growing grapes, making wine
Our official website is now http://www.dalehollowwinery.com. This wordpress site will stay active for you to read about the first five years or so of our venture, but all future news, updates, and blog posts will be made at http://www.dalehollowwinery.com. Cheers!
Dale Hollow Winery is pleased to announce a new and improved website! Introducing... http://www.dalehollowwinery.com We have been working diligently on it for the past few weeks, because let’s face it, it’s too cold to prune! Like most things with the winery, this was a DIY project, and we are still learning the ways of building …
We are CLOSED for the winter. Thank you all for a great 2018 season. Let’s do it again next year! We will open back up in late April, 2019. Stay tuned to our Facebook page and website for news between now and then. Cheers.
If you have been visiting the winery or following the Facebook page, you know 2018 has been a busy season for us so far! This got us thinking that it is high time to take a moment, pour a glass of wine, and reflect before looking ahead to the rest of the year. So what …
Continue reading Hollow Happenings from First Half of 2018 Season. Top 10!
This Saturday, June 9th, we will be having an event at Dale Hollow Winery in Stover featuring: LIVE MUSIC by "Me and Jim" from 1:00pm-4:00pm FOOD prepared by "Dirty Bird BBQ" out of Stover serving from noon-3pm (or until sold out) with following menu available: Smoked and thin-sliced tri-tip sandwich with baby swiss ($7) Smoked …
Continue reading June 9 Event! Return of “Me and Jim” and “Dirty Bird BBQ”
Dale Hollow Winery will open for the season the last weekend of April! (Thursday, 26th-Saturday, 28th) New hours for the spring/summer seasons: Thursday/Friday- 2:00pm-7:00pm Saturday: Noon-6:00pm We are planning a “kick off” to the season by having live music the first two Saturdays: April 28: “Out on a Limb”: band provided description: "It's a mixture of …
In Missouri, where we have "lovely" winters filled with deep cold, ice, snow, and lack of sunshine, spring arrives like a long lost friend and the Dogwood blossom is the smile on its face. It warms you up a bit and reminds you that glorious above-freezing times in the sunshine are on the horizon. We …
Our Grandfather, Melvin Dale, bought the farm where the vineyards are planted and where the winery sits in the 1950s. He tried some of the conventional routes of farming in the Midwest- pigs, horses, hay etc. Through the years hay turned out to be the most viable option and his kids and subsequent grandkids can …
The “developed” side of the lake, from the Dam to mile marker 45 or so, has everything a vacationer, tourist, or even us "local-yokels" could want: restaurants, entertainment, box stores, and an outlet mall. Just across the Dam you can find a "strip" where many a hot summer night has been spent with cool drinks …
All aboard the Rock Island rail! This label is drawn from the famed Rock Island Railroad line that cuts across Missouri, straight through Stover and many of the other small communities sprinkled across our great state. Many of these towns developed thanks to the train. At the dawn of the 20th century, this line spurred …
