Riverwood Winery

About

Truly local wines, with a genuine taste of place! We have something for all palates.  Please visit and try our local, handcrafted wines. 

Location Description

Riverwood Winery is near Kansas City, Missouri and Weston, Missouri. We are located approximately thirty-five miles north of Kansas City midway between the historic towns of Weston, Missouri and Atchison, Kansas and approximately 2.5 miles north of Snow Creek Ski Area.

Features

  • Producing handcrafted wines.

Additional Information

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Average Bottle Price

$ 185.00

History

Riverwood Winery's Tasting Room and Giftshop is based in a 1950's era renovated school building located along the east bank of the Missouri River. The building is an example of classic 1950’s style architecture –- single level, flat roof, lots of windows.

The building was designed by Joseph Radotinsky, a noted architect in the Kansas City and western Kansas areas. Radotinsky designed several well known buildings, and served as the State Architect for the state of Kansas.

From the 1950’s through the early 1980’s the building housed Lakeview Elementary School. After the school closed its doors in the early eighties, the building was purchased by a local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, (VFW) and used as the VFW meeting hall. An Atchison couple purchased the building from the VFW in the mid-1990’s and it was used as a consignment and antique shop.

In 2005, David and Ginah purchased the building for conversion into Riverwood Winery.

Practices & Techniques

We are committed to using environmentally friendly, sustainable practices, both in the vineyard and in producing our wines. We use no pesticides or artificial fertilizers in the vineyard.

We handcraft our wines in small batches so that we can assure the best quality possible. Our wines are fermented, barreled, aged, blended and bottled either at our tasting room. We use oak barrels made in Missouri for our barrel aged wines -- Missouri wine aged in Missouri oak. T

Estate Vineyards / AVA

Our main vineyard is at our winery situated on our farm in the beautiful Missouri River bluffs north of the Snow Creek Ski Area. Although we didn't know it at the time we purchased the farm, some of those vines were already in the ground. Someone had pulled the trellis posts from the vineyards, presumably to be used for fence posts, and left the trellis wires on the ground. The fields had not been tended in several years and the ground was overgrown and brushy.

As we began to clear the ground in preparation for mowing we discovered trellis wires. We then spent two winters rolling up wires, which we had to do before we could mow. Finally we rolled up all the wires and were able to mow. That spring, grape vines began to sprout up all in a row! We decided at that time that we should try to renovate those vineyards. We spent years working on those grapes but ultimately plowed under all but the hardy native Norton/Cynthiana. Those decades old Cynthiana/Norton vines continue to produce for us!

Cayuga White GrapesIn the Spring of 2008 we planted an acre of Foche (a red variety) and an acre of Cayuga White in an area in front of our house at the farm. Those vines should begin to produce grapes for wine production in the 2011 or 2012 seasons.

In the spring of 2011 we planted an acre of Frontenac (a hearty red variety) and an acre of Traminette (a white variety). In the spring of 2012 we planted an acre of Vidal Blanc (a white grape) and an acre of St. Vincent (a red variety). We now have a total of seven acres of grapes which should keep us busy for a while!

In the Spring of 2006, we planted Cayuga White and Concord grape varieties in a demonstration plot in front of the Winery location along Highway 45. When you visit the Winery you can Vines in front of the Winerywander through the vines to see how the grapes grow. If the grapes are ripe you can see how they taste! We don't use sprays on the grapes so you have no worries. In the Spring of 2013 we decided to remove the Concords and Cayuga White and replace them with Nortons, the Missouri State Grape! The new vines are just starting to reach toward the tops of the grow tubes and should be producing grapes in a couple of years.

Reviews

1 Review
Scott Sliks Scott Sliks
Rushville, Missouri
Great wine!

Very beautiful winery, we always have fun stopping here!

February 2015

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Hours

Wednesday: 10am-5pm Thursday: 10am-5pm Friday:10am-9pm Saturday:10am-7pm Sunday:10am-5pm

Address

22200 State Route 45 N
Rushville, Missouri 64484
United States

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