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Dakotah Winery

Dakotah Winery

Dakotah Winery
14365 NW Hwy 19
Chiefland, Florida
USA 32626
Phone: (352) 493-9309
http://www.dakotahwinery.com/

Contact: Rob Rittgers
Email: [email protected]

Located along busy Highway 19 that traverses Florida from north to south, Dakotah Vineyards and Winery just north of Chiefland, is a place of peace and a haven of rest for both humans AND birds.
Dakotah is a family business operated by Rob Rittgers and his father Max Rittgers. Max established the vineyard in 1985 with a planting of 200 muscadine grape vines. The first grapes produced were sold onsite from a board across two five-gallon buckets. Today Dakotah Winery is a 12-acre site with over 6,000 grape vines. A large, comfortable wine-tasting room welcomes visitors. A temperature-controlled wine cellar is the most recent addition.
A visit to Dakotah provides not only an opportunity to buy Florida wine but an opportunity for self-guided innovational wellness walks through the grounds while viewing the grapes, sheep, geese, wood ducks, koi fish, and other species.Your observations will reveal that the winery is a therapy leader for both the heart and the mind and a conservation leader for both the soil and the spirit.

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