Enjoy Tastings in Our Beautiful Wine Garden
Try our award winning wines and a cheese plate in our outdoor wine garden! Heineman’s beautiful wine garden is a fantastic setting for a romantic rendezvous, and the perfect place to go when you want to escape from the pressures of everyday life. Don’t forget to visit our gift shop while you’re here!
Crystal Cave Tours, Winery and Gift Shop Hours
April 21 – May 2nd
Daily 12pm-5pm
May 3rd-Sept 30th
Sundays 12pm-6pm/Monday-Saturday 11am-6pm
Oct 1-Oct 26
Daily 12pm-5pm
Wine Shipped Year Round
Combo tours of Crystal Cave and wine cellar, plus a 5oz. glass of your choice of wine or grape juice, are offered for $14 for adults and $8 for children ages 6 to 11. Under 6 is free for tours–and glasses of grape juice are sold separately at the bar for $2.00.
Heineman’s Winery, Ohio’s oldest family owned winery, is still run by the Heineman family today. Heineman’s is proud to celebrate 137 years of family and island traditions!
Wine Garden Gallery
About Heineman Winery
Makers of Fine Wines Since 1888
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 conditions and the long growing season because of the tempering effect of Lake Erie.
By 1900, Heineman’s was one of 17 wineries on Put-in-Bay. The passage of the Volstead Act creating the Prohibition of Alcohol in 1919 was catastrophic to the Island’s grape and wine industry. Most of the wineries failed and the vineyards fell into disrepair. Heineman’s survived under Gustav’s son, Norman, by selling unfermented grape juice and providing taxi cab service to and tours of the Winery’s caves.