We Hope Everyone is Having a Great Summer!
Happy Summer to all! We completed pruning of our 250 Prairie Star vines, and they look healthy. We have made a $400 donation to each charity as a Thank You to Peter, Linda, and Jim, who braved the cold in March to trim those vines. The receipts for these donations are posted in our Financial [...]
Happy New Year! A 2019 Update From the Vineyard
Hello to all you wonderful supporters of Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard as we open 2019. Our past year has been, like so many other years, eventful, to say the least: We had a fun and financially – rewarding Fall Fund Raising Party on Saturday, September 8, raising over $4000 for our 3 outstanding charities. Our [...]
2nd Annual Fall F(und) Raising Party News
We are so happy to announce that, with your help and generosity, we not only had a great time at our September 30 party, but raised $1,505.00, which we matched, for a total of $3010.00 donated to our 3 charities. See the receipts for these donations in our Financial Section. We also had a small harvest of [...]
2nd Annual Fall FUN(d) Raising Party
Our 2nd Annual Fall Fun(d) Raising Party on Saturday, September 30 was a success! Our 30+ participants enjoyed great weather and lots of foods of many kinds, with dinner of pulled smoked chicken and lots of beverages of all kinds, including our 2015 Altered States Apple Wine. Many went on tours of our vineyard and [...]
Join Us for Our 2nd Annual Fall Harvest Party!
We have had a good year with our Prairie Star grape vines and Dwarf Honeycrisp apple trees. We are excited to confirm that we will be having our 2nd Annual Fall Fun(d) Raising Party on Saturday, September 30, starting at 2:00 P.M. and going until it ends. We will have Fun, with lots of yard games, tours of [...]
Spring Pruning and Plans for the Summer!
Our Spring pruning in March went well, we Pruned our 500 Prairie Star, about half of which will produce 1,000 – 2,000 pounds of grapes this Fall. Our mission is to have Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard serve a source and inspiration to support our 3 great charities. With this in mind, we have made a [...]
Spring is Just Around the Corner: An Update from the Vineyard.
It may not look like it or feel like it outside, however Spring is just around the corner. Our plans this year are to prune the 500 Prairie Star and possibly a few rows of the Marquette. We will also plant 25-50 more Dwarf Honey crisp Apple trees. If all goes well, this Fall we [...]
Non-Harvest Party was a Success – Raising almost $2,000!
We are happy to announce that with your help and generosity we were able to raise a total of $1999.98 for our 3 charities! All receipts are posted from our Non-Harvest Party of October 8. We can all be proud of this, as it happened because we came together, had a great time on a some [...]
Our First Annual Non-Harvest Party was a Success!
Our first annual Non-Harvest Party was both great fun and a benefit for our charities. Although the weather was not ideal, we had many games of Bocce Ball and Bean Bags (Corn Hole, according to our Chicago guests!). Herb and Dan played some of the music, while Connie sang along beautifully; they were immensely appreciated. [...]
Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard Non-Harvest Charity Party: Saturday, October 8
Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard, began in 2007 in Pepin, Wisconsin, has been contributing 100% of our profits from harvest sales to 3 charities since 2010. We had a killing frost on May 15 this year, and will not have a harvest. Not to be deterred from our mission, we are having a Non-Harvest Charity Party on Saturday, October 8. [...]