Went to Indiana wine country
The wineries as such, are spread far apart and the quality, as I assess it, is equally far apart…
Made some sales calls last week at wineries around Indianapolis. Impressed with 2-Mallow Run and Oliver. It is still hard to accept that blackberries and peaches are used to make what they defend as wine-in addition to grapes. Interestingly, most if not all the wineries I visited do import grapes from California and Washington State to make wine. There are some varietals that do well in colder and very humid weather that these wineries plant. But these are very small plantings.
Oliver Winery has a nice tasting room, knowledgeable staff, friendly and exhibit a great deal of pride in their products. Mallow Run is smaller, great staff, nice wines and also get a lot of grapes from California-Lodi.
For a different experience in wines, I would recommend a “pass through” of Indianapolis to get another perspective.
The grapes Olivers and Mallow Run buy from vineyards in California leave immediately after picking for Indianapolis in refrigerated trucks and get to their destination in approximately 1 day.
Worth the stop, but don’t go out of your way.