Snus Hill Vineyard

Snus Hill Vineyard
2183 320th Street
Madrid, Iowa
USA 50156
Phone: 515.795.3535
http://www.snushillwine.com/

Contact: Chris Hudnall
Email: [email protected]

Snus Hill is an award-winning family owned winery in rural Iowa striving to create wines with a regional identity reflective of the soils and climate using American and French-American varieties.Swedish Immigrants, Charles and Hanna Larson, purchased this site in 1878 and the winery stands upon their original homestead. Four generations later, the Larsons continue farming the land.On the hill top of moraine soils left from the receding glaciers, the vineyards of Snus Hill were started in 1999 when John & Diane Larson planted the first acre of Frontenac and Marechal Foch. Each year was followed with another acre planted of a different variety. In 2003 and 2004, the dream of a commercial vineyard became a reality when Snus Hill Vineyard sold grapes to Summerset Winery.The Snus Hill Winery name is reflective of the family’s Swedish heritage and their love of cats. Snus is the name of the Larson family’s affectionate and beguiling tobacco brown Burmese cat. The cat got his name from an old Swedish chewing tobacco (Snus). The white cat on the labels was chosen to represent the family’s platinum Burmese cats.
The awards won are:
Boule de Poils
DOUBLE GOLD, 2009 AppellationAmerican
DOUBLE GOLD, 2009 Iowa State Fai
Catnip
BRONZE, 2007 MidAmerican Wine Competition
Chardonel
SILVER, 2008 MidAmerican Wine Competition paired with cerviche
BRONZE, 2008 MidAmerican Wine Competition
BRONZE, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

Winemaker: John Larson

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