapes are small, dark, and sweet, with large seeds.  Although they are more work to press, the juice from these darlings is unsurpassed.  Perfect for jellies and jams, this grape explodes with flavor.  We have made a few experimental batches of wild grape wine and have yet to be disappointed.