Wine grape growing is a correlation of the vine, soil, climate and our passion for excellence. The warm sunny days we experience followed by cool nights allow for the maturation superior fruits that produce robust and intensely flavored wine.
Currently we are growing 12 acres of wine grapes and 4 acres of stone fruits. Our first commercial wine grapes were planted in the spring of 2003 after countless hours of research and experiments to determine which varieties complement our calcium rich, rocky, orthello soils. As of today we have four main varieties of wine grapes we grow and continue to experiment with others as we will be adding more as we find suitable varieties.
Brianna is a highly vigorous vine in our soils and is producing a very soft fruity white wine. Its citrusy flavors and grape-fruity aromas are allowing it to quickly become one of our favorites.
Frontenac’s small, black berries on medium to large clusters create a deep garnet wine with pleasant black cherry to berry and plum aromas. It performs well in our soils and loves the heat unit we receive for optimum maturation. Nissen Wine offers Frontenac as a varietal wine.
Lacrosse is our most productive white wine grape. It is highly vigorous and makes a tight cluster of medium sized berries. Lacrosse creates a versatile fruit that lends itself to many different styles of wine. At Nissen Wine it is currently being used as the base in Roselyn’s Blush to create a soft semi-sweet wine.
