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2020 Full Moon Dry

White Blend

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Full Moon Dry: A dry white wine with pear, citrus, and honeydew on the nose. With pear, citrus and melon on the palate this wine pairs beautifully with fish, other seafood/shellfish, and poultry. Crisp mouth feel with a smooth finish gives hints to traditional Chardonnay-style wine. Serve chilled. Also available unoaked which increases the fruity notes on the nose & palate.
$14.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2020 Red High Heels

Red Blend

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Red High Heels: Dry red wine with plum, cherry, and oak notes on the nose accompanied by plum and white pepper flavors on the palate. This wine finishes with a subtle oak mouthfeel that gives a well balanced, rounded, smooth feeling. Red High Heels pairs well with full flavored red meat like steak, ribs, and burgers. It especially pairs well with grilled meats. Serve at room temperature or makes an amazing Sangria.
$14.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2019 Red Silk

Red Table Wine

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Red Silk: A semi-dry red wine that tastes as silky rich as the name. Fermented with toasted French oak, this special red wine has layers of plum, cherry, and oak with a buttery smooth luscious finish. Pairs flawlessly with steak, stews, venison and other red meats or just relax and enjoy a glass
$14.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2021 Dew Kissed Rose or Dew Kissed Imposter

Rosé

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Dew Kissed: Semi-sweet wine made with a White Zin-style wine in mind, this wine is perfect for those looking to get into the world of wine without getting any harsh flavors sometimes associated with wine. With hints of strawberry, raspberry, and citrus on the nose and strawberry and citrus on the palate, this wine pairs with cream-based sauces for pasta and pork. Serve chilled. Dew Kissed Imposter is back for a short time. A dark rose wine so smooth & delicious. SOLD OUT
$14.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2021 Blueberry Blastoff

Blueberry

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Blueberry Blastoff: If you like blueberries, you will love this wine! A blueberry based with an aroma of fresh blueberries and a taste reminiscent of blueberry pie, this wine is perfect for sipping after a large meal. Add it to your favorite blueberry cobbler or pie recipe to intensify the blueberry flavor even more. And don’t worry, the alcohol bakes off. Also is superb served with pork. Serve chilled.
$14.25 / 750 mL Bottle
2021 Racy Red Raspberry

Raspberry

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Racy Red Raspberry: Semi-sweet raspberry-based table wine, this wine is all about the berries. With a dramatic raspberry aroma, leading to an even more dramatic raspberry flavor, this wine is sure to please the raspberry lover in your family. Serve chilled for the perfect light, crisp sipping wine or mix with muddled peaches, raspberries, and pineapple for fruity, refreshing, one-of-a –kind sangria.
$14.25 / 750 mL Bottle
2022 Hump Day Happiness

Blackberry

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Hump Day Happiness: A semi-sweet wine made with blends of blackberry and grape. With blackberry and a hint of nutmeg on the nose and fresh blackberries, Concord grapes, and Bing cherries on the palate this wine delivers a refreshing unexpected flavor. Pairs well with cheesecakes or chocolate and is a perfect sipping wine when in the mood for something fruity and refreshing. Serve chilled.
$14.25 / 750 mL Bottle
2020 Full Moon Sweet

White Blend

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Full Moon Sweet: A sweet white wine with tropical fruits (pineapple) and melon on the nose and pear, melon, and hints of mandarin orange on the palate. With a sweetness level comparable to a Moscato-style wine, this wine will pair well with spicy Asian food, Caribbean Jerk, or stir fry. Use as a light vinaigrette or dressing for fruit salads as well. Serve chilled.
$14.25 / 750 mL Bottle
2020 Sweetheart

Red Blend

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Sweetheart: A sweet red wine, with a rich blend of grapes varieties with cherry notes, it is an easy-drinking style wine with a luscious mouth feel and natural residual grape sweetness that delivers a velvety smooth finish. This is the kind of everyday wine that goes well with just about everything. Served chilled with grilled meats, Asian cuisine, light cheeses, and that special someone to create a perfect night. This wine was our oldest sons wedding wine.
$14.25 / 750 mL Bottle
2021 Celebrate

Peach

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
Celebrate: A semi-sweet peach and white grape wine that will soon be one of your favorites. This rich but light wine has the scent of freshly picked real peaches on the nose, gives way to smooth and supple fruity notes dancing on the palate with a refined balanced finish. Pairs well with spicy food and light cheese, serve chilled.
$15.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2022 Limited Edition White Lace

White Blend

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 11%
White Lace entices your senses with real tropical fruits of pineapple, kiwi & peaches blended with white grapes to create this one-of-a-kind limited specialty wine. It reminds you of a sweet & crisp Pinot Grigio refreshing finish sip after sip. Enjoy a chilled glass with chicken, shellfish or any dish prepared with spicy or Alfredo sauce. Simply amazing……..made it for our youngest sons wedding, celebrate with us!
$18.75 / 750 mL Bottle
2019 Aged Back In Black

Other

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 13.5%
Aged Back in Black- Made from wild Blackcaps, pure berry wine, our signature wine is full bodied with just the right amount of kick. With a daring blueberry and blackberry sensation on the nose, a rich, bold blackcap taste on the palate and smooth on the finish. It is unlike any wine can buy and sure to be the talk of any dinner party. Serve slightly chilled or at room temperature. We have hidden this wine in our wine cellar for 4 years and it is rich and dangerously smooth. Buy your bottle before Dave drinks them all as this is his favorite!
$20.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2017 Private Reserve Port Style Wine

Elderberry

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 17.5%
Sonoma Wine Challenge 96 Gold Medal

Limited Edition Private Reserve just won a Gold Medal in the California 2017 Harvest Challenge Competition & we couldn't be more proud! This is 2 years in the making....Amazing Pure Elderberry Port wine sugar fed for months to obtain that higher alcohol known for ports; aged a full year in carboys, then racked into a Mississippi Distillery Cody Road Bourbon Barrel to age another 8 months, then bottled and aged 4 more months before releasing this special amazingly smooth rich & balanced port. This wine is NOT for everyone, but only those who truly enjoy the finer ports available anywhere!
$30.00 / 375 mL Bottle
2021 Apple Road

Apple

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 7%
Made from pressed Peake’s Orchard apples. Clear golden in color, this semi-sweet apple wine has the scent of freshly picked apples. Slight cinnamon on the nose, the mouth-feel is crisp, vibrant and well balanced with apple zing and a beautiful smooth sugary finish. Best served chilled as a refreshing light wine or excellent paired with pork (or add it to a pork roast in the crockpot for an out of this world taste!).
$15.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2019 White Lace

Blend

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 7%
Made from tropical pineapples, peaches and kiwi, so light and amazing you will float away dreaming you are on a warm sandy beach without a care in the world. This is truly a summer wine to enjoy while it is hot outside. Usually sells out super fast, so get yours right away. Released july 3, 2020
$17.50 / 750 mL Bottle
2022 Party Starter Strawberry

Strawberry

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 12%
A semi-sweet light pure strawberry wine that reminds us of the strawberry wine that songs are written about or those “Strawberry Hill “ days gone by. A dramatic strawberry aroma on the nose followed by a smooth strawberry silkiness on the palate. This luscious wine was made for warm weather and summer fun in the Midwest! Enjoy it chilled in a glass or with your favorite chocolate dessert.
$15.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2018 Naked Iced Apple

Apple

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 14%
This sweet dessert wine is made from frozen tree-ripened apples dripping with syrupy sweetness and fermented with special yeast to preserve the fresh apple flavor, bouquet and residual sugar. Full apple aroma on the nose followed by the smooth and supple richness of a fine dessert wine but yet surprisingly light finish. A great way to end a meal or in our case, celebrate a daughter’s marriage!
$18.75 / 375 mL Bottle
2018 Night Temptation-coffee port or Seduction

Port

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 16.5%
Night Temptation is a superb way to end an amazing year here at the Empty Nest Winery. This port is perfect for those cold Midwest nights to come yet this winter. Pour a glass and curl up by the fire for an impeccable way to end any evening. Luxuriously smooth, rich and complex port wine with immense coffee undertones to awaken your senses and tempt you to pour a second glass. Enjoy either chilled or room temp, both ways have different aromas and flavors. This wine is just incredible………………..you must taste it for yourself and give a bottle to someone special, if you can part with it. Seduction is a mocha raspberry dessert wine in a class all by itself. Both Night Temptation and Seduction are top shelf wines and are amazing to sip at the end of a great dinner or in front of the fire with someone special. They are a perfect gift for those wine lovers on your list!
$18.75 / 375 mL Bottle
2020 Girls Night Out

Raspberry

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 14%
A flawless union of wine and chocolate. Fresh, juicy raspberries with chocolate undertones on the nose and a perfect balance between sweet chocolate and raspberry acidity on the palate. This refreshing and smooth wine is great to just sip or matches up equally well with desserts, a true match made in heaven blended to perfection. Enjoy it with friends to create a night of pure paradise!
$16.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2020 Limited Edition Summer Splash

Other

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 10%
Only 600 bottles made every year. released in the heat of summer as it is a true summertime wine. Tastes just like pink lemonade with a kick. So refreshing and amazing, even people who usually don't like wine just love this tongue teasing delight. Pretty summer pink color and sooo delicious you just have to taste to believe!
$18.75 / 750 mL Bottle
2018 Little Black Dress

Red Table Wine

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 11%
Little Black Dress is soon to be your favorite new dry wine! Perfect blend of Shiraz grapes with our Wild Blackcap berries fermented slow with toasted french oak to bring out the hint of berry with the grapes, aged and now ready to release. Enjoy this wine at room temp with a meal or all by itself, your bottle won't last long! Only 25 cases of this wine made
$18.75 / 750 mL Bottle
2021 Summer Splash

Rosé

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 10%
A true summertime wine. Tastes just like pink lemonade with a kick. So refreshing and amazing, even people who usually don't like wine just love this tongue teasing delight. Pretty summer pink color and sooo delicious you just have to taste to believe! We sell out in 2 days the last 4 years so buy this weekend or you might be out.
$17.00 / 750 mL Bottle
2022 Twig & Berries

Rhubarb

IA - Iowa
Alcohol 13%
A semi-sweet wine blended from rhubarb, raspberries and blueberries (no grapes) that just makes you think of summer when you sip it. A dramatic rhubarb & berry pie fragrance leads to an even smoother mouth-feel as you taste the freshness of summer in a glass. Serve chilled with light meals and desserts or when you are in the mood to just relax and enjoy something special.
$15.00 / 750 mL Bottle