Oliver Winery - Bloomington, IN
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Lord Elwood
N 39° 16.964 W 086° 31.258
16S E 541314 N 4348261
Oliver Winery is the largest and oldest winery in the U.S. state of Indiana. It operates in Monroe County north of Bloomington at 8024 N. State Road 37.
Waymark Code: WMCJJQ
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2011
Views: 6
Professor William Oliver, a law instructor at Indiana University, moved to Bloomington in 1959 with his wife and children and began making wine in his home from grapes purchased at an Ohio vineyard. In the 1960s he purchased land near Bloomington in order to grow his own, and by 1970 operated some 30 acres (120,000 m) of vineyard. Oliver Winery opened in the spring of 1972 and reached an annual production of 38,000 gallons by 1978. William Oliver was an integral part to the creation and passing of the Small Winery Act of 1971 in Indiana which permitted direct sale of wine to the public not through distribution channels.
Oliver's first tasting room was opened to the public in 1973 where William's wife Mary worked alongside a few other employees.
William's son Bill assumed the management of the winery in 1983 and introduced the use of grapes from outside Indiana in Oliver wines in 1988. Annual production exceeded 100,000 gallons by the late 1990s, and the winery expects to produce 500,000 to 600,000 gallons in 2007.
Oliver Winery established the Creekbend Vineyard label in 2004.
Winery Size: Large 10,000 to 99,999 Cases
Attached vineyard?: yes
Tasting Room Available?: yes
Days and hours of operation: Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 12-6
Charge for tasting?: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Tours Available: yes
Cost of Tour: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Phone #: (812) 876-5800
Address:
8024 N. State Road 37
Bloomington, IN 47404
Winery, Wine Cooperative, or Tasting Center's Website: [Web Link]
Types of wines:
Dry
Beanblossom Hard Cider
Semi-Dry
Semi-Sweet
Desert
Best Wine Tasted: Maximum Port 2007
Rate the Best Wine Tasted: 
Price per Bottle: 18.00 (listed in local currency)
2nd Best Wine Tasted: Beanblossom Hard Cider
Rate the 2nd Best Wine Tasted:
Price per Bottle #2: 8.00 (listed in local currency)
Winery Club: Yes
Wine Club Description::
No annual fee.
Automatic shipment of 6 bottles of wine, twice a year.
Lots of discounts.
Overall Comments:: Not listed
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