We produce and bottle our handcrafted, award winning wines in small batches right here in our production facility adjacent the tasting room. Our wines do not contain any artificial flavors or colors--they are derived only from the grapes, pears or elderberries from whence they came. Other flavors present like strawberry, cherry, or tropical fruit are what we think of as "varietal character," which comes from the grapes.
Blanc Céleste is a light and refreshing, crisp white, featuring tropical fruit and pear highlights with a hint of sweetness, perfect for every occasion and taste.
Great cocktail wine, served with appetizers, grilled food, pasta and seafood.
Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Indy International Wine Competition.
Double Gold Medal Winner, 2016 Iowa State Fair.
Blanc Céleste is a light and refreshing, crisp white, featuring tropical fruit and pear highlights with a hint of sweetness, perfect for every occasion and taste.
Great cocktail wine, served with appetizers, grilled food, pasta and seafood.
Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Indy International Wine Competition.
Double Gold Medal Winner, 2016 Iowa State Fair.
Perry--in the style of champagne--will twinkle on your tongue and scintillate your senses with refreshing, delightful bubbles. Made from our award winning semi-sweet pear wine, featuring fresh and floral, balanced and bright, aromatic and delicate true fruit flavors.
Limit 4 per customer.
***This wine must be cold before you open it, like any champagne, espumante, sekt, cava, prosecco, etc. Put it in the fridge for a couple hours, at least, before you open it, followed by an hour in the freezer. Can take a couple hours in the freezer. Grip the cork firmly while untwisting the wire and ease the cork and wire out, together, with a little twisting. The cork will be anxious to exit. Should the wine foam up, just place your palm over the top of the bottle momentarily. Enjoy!
Gold Medal Winner and Best of Show Fruit Wine, 2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition.
Platinum Medal Winner 2019 Great American International Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner 2018 Mid-American Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner and Best Sparkling Wine, 2017 Mid-American Wine Competition.
Limit 4 per customer.
***This wine must be cold before you open it, like any champagne, espumante, sekt, cava, prosecco, etc. Put it in the fridge for a couple hours, at least, before you open it, followed by an hour in the freezer. Can take a couple hours in the freezer. Grip the cork firmly while untwisting the wire and ease the cork and wire out, together, with a little twisting. The cork will be anxious to exit. Should the wine foam up, just place your palm over the top of the bottle momentarily. Enjoy!
Gold Medal Winner and Best of Show Fruit Wine, 2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition.
Platinum Medal Winner 2019 Great American International Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner 2018 Mid-American Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner and Best Sparkling Wine, 2017 Mid-American Wine Competition.
Grape Expectations—A Classic Concord Wine—Sunny, lively and sweet, fresh-picked fruitiness, satisfies the old-timey grape lover in all of us! Pleasantly smooth and well balanced.
Silver Medal Winner 2018 Iowa State Fair.
Grape Expectations—A Classic Concord Wine—Sunny, lively and sweet, fresh-picked fruitiness, satisfies the old-timey grape lover in all of us! Pleasantly smooth and well balanced.
Silver Medal Winner 2018 Iowa State Fair.
Birdsong is an agreeable well-balanced sweet white, highlighting delightful tropical fruit flavors, and fresh, clean acidity.
Gold Medal Winner, 2018 Great American International Wine Comp
Watershed Red is a medium bodied sweetie, showcasing a fruity style framed by rich and ripe cherry fruit, raspberry, and strawberry. Light tannins and juicy acidity lend to a satisfying complexity. Our chillable red....
Gold Medal Winner 2022 Great American International Wine Competition.
Silver Medal Winner 2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition.
Red Moon Rising--We're crafting our estate-grown dry-red by field blending our three red-grape vatietals: Marechal Foch, Petite Pearl and Marquette. The result is rich and lush, moderately complex, light to medium bodied, featuring soft tannins and creamy mouthfeel with expressive French and American Oak highlights. A garnet-amethyst bloom catches the light just-so in the glass and subtle dark cherry flavors on the nose from the swirl meld well with jammy-fruit elements on the palette. Drink now or age for a year or two.
Gold Medal Winner, 2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Mid-American Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner, 2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner, 2018 Indy International Wine Competition.
Double Gold, 2017 Great American International Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner, 2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Mid-American Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner, 2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition.
Gold Medal Winner, 2018 Indy International Wine Competition.
Double Gold, 2017 Great American International Wine Competition.
Lily Road Blue Sky Blush
Semi–dry blush wine, featuring luscious, juicy fruitiness extracted from our estate reds; Foch, Marquette and Petite Pearl with an early and light press, finishing with a refreshingly crisp, clean tartness, from our Elmer Swenson white varietal, La Crosse. Perfect for the pool, porch, patio and pond!
Silver Medal Winner, 2022 THE Rose Competition, American Fine Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2020 Great American International Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2018 Indy International Wine Competition.
Semi–dry blush wine, featuring luscious, juicy fruitiness extracted from our estate reds; Foch, Marquette and Petite Pearl with an early and light press, finishing with a refreshingly crisp, clean tartness, from our Elmer Swenson white varietal, La Crosse. Perfect for the pool, porch, patio and pond!
Silver Medal Winner, 2022 THE Rose Competition, American Fine Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2020 Great American International Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition;
Silver Medal Winner, 2018 Indy International Wine Competition.
Pear wine is a semi-sweet fruit wine featuring fresh and floral, balanced and bright, aromatic and delicate true-fruit flavor.
No longer available: all of our pear wine is converted into Perry from our ageing tanks.
Silver Medal Winner 2018 Mid-American Wine Competition.
Our 100% elderberry wine is a rich and intense semi-sweet fruit wine featuring a mix of fruity and savory elements. Distinctive. For those whose parents and grandparents made elderberry pie, jam, or syrup, this will bring back familiar memories!
Sold out.
Silver Medal Winner, 2019 Indy International Wine Competition.
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Silver Medal Winner, 2019 Indy International Wine Competition.
Madigan Winery's Gold and Platinum Awards
2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner and Best of Show Fruit Wine--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring 100's of entries from wines made from at least 75% cold-climate varietals, judged by 19 expert judges.
2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, an estate-grown dry-red blend, aged on both American and French oak, won in a competition featuring 100's of entries from wines made from at least 75% cold-climate varietals, judged by 19 expert judges.
2022 Great American International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Watershed Red, a sweet red blend, won in a competition featuring 1000+ entries from wineries around the world, judged by 25+ international judges.
2019 Mid-American Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate grown dry red, won in a competition featuring entries from wineries in 18 "mid-american" states.
2019 Great American International Wine Competition, Platinum Medal Winner--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring 1000+ entries from wineries around the US and Europe, judged by 25+ international judges.
2019 Indy International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Blanc Celeste, semi-dry, fruity white wine won Gold in this year's competition of nearly 2,000 entries from around the globe, evaluated by 46 judges comprised of wine writers, winemakers, winegrowers, enologists, chefs, sommeliers, wine distributors, retailers and consumers.
2018 Mid-American Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring entries from wineries in 18 "mid-american" states.
2018 Indy International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate-grown dry red, won Gold in this year's competition of nearly 2,000 entries from around the globe.
2018 Great American International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Birdsong, sweet white estate-grown blend won Gold in this year's competition of 1400+ entries from 200+ wineries representing 19 countries, 36 US states and 4 Canadian provinces!
2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate-grown, dry red won Gold in this year's competition of 3000+ entries from 600+ wineries!
2017 Great American International Wine Competition, Double Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate grown dry red, won in a competition of over 1000 wines from 12 countries, judged by 25 judges representing 9 countries over 2 days of competition.
2017 Mid-American Wine Competition, Gold Medal and "Best Sparkling Wine"--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring entries from wineries in 18 "mid-american" states.
2016 Iowa State Fair, Double Gold Medal Winner--Our Blanc Celeste is 1 of only 6 wines awarded the Double Gold out of 171 entries.
"Double Gold" means that each judge awarded the wine, in competition, a "Gold", thus it is unanimously decided, and receives the special designation, "Double Gold".
2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner and Best of Show Fruit Wine--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring 100's of entries from wines made from at least 75% cold-climate varietals, judged by 19 expert judges.
2022 Cold Climate International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, an estate-grown dry-red blend, aged on both American and French oak, won in a competition featuring 100's of entries from wines made from at least 75% cold-climate varietals, judged by 19 expert judges.
2022 Great American International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Watershed Red, a sweet red blend, won in a competition featuring 1000+ entries from wineries around the world, judged by 25+ international judges.
2019 Mid-American Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate grown dry red, won in a competition featuring entries from wineries in 18 "mid-american" states.
2019 Great American International Wine Competition, Platinum Medal Winner--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring 1000+ entries from wineries around the US and Europe, judged by 25+ international judges.
2019 Indy International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Blanc Celeste, semi-dry, fruity white wine won Gold in this year's competition of nearly 2,000 entries from around the globe, evaluated by 46 judges comprised of wine writers, winemakers, winegrowers, enologists, chefs, sommeliers, wine distributors, retailers and consumers.
2018 Mid-American Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring entries from wineries in 18 "mid-american" states.
2018 Indy International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate-grown dry red, won Gold in this year's competition of nearly 2,000 entries from around the globe.
2018 Great American International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Birdsong, sweet white estate-grown blend won Gold in this year's competition of 1400+ entries from 200+ wineries representing 19 countries, 36 US states and 4 Canadian provinces!
2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate-grown, dry red won Gold in this year's competition of 3000+ entries from 600+ wineries!
2017 Great American International Wine Competition, Double Gold Medal Winner--Our Red Moon Rising, estate grown dry red, won in a competition of over 1000 wines from 12 countries, judged by 25 judges representing 9 countries over 2 days of competition.
2017 Mid-American Wine Competition, Gold Medal and "Best Sparkling Wine"--Our Perry, a sparkling pear wine, won in a competition featuring entries from wineries in 18 "mid-american" states.
2016 Iowa State Fair, Double Gold Medal Winner--Our Blanc Celeste is 1 of only 6 wines awarded the Double Gold out of 171 entries.
"Double Gold" means that each judge awarded the wine, in competition, a "Gold", thus it is unanimously decided, and receives the special designation, "Double Gold".
A note about cork taint:
What is the cause of a corked wine? The culprit is usually TCA, which is short for 2, 4, 6 Trichloroanisole. TCA is a type of fungus that occurs naturally--it's a fungi present in the bark of the cork tree, and can easily be taken into the cork. All it takes is approximately five parts per trillion of TCA in red wine to destroy it. In white wine, it takes even less as it only requires 2 parts per trillion to ruin the wine. To illustrate this, a single drop of pure TCA could inflict its damage on more than 100 massive swimming pools.
If a wine is defective due to the cork, the problem took place the moment the cork was inserted into the bottle. At that point, or within a minute or two, the wine became corked. It is that fast. Recognizing corked wines is not always easy. The worst corked bottles smell like a wet dog, mold or old damp, wet newspapers.
source link: http://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-topics/wine-educational-questions/corked-wine-cause-solution-totell-wine-corked/
Madigan Winery prefers to use natural cork, and we're aware that, while rare, it is possible that cork taint may exist in any one of our bottles of wine. We currently use Amorim Neutrocork Premium micro-agglo corks, produced using a supercritical fluid technology, advertised to remove all traces of detectable TCA and use an FDA approved binder.
Please accept our apologies if a bottle you purchased from us is corked, and be aware that we stand by our products and are happy to exchange a tainted bottle and cork for a new one.
Thank you,
Brian and Karen