MAQUOKETA'S FIRST (AND ONLY) WINERY

JIM AND MARY KAY SORENSEN HAVE MOVED THEIR WINERY FROM PRESTON TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA, JUST OFF HIGHWAY 61 AND JUST OFF THE CAVES ROAD.    THEY SOLD THEIR PRESTON HOME AND PROPERTY AND
PURCHASED THE MAQUOKETA HOME.     THE WINERY IS IN THE BUILDING
JUST EAST OF THEIR HOME.   IT IS IN TWO SECTIONS....THE STORE AND
THE WINE MAKING ROOM.    THEY MAKE WINE FROM THEIR OWN GRAPES AND ALSO BUY GRAPES TO MAKE THEIR WINE.    MORE GRAPE VINES ARE BEING PLANTED AT THE NEW SITE BEHIND THE STORE.   

MARY KAY IS SHOWN IN THE STORE THAT IS OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 5:30 P.M. AND SATURDAYS FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 6:00 P.M. AND SUNDAYS FROM 12:00 NOON UNTIL 5:00 P.M.    THEY STARTED GROWING GRAPES WITH THEIR OWN NURSERY PLANTS AND SELLING THEM TO WINERIES IN 2001.   IN 2006 THEY STARTED MAKING AND SELLING THIER  OWN GRAPE JUICE AND WINE JELLIES.     AND THEN THEY STARTED MAKING WINE AND SELLING IT AT THEIR PRESTON LOCATION IN 2009.    SO, THEY
HAVE BEEN IN THE GRAPE-WINE BUSINESS FOR OVER A DOZEN YEARS.
THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN.   TWO ARE WORKING IN MAQUOKETA AND AREA
(ONE HELPS OUT AT WINERY TOO) AND ONE IS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEIR MAILING ADDRESS IS 18345  55TH STREET (CAVES ROAD),
MAQUOKETA.    THEIR WEB SITE IS AT www.iowagrapevines.com AND THEIR
PHONE NUMBER IS 563-940-3830.   ONCE THEY GET THEIR STORE COMPLETED THEY PLAN TO HAVE A GRAND OPENING.    MEANWHILE, THEY
INVITE EVERYONE TO STOP IN A TOOK A TOUR OF THEIR FACILITY.  
WELCOME TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY....
      IOWA GRAPE VINES WINERY

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