Cedar Ridge Vineyards, Winery & Distillery      

From our own ten-acre vineyards located south of the city, Cedar Ridge combines fresh grapes and juices from more commonly known viticultural areas with estate-grown grapes to produce outstanding wines and fruit-based spirits for the Iowa Market.


Calendar of Events

Release Party April 4th & 5th!

Clearheart Rum

Cedar Ridge Lamponcella

Geisenheim(2007 Vintage)

Come join us at the Winery and Distillery!





    The Wines
    You can find Cedar Ridge wines at Farmers Markets, local shops, and on the tables of Iowans in-the-know. Add to your own wine cellar today--buy cases directly from the winery at our online store.



    The Spirits
    The Cedar Ridge Distillery is the first legal still to operate in Iowa since prohibition and we take that responsibility seriously by providing the highest quality ClearHeart Vodka™ and spirits. You can find our spirits in liquor stores around the state.

    ***We are in the process of expanding the distribution of our spirits to additional states.  If you are a distributor and would like to carry our spirits in your state, please email jeff@crwine.com. 

      


    Come Visit Us!
     Winery & Distillery, located at 501 7th Ave SE (Suite B) in Cedar Rapids,IA (Google Map™).

                        Visiting Hours:
                4:30 - 7:30pm Wed - Fri 
                Noon - 5:00pm Sat-Sun.

    For additional information, please email info@crwine.com or call the Winery office at (319)362-2778.

    Cedar Ridge Lemoncella Wins International Award!

    Just last week, Cedar Ridge was notified by the San Francisco World Spirits Competition that our Lemoncella has been awarded an International Silver Medal within the Cordials & Liqueurs category.  This means we likely defeated many Italian competitors in what has traditionally been their own category.  To the best of our knowledge, Cedar Ridge makes the only domestic lemoncella that is free of any artificial flavors or colors.




    New Releases From the Distillery

    Clearheart Rum – Another Iowa first, this is a light rum in its purest form.  We buy only the very best first-run, unsulphured molasses from mature canes.  Once made into a wine, it is slowly fermented and then distilled twice, removing both the heads and tails of every run.  We then chill the rum to 25 degrees for a cold carbon filtration on the way to the bottle.  Clearheart Rum is to most rums as a good 100% blue agave plata is to most tequilas.  We believe it is best served as a sipping rum.  We have been putting away many barrels of this same rum for a future release of dark rum. 

    Cedar Ridge Lamponcella – “Lampone” is Italian for raspberry.  Cedar Ridge Lamponcella is the raspberry companion to our very popular Lemoncella.  To create this sweet, intense raspberry liqueur, we start by soaking tanks of fresh raspberries in triple-distilled 192 proof spirits.  This “geist” is then distilled again to create an awesome raspberry eau de vie.  This eau de vie is then added to tanks of sweet raspberry puree, resulting in a 64-proof liqueur.  Cedar Ridge Lamponcella can be enjoyed on its own straight out of the freezer, although some may find it too intense straight up.  It can be mixed 50/50 with Clearheart Vodka to make a beautiful, tasty raspberry martini, or drizzled over cheesecake or ice cream for a delicious dessert.

     

    New Releases From the Winery

    Geisenheim (2007 vintage) – This semi-sweet white wine has been so popular we’ve had trouble keeping it stocked.  We just released 225 cases from the 2007 fruit, so it is back on the shelves at least through this summer.  This may be our best effort yet – exhibiting a combination of the grapefruitiness that was so prevalent in our 2006 Geisenheim with that peppery lime, margarita profile from the 2005 vintage. 



     

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