Producing Ohio’s Finest Wines
For Over 135 Years

The Heineman Winery was founded in 1888 by Gustav Heineman, an immigrant from Baden, Germany, the grape growing region of that country. The Lake Erie Islands were already noted for quality grapes as a result of ideal soil…

Since its early days, Heineman’s Winery has excelled in producing sweet wines that delight the taste buds of Ohio residents. Other sweet, medium sweet, and medium wines include: Sweet Belle, a Concord and Catawba blend…

Discovered by workers in 1897 while digging a well for the winery 40 feet above, Crystal Cave is the world’s largest geode. The walls of this cave are covered in strontium sulfate, a blueish mineral called celestite. These crystals range…

Today, following in the footsteps of generations before, Dustin Heineman proudly continues the family wine making traditions. Hands on experience in the wine cellar through the years with his father, Edward and Grandfather, Louie has allowed Dustin to continue sharing the rich history of Heineman Winery into the future. He considers Edward and Louie his mentors.