Once again our Great Room is turned into a gallery with the artwork of Terri Einer the month of September!

Terri states, "If a piece of my art brings a smile to the viewer, my goal has been reached and I am fulfilled. It is often remarked that I must just be dancing and smiling when I am in my studio. My work is about colors that sing, objects that demand attention or critters that contain whimsical wonder.

My florals are impressionist, with little attention paid to the type of flower represented rather than the play of color combinations. I am happiest in my studio when the colors are bold and I am painting with quick spontaneous strokes."

Stop by the winery and wander through our "gallery". Guaranteed, there will be a smile on your face as you admire Terri's pieces!

Our COTM organization on September 24th is Ripon FBLA!! 

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is the national organization for all secondary school students participating in business education programs. It functions as an integral part of the instructional program of the business education curriculum in secondary schools.

The proceeds Ripon FBLA raises will be used to offset costs for conferences and competitions for their students.

25% of pizza sales will go to Ripon FBLA. 
Stop by, have a pizza and a beverage and support part of our great community!

One of our faithful cooking class attendees will be moving to Las Vegas and this month’s menu reflects that!

Kathy McCarthy has again found some fun recipes to share with everyone, whether moving to Las Vegas, or staying in wonderful Wisconsin!

This cooking class will include a hands-on cooking experience, where you will learn preparation and cooking techniques. Plus, you get to take the recipes home with you to introduce to your family & friends. Each of the courses will be paired with a Vines & Rushes Winery wine. All of this for only $30! 

The menu includes:
Cheddar Gougères with Wisconsin Medium Cheddar
Green Chile Enchilada Casserole
Southern BBQ Chop Salad
Farewell Elvis Presley Cake

As always, don't hesitate to sign up, these classes fill up quickly!

Welcome Adria Ramos to Vines & Rushes Winery!!

Original, lyric-driven music with an edge. Adria records and performs across Wisconsin and the near Midwest as a solo musician as well as with her band, Jones.

Listen here: 
http://www.adriaramos.com/music.html

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 4 PM to 8 PM.

Join us for our September Farmer's Table Wine & Beer Pairing Dinner! Our chef Dan Solberg, from Stack Farm & Food Co., creates a delicious menu with locally sourced, seasonal ingredients. Each course will be paired with a glass of Vines & Rushes wine or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer (you get to sign up for the wine option or the beer option). From the amazing food & wine, to the atmosphere and dinner music, this is an experience you don't want to miss! 
Menu:
Course 1- Cranberry Bean & Smoked Ham Crostini with Gremolata
Wine: Englebright Sparkling 
Beer: Blue Eyed Blonde
Course 2- Wood Oven Roasted Sweet Italian Frying Peppers and Tomatoes, Romaine Lettuce, Hickory Nut & Maple Salsa Macha, Cotija Cheese
Wine: Crimson
Beer: Citra Spice IPA
Course 3- Chuck's Sweet Corn Soup, Pickled Wild Garlic, 3 yr old Cheddar, Maple Lacquered Bacon
Wine: LaCrescent
Beer: Worker's Mild Brown Ale
Course 4- Wine Harvester's Chicken, Vineyard Grapes, Shallots, Smoked Pork, Served with Polenta
Wine: Marquette 2016
Beer: Marzen Lager (Octoberfest)
Course 5- Butter Cake with Apple and Pear Sauce, Vanilla Whipped Cream
Wine: Ice Wine
Beer: Honey Wheat

Must be 21 years of age or older to attend. 
Advance tickets required. $70/person.
Sign up here: http://store.vinesandrushes.com/

Local Sources:
Sandbox Farm - Princeton, WI - Cranberry Beans
Stack Farm & Food - Neshkoro, WI-Ham, Smoked Pork, Bacon, Pears
Olden Organics, Ripon, WI- Sweet Italian Frying Peppers, Tomatoes
Boerson Farm, Princeton, WI- Shallots, Herbs, Peppers
Nelson and Pade - Romaine Lettuce
Sarah Naparella, Neshkoro, WI- Hickory Nuts
Tapped Maple Syrup, Stevens Point, WI- Maple Syrup
Preliwitz Produce, Ripon, WI - Sweet Corn
Vines & Rushes, Ripon, WI- Table and Wine Grapes
Hooks Cheese, Mineral Point, WI- 3 yr Aged Cheddar
Avrom Farm, Green Lake, WI- Pastures Chickens
Uncle Jimmy’s Farm- Neshkoro, WI- Apples

Welcome Avian Aura to Vines & Rushes Winery!

Avian Aura- Music, is stripped-down contemplative folk rock with grit and humanity. Gary Flesher Jr. and Joan Herzing been part of the Madison-area music community for years, and are back in this fresh presentation, hoping to express what it means to be human, present and connected.

Check them out here:
https://www.avianaura.com/

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 4 PM to 8 PM.

Vines & Rushes Winery will be hosting a craft fair, featuring local artisans displaying their unique homemade items. 

Those participating in this event include: Silver Wear by Darlene, The Dandelion Farm, Finding Simplicity Farm, Schmitz Family Crafts, OliAnna Jewels, Eve's Creations, Penny Peony Designs, Rustic Revivals, Olive Juice Farms Canning and hand made goods, Ted David, Honey Hollow Handmades LLC, Ruth Alsum, Sew Dazzling.

We will be featuring a different artisan between now and October 6th on our Facebook event.

Grab a glass of wine and wander through the "Marketplace" in the Great Room, and production room! We will be serving made to order wood fired pizza from 11 am to 6 pm.

We are positive you will find something to purchase, either as a gift or better yet, for yourself!

Welcome our October 8th Cause - Lydia's Cupboard!!

Lydia’s Cupboard is a non-food pantry and ministry outreach of The Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Ripon. Lydia’s Cupboard, located within the church, offers free non-food essential items to families within our community that are in a season of need. 

For more information:
https://trinitychurchripon.org/

25% off all pizza sales any any cash donations go to this great cause!

The Ramblers are a Wisconsin based bluegrass band comprised of area musicians who share a love of bluegrass and acoustic music. Band Members: Keith Keehn, Mike Smith, Patrick Canney, Paul Bast, and Larry Mueller. They will keep you toe tapping and up dancing! 

Check them out here:
https://www.mecanriverramblers.com/listen

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 12 PM to 6 PM.

Join us for Heather Styka on October 19th!

Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Heather combines the lyrical intricacy of folk with a catchy melodic pop and the grit of classic country in songs that will keep you entertained all night!

Listen and browse here:
http://heatherstyka.com/

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day.
Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 4 PM to 8 PM.

Matt Gabriel is a singer/songwriter who's spent over a decade writing and performing music around the country. The quality of folk and blues you'd expect from an artist who grew up between Chicago and Detroit. 

Listen here:
http://mattgabrielmusic.com/#music

Complimentary wine tasting throughout the day. Select your favorite wine, have a glass, or two, custom order a wood fired pizza, sit back and enjoy the music. Wood fired pizza is served from Noon - 6pm.

Our "Cause" on October 22nd is The Ripon Senior Center!

The Ripon Senior Center exists to provide social and emotional opportunities, to provide information, both medical and pertaining to aging, and to offer community residents 55 and older a place to hang out.
It was started in October 1968 and is presently celebrating its 50th year in our community. The Ripon Senior Center is located in the lower level of City Hall. Please like them on Facebook.

Here is their facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/RiponSeniorCenter/

25% of pizza sales and all cash donations go directly to The Ripon Senior Center!

Stop in for some pizza and support this fantastic part of our community!!

Welcome musician Natalie Gelman to Vines & Rushes Winery!!

Often compared to Sheryl Crow, Jewel and Joni Mitchell, Natalie’s music is contemporary and timeless. She writes honest, heartfelt songs - responding to current affairs and revealing parts of her inner self with the world.

Listen to her here:
https://www.nataliegelman.com/music

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 4 PM to 8 PM.

Join us for Substyle at Vines & Rushes Winery on Saturday, October 27th!!

Substyle is a local soulful group formed by Harold Melo, Matt Reif, Cayli Ballenger & Jordan Miles. They are influenced by blues, Folk, Soul, and R&B music. 

Check out some of their music here:
https://www.facebook.com/substylemusic/

Complimentary wine tasting throughout the day. Select your favorite wine, cider or beer, enjoy a wood fired pizza, and sit back and enjoy the music. 
Wood fired pizza is served from Noon - 6pm.

Ted Otto, Brandon native, will be playing classic rock cover music at the winery. He puts on a great show and has quite a following!! Don't miss it!

Complimentary tastings of wine, hard cider, and Knuth craft beer throughout the day. Grab your favorite glass of wine, Sprecher’s Root Beer, or Knuth Brewing Company craft Beer on tap, and listen to Ted's music! 
Wood-fired pizza served from 4pm - 8pm.

Christopher Gold, the son of a bluegrass musician, didn’t have to go far to find a passion and available instruction on the mandolin, banjo, and guitar. He splits his time between the folk and bluegrass from his childhood and the punk music from his adolescence.

Check out some of his music here:
http://www.christophergold.com/#music

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 12pm - 6pm.

Welcome back Jiffy Slim!!

Funky fresh country fried white boy blues with a taste of folk punk drizzled with groove gravy. Put simply- American music.

Listen to their sound here:
https://www.reverbnation.com/jiffyslim

Complimentary tastings of wine, hard cider, and Knuth craft beer throughout the day. Wood Fired pizza served from 4pm - 8pm. 

See you in November!

Enjoy this fantastic duo on November 17th!

Kip Jones is a singer/songwriter who has been writing and performing songs from several genres, focusing mainly on classic rock, folk and country. 

Jason Reisdorf has been playing sax for a number of area bands like Jazz Orgy and Natural Satellite... He brings a distinctive jazz flavor everything he touches.

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a fantastic wood fired pizza, serving from 12pm - 6pm.

Music has taken Jamie to over 95 countries, but she loves most her homeland where she won the 2016 Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award (WAMI) for Keyboardist of the Year, and was also nominated for Jazz Artist of the year. Jamie’s style is described as “inventive, jazz-oriented, outside-the-box”. She is compared to some jazz icons as Diana Krall and Norah Jones.

Listen to her style here:
https://www.jamielynnfletcher.com/

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 4pm - 8pm.

See you in November!! 

Welcome back Kyle Megna & Ross Catterton!!

Kyle Megna and Ross are two strong song writers that play in the same band Kyle Megna & The Monsoons. Seen live, they feed off the vibe of the crowd as well as each other. Their “dark-indie-blues-folk-rock feel” keeps you entertained for hours!

Listen here:
http://www.kylemegna.com/

Complimentary wine tasting throughout the day. Select your favorite wine, cider, or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer, custom order a wood fired pizza, and sit back and enjoy the music. Wood fired pizza is served from 12pm - 6pm.

Bradley Sperger will be back at Vines & Rushes Winery on Saturday, December 1st!!

Bradley is a multi instrumentalist based out of Wausau WI. He builds his songs live to project a full and rich sound that one would expect from a much larger group! 

Check out his sound here:
https://www.facebook.com/bradleyspergermusic/

Complimentary tasting of wine, hard cider, and/or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer all day. Grab your favorite glass and enjoy a wood fired pizza, serving from 12pm - 6pm.

Welcome Indie Folk Artist Anna p.s. to Vines & Rushes Winery!!

Live, Anna plays acoustic guitar, foot percussion, and—perhaps unexpectedly—the flute. She uses a looper pedal to sample her guitar and loop it back while she plays flute interludes during her songs, bringing a unique element to her shows.

Listen to Anna here:
https://www.annapsmusic.com/shows-and-music

Wood fired pizza served from 4pm - 8pm. Complimentary wine/cider or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer tasting all day. Enjoy a beverage of your choice, a fantastic pizza, and the music of Anna p.s. on December 7th!

Substyle is a Wausau based soulful group formed by Harold Melo, Matt Reif, Cayli Ballenger, Jordan Miles, & Jesse Kay. They are influenced by Folk, Soul, R&B music and Pop music.

Listen here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/substylemusic/

Complimentary tastings of wine, hard cider, and Knuth craft beer throughout the day. Grab your favorite glass of wine, Sprecher’s Root Beer or Knuth’s Craft Beer on tap. 
Wood-fired pizza served from 12pm - 6pm.

Welcome Back Stuck on Blue!!

Stuck On Blue is an original jazz trio based out of the Fox Valley featuring Kelvin Kaspar (Guitar), Jake Crowe (Bass) and Mike Malone (Drums). 

Listen here:
https://www.reverbnation.com/stuckonblue

Wood fired pizza served from 12pm - 6pm. Complimentary wine/cider or Knuth Brewing Company craft beer tasting all day. Enjoy a beverage of your choice, a fantastic pizza, and the music of Stuck on Blue on December 22nd!