Don't miss the Hungarian Harvest Fest and Grape Stomp.

April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday 11 - 7 Fri. & Sat. 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6  The Best Vineyard & Winery Tours in Minnesota! Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15 Kimball, MN 55353 320-398-2081 9/10/15 Good Morning:    6:45 am T he Hungarians are Coming! The Hungarians are Coming!       Time to get an early start to the day, have much to do in setup and prep for the Hungarian Harvest Fest and Grape Stomp.  I am afraid that the stomp part of this festival may easily be over looked.  You know, the Hungarians are practically professional grape stompers.  Anna, our Hungarian daughter-in-law, told me that in parts of Hungary they really used to stomp the grapes in big tanks to make the wine, recent years.  They hook their arms together and work as a group.  Big feet should help. _____________________________________________ Brianna Harvest in the Tank      On Tuesday this week we harvested the Brianna grape, about one and 3/4 tons, so we'll have more Schnickelfritz  coming.  Last Sunday we had a controller cable on the tractor hydraulic system break, so the grapes we handled with pails to the destemmer crusher, this is the machine that does the Lucy job on the grapes. We had a very good lunch of sloppy joes, potato salad, and beans, I just love that  combination, all were smiling as I waved to them leaving the parking lot.  Harvesting is the best job in the vineyard, other than drinking the wine.      Brianna is an Elmer Swenson variety, Elmer being the pioneer of having grapes here.      Noted as "Brianna' can be made into a semi-sweet white wine with pronounced pineapple nose and flavor when fully ripe. He also noted that for light table wines with more grapefruit, tropical, and slight floral characteristics". __________________________________________________      See you this Saturday, last night I went with Iza, granddaughter, to pickup lemons for her lemonade stand.  She does make gooood lemonade.    Don't miss that this event in also includes Grape Stomping! Hungarian Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp Saturday September 12th,  11 am to 8 pm - Hungarian Dancing and Music -Grape Stomping -Games -Kids Activities -Photo Area with Costumes - Delicious  Hungarian Foods -Also a  Mustache  Contest ________________________________________________________ This year's grape stompin' will be rockin'! Oct 3rd: 11am-8pm Oct 4th 11am-6pm Live music Saturday & Sunday from: * The Derelict Trio: 11pm-2pm both days * The Grizzly Rose Band: 2pm-6pm both days Both days will be rockin' with: * Free Grape Stomping * Free Wine Tasting * Free Games with wine prizes * Wagon Rides * Guided Tours * Craft Vendors Where was Iza on Sundays this Spring?      Last spring Jon would take Iza to Hungarian Kids club on Sundays.  Therefore I got more than my share of Sunday tours.  I didn't really know what they were doing on these days, by accident I discovered a video of one of their activities. I don't know what they are saying but it looks fun to me. Click on the image below to activate video. k This weekend Sept. 12 & 13. On Saturday        "The Hungarians present Live  Ethnic Music and Dance".                                                                                               & On Sunday                  Jerry Kadlec    From 2 - 5 pm will be: Playing clarinet, saxaphone, keyboard, and voice. Performing a variety of music Genre.       PHOTO OF THE WEEK Captured after Sunday's storm. Find other photos like this one throughout the week by following our new Instagram account! @millnerheritagewinery

Live Music Duke Zecco, First Harvest in, Pop-eye the Sailor Man, toot toot!

April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday 11 - 7 Fri. & Sat. 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6  The Best Vineyard & Winery Tours in Minnesota! Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15 Kimball, MN 55353 320-398-2081 9/04/15 Good Morning:    9:00 am      Yes, I missed writing last week.  Mary and I were gone to the Apostle Islands sailing.  There were four of us, I was the second mate and Mary was the passenger.  Tom and Becky Pilger were Captain and first mate.  We anchored two night in the islands, beautiful sunsets and wonderful view of the northern light.  It was a good little vacation, getting back home felt good. _________________________________________________ Mark your calendar, this will come fast!   "The Rockin Stompin Grape Stomp!" ____________________________________________________ "The Hungarian Event is September 12th"    Don't miss that this event in also includes Grape Stomping! Hungarian Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp Saturday September 12th,  11 am to 8 pm - Hungarian Dancing and Music -Grape Stomping -Games -Kids Activities -Photo Area with Costumes -Delicious Hungarian Foods -Also a Mustache Contest ________________________________________________________ Update:      Last Wednesday we harvested the Valiant grapes.      A dozen of us worked to bring in about 1,500 lbs. and they tasted good, they were a really good crew.   This make the wine called "Nordsüss", It is sweet, light, and fruity, the quintessential "American grape juice" kind of taste that will probably remind you of grape juice from your childhood.        Next Tuesday we'll be harvesting the grape Brianna, this makes the wine "Schnickelfritz".        Our biggest harvest parties are still to come.     Harvest  Parties!      If you like a party, this is the time to sign up.  The list is growing, Jon told me we could have a record harvest this year.    If you'd like to be part of a harvest party follow the instructions below.  If this is new to you:  1.Being a harvest volunteer means working about 4 hour in the vineyard cutting off clusters of grapes into pails, those pails then dump into bins right in the vineyard.  2. We then haul the bins to the winery for processing.   3. Usually we start about 8:30 in the morning  complete by 12:30.   4. Then we bring in a very nice meal, all the wine you'd like to drink.   5. Then send bottles of wine home with you.  I don't have specific date now, to register I need your name, a good phone number, days of the week when you can come, and how many people in your group. Some of the harvest is on weekday and some on weekends, the variable is how the when the grapes are a peak flavor to harvest.  All of our contact is via phone voice, not texting, therefore a good phone number is important. email to donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line "2015 Harvest Party!" ____________________________________________________ Free Music this Saturday and Sunday! Playing both day from 2 - 5 pm will be:    Enjoy live music by Duke Zecco     50's, 60's, 70's on his 12 sting guitar.

Live Music "Duke Zecco", Corvette Car Club, Hungarian Fest & Grape Stomp, Harvest Parties Sign-up

April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday 11 - 7 Fri. & Sat. 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6  The Best Vineyard & Winery Tours in Minnesota! Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15 Kimball, MN 55353 320-398-2081 8/13/15 Good Morning:    10:30 am    In a single sentence, "The grapes are growing."  The Valiant grapes are into full verasion (changing color for ripening) and the Marquette grapes are starting verasion.  We have some heat coming for the next three day, the grapes love it.      Yesterday Iza (8 yr. old granddaughter) went with me to pickup supplies for this weekend.  After we loaded we ate big at an Asian buffet and still went to Cokato Corn days and age more sweetcorn. We were full.  It is good to do these jobs with her.  On the way home I told her that people my age sometimes die suddenly.  If I were to die suddenly, it's OK for her to cry but then go on with your life and be happy.  She asked me, "Should we have a party?"  I said, "Yes by all mean.  You can have it at the winery, tell stories and have fun."   It's good to cover you bases, you never know. __________________________________________________________ Do you like pretty Cars? This Saturday August 15 we have a Corvette Car Club coming to the winery. Twenty two corvettes are scheduled to arrive at 12 noon.  They are doing our tours and tasting, how long they stay?  Come early to not miss them.  Corvettes are fast cars so I don't know when they'll be gone. Are they faster than a speeding bullet? ____________________________________________________      We have a party coming to the winery: Hungarian Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp Saturday September 12th,  11 am to 8 pm - Hungarian Dancing and Music -Grape Stomping -Games -Kids Activities -Photo Area with Costumes -Delicious Hungarian Foods -Also a Mustache Contest ________________________________________________________ Harvest  Parties!      If you like a party, this is the time to sign up.  The list is growing, Jon told me we could have a record harvest this year.    If you'd like to be part of a harvest party follow the instructions below.  If this is new to you:  1.Being a harvest volunteer means working about 4 hour in the vineyard cutting off clusters of grapes into pails, those pails then dump into bins right in the vineyard.  2. We then haul the bins to the winery for processing.   3. Usually we start about 8:30 in the morning  complete by 12:30.   4. Then we bring in a very nice meal, all the wine you'd like to drink.   5. Then send bottles of wine home with you.  I don't have specific date now, to register I need your name, a good phone number, days of the week when you can come, and how many people in your group. Some of the harvest is on weekday and some on weekends, the variable is how the when the grapes are a peak flavor to harvest.  All of our contact is via phone voice, not texting, therefore a good phone number is important. email to donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line "2015 Harvest Party!"   Remember this video? ____________________________________________________ Free Music this Saturday and Sunday! Playing both day from 2 - 5 pm will be:    Duke Zecco  Enjoy live music by Duke Zecco 50's, 60's, 70's on his 12 sting guitar.

Live Music Terry Nelson, Iza's Gummy Lemonade, Nice and Hot

April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday 11 - 7 Fri. & Sat. 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6  The Best Vineyard & Winery Tours in Minnesota! Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15 Kimball, MN 55353 320-398-2081 7/24/15 Good Afternoon:    Yes it is a little hot out today.  All I can say is that this is  good grape growing weather.  Humidity we don't need, but hot is good.  The vineyard   tours are now getting into prime time.  Soon the grapes should be going into verasion. Quoted from my google search, "Véraison is a viticulture (grape-growing) term meaning "the onset of ripening". It is originally French, but has been adopted into English use. The official definition of veraison is "change of color of the grape berries.""        Normally our Valiant grape, used to make  our wine called Nordsuss,  is our first variety to start the color change.  The white grapes also change color going from green to a whitish tone and at this time the flavor compounds and sugars in the grapes are developing.      Harvest could well be started in about a month.  If you'd like to be part of a harvest party follow the instructions below.  If this is new to you, being a harvest volunteer means working about 4 hour in the vineyard cutting off clusters of grapes into pails, those pails then dump into bins right in the vineyard, we then haul the bins to the winery for processing.  Usually we start about 8:30 in the morning  complete by 12:30 then we bring in a very nice meal, all the wine you'd like to drink, and then send bottles of wine home with you.  I don't have specific date now, to register I need your name, a good phone number, days of the week when you can come, and how many people in your group. Some of the harvest is on weekday and some on weekends, the variable is how the when the grapes are a peak flavor to harvest.  All of our contact is via phone voice, not texting, therefore a good phone number is important. email to donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line "2015 Harvest Party!" _______________________________________________      Last weekend at  our festival Iza, our 8 yr. old granddaughter, did quite well on her lemonade stand.  She sold out all except for the little bit at the very bottom of her glass container.  Do you remember when you were a kid how on an ice-cream on a stick Yuck! after the ice-cream is gone how one last lick of the stick seems to be attractive?  Well I must still be a kid. Late Saturday after Iza was gone playing I though I'd test her lemonade and just the bottom of the jar was left and almost no cups.  Tilting the jar I got about half a cup out, walked away and took a sip.  Not bad until I saw that someone had already used this cup and stuck their chewing gum in bottom of it, yuck Gross!      Iza did well enough on her lemonade stand   that with this money  and her gumball machine money she bought a Barbie house.  I think that it is good to see her managing to buy something using her own money.  I wonder if the gum in the bottom of the glass came from Iza's gumball machine.  Does it then mean that someone helped Iza twice?  (It still was gross to see.) __________________________________      This week I received a letter in the mail with return address that didn't look familiar and seemed to have the feel of something out of ordinary.  Upon opening it I was correct, it was a thank you note from visitors earlier this summer.  Early on a Saturday morning I was cleaning out the grease trap in the dish-room.  I don't like doing this on a day when customers are coming, but the drain was blocked and I had to do it.  Consequently I had all the door open and the air ex-changer running to get the smell out.  This is not a fun job, but when you are CEO you get to  do everything.       About 1 1/2 hours prior to opening time, I was just finishing up on my project, when a car  pulls into the lot with two couples from the metro area.  They had been on the road a while driving out especially to visit our winery.  They then realized that they had miss read our opening time on line.  What does a good host do?  Open the bar, no problem. Click to read Letter ____________________________________      Sometimes life is life.  I received a very sad phone message this week.  One of our winery volunteers and avid advocate for our wine, especially MN Crisp Cider, died. Click to view Obituary His name is Ken Thorseth, his wife is Jane.  Ken and Jane are from Sauk Rapids.  Ken helped us quite a lot on bottling the past year. He was a joy to work with and he enjoyed MN Crisp by the keg, I think I sold him his last keg.  One just doesn't know how long we'll be on the earth, enjoy while you can.  Our condolences to Jane and we'll remember her and Ken in our prayers. _____________________________________ Last week's trivia question was, "What did this group paint?" The correct answer was a tree and the winner isAlice Karg.  Congratulations on an easy bottle of wine. _______________________________________________________________________ Free Music this Saturday and Sunday! Playing both day from 2 - 5 pm will be: Terry Nelson  Playing Country

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7/17/15 Good Evening:      My main news today is that we are ready for two days of partying starting tomorrow.  This afternoon we had a staff meeting and final arrangements for tomorrow and Sunday organized.  "The cooler and wine racks were stocked with care,  with hopes from us, that you soon would be there," kind of like the night before Christmas story.  Jon mowed the overflow parking area, Mary printed poster of treats to share, and Anna rechecked the change drawer, you don't want to be short there. ______________________________________________________________      Iza, our 8 yr. old granddaughter, will be back tomorrow with her lemonade stand.  If you remember last time she opened her stand, she did so well she later snuck off to buy candy.  We've got her placed in the store area, will be a good location that most of the guests will walk right by her and we can also keep an eye on her.  She does make good lemonade, I tested.  Now Anna has helped Iza with her lemonade, maybe it is made from a secret Hungarian recipe.  I googled and found there actually is a Hungarian Lemonade recipe.  Click here to see it.   Hungarian Lemonade. ________________________________________________      More good news, the weather forecast for tomorrow and Sunday have both improved according to the national weather service.  Saturday is a high of 84 and Sunday is a high of 81.  A rain front is coming through tonight and then clearing and sunny.   Click here for our Winery Weather  Good time to Party. ________________________________________________      We did have a different event Thursday of this week.  It was a mystery tour bus.  Besides  our tours, wine tasting, and a lunch they also did a painting project. For a chance to win a free bottle of wine, what did they paint?  Send your answer to donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line, "Van Gogh, Van Gogh What do you Know?"  They really had a fun time with this project. _______________________________________________________________________ Tomorrow it starts, we are ready to go. Before I forget,   our 30% discount wine from the first bottle will be Draga, Rona, and Naplemente, Draga is my favorite.  Young ladies really like Naplemente and the spicy diet people like Rona. $12.69 $11.90 $8.72 These are Tax Inclusive prices! _________________________________ Tour Times!   Vineyard Tours will be at 12:30, 2:00, & 3:30      Winery Tours will be at 1:30, 3:00, & 4:30. _______________________________________ Official Schedule Saturday July 18: 11:00 - 12:30 Concertina Music by my cousin Dennis Millner.  In retirement Dennis start learning all the buttons to push.  He'll be playing in the store as background music to start your day. 12:00 - 12:30 the Videki Hungarians Dancers 12:30 - 2:00 C harlie Roth and the Shamrocks  plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers 2:00 - 2:45 Dancer from the Turkish American Association of Minnesota 2:45 - 3:30 the Videki Hungarians Dancers 3:30 - 5:00   C harlie Roth and the Shamrocks  plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers 5:00 - 5:30  Dancer from the Turkish American Association of Minnesota Sunday July 19th: 12:45 - 1:15 The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers 1:15  - 2:45  The Singing Slovenes 2:45  - 3:30 The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers 3:30  - 5:00   The Singing Slovenes Turkish American Association of Minnesota Videki Hungarian Dancers The Singing Slovenes The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers St. Paul Irish Dancers Official Radio Ad

Additional act previously not listed including Dancer from the Turkish American Association of Minnesota. Anniversary  and  Ethnic Festival   July   18th & 19th Come help us celebrate the last six years with a party!   Free Entertainment, Free Wine-Tasting, and food by Larson Catering. Saturday the 18th: -The Videki Hungarians Dancers (In totally new Costumes), -Charlie Roth and the Shamrocks plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers  Sunday the 19th: The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers  The Singing Slovenes Hours: Saturday 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6 Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15, Kimball 55353 www.millnerheritage.com

Ordinary Folks Mountain Music 11th & 12th, See Schedule for Ethnic Festival Non-Stop Entertainment, all Free!!!

7/11/15 Good Morning: Well we made it through July 4th.  Last year right after the 4th our family did an outing to Duluth.  This week Mary and I returned for three days.  After  thinking we had seen all Duluth had to offer, we found an Ocean caliber sandy beach.  To get to it you drive over the lift bridge and drive to the end of the road.  The only short-fall was that the water is still cold, but nice to look at and no worry of sharks biting on you tootsies.        ___________________________________________________      Next weekend is already our Anniversary and Ethnic Festival celebration, July 18th and 19th.  I now have the official schedule from Jon.  As you can see it is a continuous run of entertainment for two days. Saturday July 18: 11:00 - 12:30 Concertina Music by my cousin Dennis Millner.  In retirement Dennis start learning all the buttons to push.  He'll be playing in the store as background music to start your day. 12:00 - 12:30 the Videki Hungarians Dancers 12:30 - 2:00 C harlie Roth and the Shamrocks  plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers 2:00 - 2:45 Dancer from the Turkish American Association of Minnesota 2:45 - 3:30 the Videki Hungarians Dancers 3:30 - 5:00   C harlie Roth and the Shamrocks  plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers 5:00 - 5:30  Dancer from the Turkish American Association of Minnesota Sunday July 19th: 12:45 - 1:15 The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers 1:15  - 2:45  The Singing Slovenes 2:45  - 3:30 The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers 3:30  - 5:00   The Singing Slovenes Turkish American Association of Minnesota Videki Hungarian Dancers The Singing Slovenes The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers St. Paul Irish Dancers Official Radio Ad

Our Free Live music at Millner Heritage! Our live music this Saturday and Sunday July 11th and 12th Playing 2 - 5 Ordinary Folk, Gary & Phyllis Jorgensen, Dave Rogers - Playing Old Style Mountain Instruments.

Click on Photo for Details         Don't forget on July 11th, Jon will be in the St. Louis Park area at the Summer Wine Festival & Market.  He will be doing wine tasting and can also sell wine by the bottle and glass.  For this event I believe he can sell up to six bottles per person. There will be over 30 wineries and food vendors present. For more info click on the picture below.

Additional act previously not listed including Dancer from the Turkish American Association of Minnesota. Anniversary  and  Ethnic Festival   July   18th & 19th Come help us celebrate the last six years with a party!   Free Entertainment, Free Wine-Tasting, and food by Larson Catering. Saturday the 18th: -The Videki Hungarians Dancers (In totally new Costumes), -Charlie Roth and the Shamrocks plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers  Sunday the 19th: The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers  The Singing Slovenes Hours: Saturday 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6 Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15, Kimball 55353 www.millnerheritage.com

7/2/15 Free Wine on the 4th, Iza in the Tub, Anni./Ethinic Fest. 2 wks. away

April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday 11 - 7 Fri. & Sat. 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6  The Best Vineyard & Winery Tours in Minnesota! Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15 Kimball, MN 55353 320-398-2081 7/2/15 Good Afternoon:      The 4th of July will be her really fast, I didn't realize it until last Sunday.  Don't miss our Free wine tasting on Saturday.  It is a free wine tasting of five, any five , of our table wines, we're also pouring our    MN Crisp Hard Apple Cider free.  O f course you can for $6 additional taste all 16 labels of wine including the specialties.  This is probably what I'd do.      _________________________________       In the vineyard the crew are already doing some hedging of the grapes.  This iswhere you cut off excess canopy so it doesn't shade the grapes.  Also leaf thinning will begin soon, this is where you work 8 hours per day just tearing of leaves around the fruit area.  The idea is to allow sunlight to shine onto the grapes to better form the flavor compounds and sugars.  Large vineyards do this with a machine, we have only the human machine. ____________________________________________      I didn't get too much work done yesterday, Iza our 8 yr. old  granddaughter came tovisit.  We went to the park behind our house twice, a lot of swinging and some tree golf, also a lot of swinging.  What is tree golf?  We pick a tree and the first one to hit it wins.  You can hit it high or low, both are good.  Iza uses a putter, often smacking the ball very good.  On our second trip to the park a red fox came trotting across the mid grassy area.  I thought it nice for Iza to see it also. ______________________________________________      After a hard day of playing, Iza wanted to take a bath.  Of course she wants to use the upstairs tub that has the power jets.  After she should have been done already I checked on her and found a real bubble bath.  She said she, "Only put in three squirts of soap!" Grandma said she really smelled squeaky clean. Don't miss our 4th of July!!! Our Free Live music at Millner Heritage! Our live music this Saturday and Sunday July 4th and 5th Playing 2 - 5 Will be Duke Zecco and his 12 sting guitar. Click on the photo for the sound! Click on Photo for Details         Don't forget on July 11th, Jon will be in the St. Louis Park area at the Summer Wine Festival & Market.  He will be doing wine tasting and can also sell wine by the bottle and glass.  For this event I believe he can sell up to six bottles per person. There will be over 30 wineries and food vendors present. For more info click on the picture below. Anniversary  and  Ethnic Festival   July   18th & 19th Come help us celebrate the last six years with a party!   Free Entertainment, Free Wine-Tasting, and food by Larson Catering. Saturday the 18th: -The Videki Hungarians Dancers (In totally new Costumes), -Charlie Roth and the Shamrocks plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers  Sunday the 19th: The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers  The Singing Slovenes Hours: Saturday 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6 Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15, Kimball 55353 www.millnerheritage.com

Father's Day all Free Tours, Free Live Music Verlyn's 1 Man Band, Last Call Free Case Club Party, Anniv./Ethnic Fest. July.

6/19/15  11:30 pm Good Morning:      To start with, happy 35th birthday to Doug, our oldest son living in Texas, it was yesterday.      Second, Happy Father's Day this Sunday.  I googled the origins and found this.      "Washington State celebrated the nation's first statewide Father's Day on July 19, 1910. Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Doug & Lisa Millner Father's Day. "      My opinion: I know that mothers are important in the family unit, the sad thing is that fathers also important but too often absent or non-nurturing in the family unit.  I think that a mom's perspective and a dad's perspective being different by nature of our genders together can give children an overall better balance in life.       Given this, please visit us this Sunday, Father's Day.  All our tours are Free this day for everyone as a thank you to  our fathers. _____________________________________      We have been busy in the vineyard again this week.  Still working on tying cordons in two varieties and tucking the new growth.  Tucking means manually pushing the new growth between pairs of canopy wires where it Photo by Shawn in our vineyard. than can climb up high as it grows.  Much of the grapes are also now in bloom.  They have flowers, but not showy colors.  Because the grapes are self pollinating, I believe this is why over the centuries they've not developed colorful flowers. ________________________________      This week is last call for our Free Case Club party.  Know that if you don'thave a bag?  Buy a full case, 12 bottles, at the party and we'll still include you for the party.  The food, the music, and the party will be fantastic, enjoy.  Total details below. _________________________________      Welcome to vendors for Our Anniversary and Ethnic Festival on July 18th and 19th.  If you'd like to be a vendor, please email me at donmillner@gmail.com .  I will return a vendor application to you. On Wednesday I recorded our radio commercial for this event. Below I incorporated this sound tract with photos of prior years. Free Live music at Millner Heritage!   Our live music this Saturday and Sunday is  Verlyn's "Four Wheel Drive 1 Man Band"  Each day performing  from 2 - 5 pm. For only playing solo he sure puts out quite a range of sounds. Father's Day June 21st. Free Tours for Everyone! Dads are very important people.  You can thank your dad by bringing him to our winery and enjoying our tours together. We have the best Vineyard and Winery Tours in Minnesota. We are above the 50 count, plenty of room for more.  Call or email me today. 320-237-11958 or donmillner@gmail.com CASE CLUB APPRECIATION PARTY!! June 28th!      Do you recognize this bag? If you bought a case of wine at Millner Heritage Winery in approx. the last two years, you received a bag like this.      As you probably already know this bag always gives you case discount on just buying at least 6 bottles, forever.      This bag is also the entry ticket for two guests for our case club up-coming appreciation party. Don't have a bag? Buy a full case, 12 bottles, at the party and we'll still include you for the party. June 28th 11:30 - 2:30 pm, with Serving time promptly at 12:30. The Huge Sound of Route 55 Jazz Band will be performing, a twenty person performing group.  Click to see Route 55 Jazz Band The party includes live music, a buffet meal for two served on china with linen, and a glass of wine for each person. The menu: Baked Chicken, Garlic Mashed with Butter  & Chives, Sliced Carrots, Italian Pasta Salad, & Mini Cheesecakes. The Banquet, Wine, and Music are all FREE.         We do require that each couple at least fill their bottle bag with six bottles to take home, priced at case discount. That's just 3 bottles per person of your favorite wines.  Seating is limited and RSVP required. To reserve call Don Millner at 320-237-1958 or email to donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line "Free". Include your phone number and number of guests. I will return call to finalize. Remember, you have to bring your 6-pack bag along to the event to enter. If you have more than one bag, bring another couple. Again remember, don't forget your bottle bag and advanced reservations required. This date is open to everyone with a 6-pack bag regardless of previous parties attended. Thank you Anniversary  and  Ethnic Festival July  18th & 19th Come help us celebrate the last six years with a party! Free Entertainment and Free Wine-Tasting Saturday the 18th: -The Videki Hungarians Dancers (In totally new Costumes), -Charlie Roth and the Shamrocks plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers  Sunday the 19th: The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers  The Singing Slovenes Hours: Saturday 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6 Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15, Kimball 55353 www.millnerheritage.com Thank you for your time.   Don Millner  Millner Heritage Winery www.millnerheritage.com 320-398-2081 April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday  11 - 7 Fri. & Sat.  11 - 8 Sunday  11 - 6 Join our newsletter! Always be in the know! To Join Send an email to  donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line  "Newsletter"

Gemutlichkeit, Gemutlichkeit, Gemutlichkeit, Free Live Music: Terry Nelson Country, Father's Day all Free Tours, Free Case Club Party, Anniv./Ethnic Fest. July.

To Join our Newsletter, email to donmillner@gmail.com (subject: newsletter) Millner Heritage Winery, 32025 MN Hwy 15, Kimball, MN 55353 320-398-2081  April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday  11 - 7 Fri. & Sat.  11 - 8 Sunday  11 - 6 January 2nd through March 31st Open Saturdays 11 - 7 pm

6/12/15  11:30 pm Good Evening:      Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, by gosh it is already Friday night, time flies in retirement.  I do have some news to start with that many have been waiting to hear.  The wine label Gemutlichkeit is bottled and on the shelves.  This is the wine made from the grape Prairie Star and drinks like a moscato:  Hints of apple, mango, pineapple, and melon come through. Serve chilled.  Last year this was a new label, until it sold out it was our second fastest seller.  This is a very nice summer wine to drink on a hot sunny day at the beach or at home. _________________________________________________      Last week's trivia question:   "W e made a new record on our bottling speed.   Here is the question, with 7 - 8 people working for a four hour time period, filling bottles, corking, label, and shrink wrap and back into cases and onto pallets.  With our current system we are handling each and every bottle.  How many bottles per hour did we average?  Our old record was 667 bottles per hour.  The totally automated bottling lines start at 750 bottles per hour." The correct answer is 696 bottles per hour for 4 hours, that's a total of 2,784 bottles.  The winner of a bottle of wine is Karen Aske, below is her comment and question: "Congratulations on your speedy efficient work, my guess is 695 bottles per hour. "Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine...when you gonna let me get sober" ....who recorded that song?" Not often do I get a trivia question back, my answer is  "The Fireballs." _________________________________________   Are the siblings in your family competitive?  Recently Jon, our middle son the winemaker, and Scott, our youngest who also works at the winery, got into a little spicy chicken eating contest at Buffalo Wild Wings. Their challenge was to eat a dozen wings doused with extra hot ring of fire sauce in six minutes.  By the end Jon's mustache was curled  more than normal.  Scott was I think content to loose.  I was invited also, but I know better than to gobble down hot and spicy stuff.  Clips of their video below. What a messy job. Free Live music at Millner Heritage!   Our live music this Saturday and Sunday is  Terry Nelson doing "Country."  Each day performing  from 2 - 5 pm. Father's Day June 21st. Free Tours for Everyone! Dads are very important people.  You can thank your dad by bringing him to our winery and enjoying our tours together. We have the best Vineyard and Winery Tours in Minnesota. We have room for more on this event, you won't have another opportunity until next fall.  Call or email me today. 320-237-11958 or donmillner@gmail.com CASE CLUB APPRECIATION PARTY!! June 28th!      Do you recognize this bag? If you bought a case of wine at Millner Heritage Winery in approx. the last two years, you received a bag like this.      As you probably already know this bag always gives you case discount on just buying at least 6 bottles, forever.      This bag is also the entry ticket for two guests for our case club up-coming appreciation party. Don't have a bag? Buy a full case, 12 bottles, at the party and we'll still include you for the party. June 28th 11:30 - 2:30 pm, with Serving time promptly at 12:30. The Huge Sound of Route 55 Jazz Band will be performing, a twenty person performing group.  Click to see Route 55 Jazz Band The party includes live music, a buffet meal for two served on china with linen, and a glass of wine for each person. The menu: Baked Chicken, Garlic Mashed with Butter  & Chives, Sliced Carrots, Italian Pasta Salad, & Mini Cheesecakes. The Banquet, Wine, and Music are all FREE.         We do require that each couple at least fill their bottle bag with six bottles to take home, priced at case discount. That's just 3 bottles per person of your favorite wines.  Seating is limited and RSVP required. To reserve call Don Millner at 320-237-1958 or email to donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line "Free". Include your phone number and number of guests. I will return call to finalize. Remember, you have to bring your 6-pack bag along to the event to enter. If you have more than one bag, bring another couple. Again remember, don't forget your bottle bag and advanced reservations required. This date is open to everyone with a 6-pack bag regardless of previous parties attended. Thank you Anniversary  and  Ethnic Festival July  18th & 19th Come help us celebrate the last six years with a party! Free Entertainment and Free Wine-Tasting Saturday the 18th: -The Videki Hungarians Dancers (In totally new Costumes), -Charlie Roth and the Shamrocks plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers  Sunday the 19th: The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers  The Singing Slovenes Hours: Saturday 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6 Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15, Kimball 55353 www.millnerheritage.com Thank you for your time.   Don Millner  Millner Heritage Winery www.millnerheritage.com 320-398-2081 April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday  11 - 7 Fri. & Sat.  11 - 8 Sunday  11 - 6 Join our newsletter! Always be in the know! To Join Send an email to  donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line  "Newsletter"

Free Live Music: Duke Zecco, Free Case Club Party, Anniv./Ethnic Fest. July, Gemutlichkeit Soooooon.

5/30/15  8:30 am Good Morning:      Last newsletter we were within 2 degrees of a frost, now the grapes are starting to shoot out.  Jon is particularly pleased with how the Frontenac and  Frontenac Gris are growing.  The Prairie Star and Marquette are not quite as good.  This year  our start has the potential for an excellent crop but then this is farming and much can go wrong before harvest.  The forecast for hot weather next week is good to see for me. _______________________________________________           On the subject of wine, Jon did his second filtering of the new vintage of Gemutlichkeit wine yesterday.  This is the wine that drinks like a moscato and I know customers have been waiting for this one to be back on the shelves. If our bottling supplies for this label arrive it will soooooon be available. _______________________________      Free wine tasting! I received an email from Dan, our metro sales rep, announcing a tasting he is doing. "Hi Don,      I will be pouring a selection of Millner Heritage Wines June 4th from 4:30-6:30.  It will be at South Lyndale Liquors  5300 Lyndale Ave S MPLS MN 55419.  Not sure about how many to pour yet but thinking 3 whites, Freizeit, Salier, Little Iza.  If I do a red it will be Neuhaus as Draga already sells well there." __________________________ Don't miss below our upcoming events.  Our live music, Our first case club party of 2015, and mark you calendar or smart phone for our Anniversary & Ethnic Festival July 18th and 19th.  Thank you Don Free Live music at  Millner Heritage! This week our performer is: Duke Zecco Playing Saturday and Sunday 2 - 5 pm He plays 50's, 60's, and 70's on his 12 string guitar with his calloused fingertips. CASE CLUB APPRECIATION PARTY!! June 28th!      Do you recognize this bag? If you bought a case of wine at Millner Heritage Winery in approx. the last two years, you received a bag like this.      As you probably already know this bag always gives you case discount on just buying at least 6 bottles, forever.      This bag is also the entry ticket for two guests for our case club up-coming appreciation party. Don't have a bag? Buy a full case, 12 bottles, at the party and we'll still include you for the party. June 28th 11:30 - 2:30 pm, with Serving time promptly at 12:30. The party includes live music, a buffet meal for two served on china with linen, and a glass of wine for each person. The menu: Baked Chicken, Garlic Mashed with Butter  & Chives, Sliced Carrots, Italian Pasta Salad, & Mini Cheesecakes. The Banquet, Wine, and Music are all FREE.         We do require that each couple at least fill their bottle bag with six bottles to take home, priced at case discount. That's just 3 bottles per person of your favorite wines.  Seating is limited and RSVP required. To reserve call Don Millner at 320-237-1958 or email to donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line "Free". Include your phone number and number of guests. I will return call to finalize. Remember, you have to bring your 6-pack bag along to the event to enter. If you have more than one bag, bring another couple. Again remember, don't forget your bottle bag and advanced reservations required. This date is open to everyone with a 6-pack bag regardless of previous parties attended. Thank you Anniversary  and  Ethnic Festival July  18th & 19th Come help us celebrate the last six years with a party! Free Entertainment and Free Wine-Tasting Saturday the 19th: -The Videki Hungarians Dancers (In totally new Costumes), -Charlie Roth and the Shamrocks plus the St. Paul Irish Dancers  Sunday the 20th: The S.G. Edelweiss Bavarian Dancers  The Singing Slovenes Hours: Saturday 11 - 8 Sunday 11 - 6 Millner Heritage Winery 32025 MN Hwy 15, Kimball 55353 www.millnerheritage.com Thank you for your time.   Don Millner  Millner Heritage Winery www.millnerheritage.com 320-398-2081 April 1st through December 31st Open: Thursday  11 - 7 Fri. & Sat.  11 - 8 Sunday  11 - 6 Join our newsletter! Always be in the know! To Join Send an email to  donmillner@gmail.com with the subject line  "Newsletter"