The Deer Spring Winery
A business that has flourished for generations and has maintained its traditions as a family owned and operated business, the Deer Spring Winery is one of the few wine makers that come out with quality wines in the Lincoln Nebraska area. The Deer Springs Winery operates on a large land area where both the lot and the buildings are part of the family estate, and has been producing some of the finest wines in that area of the United States.
The Deer Spring Winery began when their homestead certification was signed and therefore given to early ancestor Patrick O’Halloran during the 15th of August in 1874. Visitors can now find the original deed, which was signed by President Ulysses S. Grant, displayed on the winery as an added attraction and a means of preserving the Deer Spring Winery’s history. Owned by Jim and Barbara Partington, daughter Jennifer Reeder and her husband Jon, and their daughter Kathleen Hennagir, the Deer Spring Winery still stands today to produce a variety of white and red wines enjoyed in many dinner tables all over Lincoln Nebraska and other parts of America.
Red wine varieties are aplenty and are regularly produced at the Deer Spring Valley, and Lincoln Nebraska is very fortunate to have such a broad range of choices to pick from. Some of the better known types produced at the Deer Spring Valley are the Gypsy Red, which is light bodied with flavorful hints of blackberry, red currant, and sweet red pepper, and the DeChaunac, which has a more fruity approach with a medium body. Other reds produced are the Frontenac, Autumn Woods, and Prairie Sunset, which is a mix of St. Croix and St. Vincent grapes.
White wines are also fermented and distilled at the Deer Spring Valley Winery. Much like their red counterparts, whites produced in this part of Nebraska also vary in flavor and quality. The white version of Prairie Sunset is one of their signature wines, with tinges of rose and violet floral infusion in presented in a medium body. Edelweiss is another famous white produced by the Deer Spring family, and is a juicy, tropical fruit wine perfect for salads and chicken. The Lacrosse, Bianca, and Firefly White are also perennial white wine favorites.