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We're glad you found us. Feel free to take a look around our website to learn a little more about who we are and what we do. Whether you are a novice or an expert, you are always welcome at our meetings! Enjoy!
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About Us The Eastern Iowa Wine Club was founded in November of 2007 after several eastern Iowa wine makers met on the Winepress US forum boards and began talking about forming a wine making group. We are still organizing but have thus far formed a strong nucleaus of members. Our membership is currently comprised of individuals from Benton, Black Hawk, Butler, Cedar, Linn and Johnson Counties in east central Iowa. We welcome you to join us! |
Our Members Members in the Eastern Iowa Wine Club have a wide variety of backgrounds and experience in wine making. Although we make our livings in many different ways, we have one very important thing in common. We are all passionate about wine and winemaking and are always excited to help or answer questions about crafting fine wines. |
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Our Goals The goals of the Eastern Iowa Wine Club are simple and can best be summed up in four simple words: Learning, Helping, Sharing and Growing. We want to continue learning about wine making, helping each other through advice and lending of equipment, sharing our successes and failures and growing together as wine makers and a club. We also want to help other areas in Iowa begin clubs. Contact us if you would like help. |
Activities The Eastern Iowa Wine Club currently meets on a monthly basis in the home of one of the members. Special Iowa winery road trips also take place on a near monthly basis. We are also active in organizing and sponsering wine competitions at county fairs. Visit the events page to learn of activities in the eastern Iowa area. Summer is approaching and that means County fair wine competitions. |
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California and Chilean Grape Orders We are currently organizing a viable order of fresh grapes from Chile. We are hoping to have an order large enough that they will be trucked directly to us but we do plan on a road trip to pick them up if we can't get a large enough order. The grape varieties available are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Malbec and Carmenere. The are scheduled to arrive the first or second week of May. Orders must be finalized by March 21, 2008. We plan on ordering fresh California grapes this fall. |
Free Run: The EIWC Newsletter In the future, a quarterly newsletter filled with club news, annoucements, photos, articles for wine making tips and possibly vendor coupons will be available. You will be able to subscribe to it here and have it delivered to your email inbox. Past issues will be available for download. |