A bluestem biography

Owning a home brew and wine making supply store plus operating our own winery?  Never in a million years . . . READ ON . . .

 

   BLUESTEM WINES AVAILABLE OFF-SITE

BlueStem Winery wines are now being sold at locations other than at the winery in Parkersburg.

 

Rustic Brew is a new brew pub / restaurant which just opened at 117 1st Street NW in Hampton.  Rustic Brew features their own label beers plus ALL varieties of BlueStem Winery wines. Four of BlueStem wines are served as house wines by the glass and all of our wines are available by the bottle for consumption at the restaurant or for take home.  Hours at Rustic Brew are Monday to Wednesday 7:30am to 5pm, Thursday from 7:30am to 5pm and Friday and Saturday from 7:30am to whenever they turn the lights off. Phone them at (641) 456-2141.

 

Another new off-site location for BlueStem Wines is the Logan Avenue Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits store in Waterloo.

 

For a list of all retail establishments carrying BlueStem wines check out our Store Locator page.

 

WINE KIT SALE!!

 

Check out the e-Store for special pricing on our wine kits (also listed on our specials page!)

   WINE VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS

Confused by all the different names for wine and by the many different types of grapes? The links below will lead you to pages on our website which briefly describe the various types of grapes and the wines that are made from them.

 

RED GRAPE VARIETALS

WHITE GRAPE VARIETALS

    WINE TERMINOLOGY
If you are confused by all the terminology surrounding wines then check here for a list of commonly used wine words to help you . . .
 

BlueSaver

 

 

Shipping

 

 

$8.95

Full details about BlueSaver shipping are on the Policies page of our web site but the nuts and bolts are that we will ship your ENTIRE ORDER to anywhere in the lower 48 United States for $8.95.  No matter how large your order is!

 

Wine ingredient kits from Cellar Craft or WinExpert all ship for $8.95 (even if you order more than one!) and you can order whatever else you want and all of it ships for $8.95 . . . TOTAL!!!

 

TOP 5 REASONS TO DRINK WINE

  1. Recently revised USDA guidelines recommend the moderate consumption of wine as part of a balanced diet.
  2. Moderate drinkers tend to be more insulin sensitive (as opposed to teetotalers) and this helps with weight regulation.
  3. Moderate wine consumption helps to increase the level of heart protective HDL (good cholesterol) and to reduce LDL cholesterol.
  4. Wine contains Resveratrol and this substance helps to increase endurance and also to prevent gaining weight.
  5. And finally, to LIVE LONGER!  A government funded study of American men found that the moderate consumption of wine increased the time remaining until death (from all causes) by 3%.
 

ANNOUNCING THE ADDITION

OF U.S. ELITE WINE KITS!!

CHECK OUT OUR COMPLETE

LINE OF TTB CERTIFIED

6-GALLON WINE KITS FROM

U.S. ELITE!!

 

BlueStem Winery is now taking pre-orders for U.S. Elite wine kits.  We have had these kits in our store on one prior occasion and we (and our customers) had excellent success with their wine kits.

 

The reds, whites and blushes all are made in a 6.4 liter super concentrated format (68 brix) and each make 6 gallons (30 bottles) of delicious California wine.  The fruit wine kits are prepared in a 6 liter format which also produces 6 gallons of finished wine.

 

Pre-orders will be taken until Sunday, July 21st with delivery to our shop on/about August 15, 2013 with shipment to our customers made just as fast as is humanly possible.

 

Take advantage of quantity discounts on each wine kit.  Each kit is offered as a single kit (at a $10.00 discount off our regular price) or purchase two kits and get a $10.00 discount on the first kit and get the 2nd kit for $20.00 off our regular price. We are also offering a 19.3 liter pail which makes three 6-gallon batches.

 

All kits come with all of the necessary ingredients to make the wine (yeast, additives, oak, etc.).  If you want to make your red wines special, consider purchasing one or two of the crushed grape skin packs to add additional flavor, tannins and alcohol to your finished wine.

Check out these new kits in the wine making section of our e-Store!

 

BlueStem Wines

In addition to home brewing and wine making supplies BlueStem also markets their own label wines!

 

READ MORE about our nine (we just put a new one out on the shelves)!

 

STOP IN AND TRY OUR NEWEST BLUESTEM LABEL WINE . . .  DANCIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT (a delicious White Zinfandel) IS NOW IN OUR WINE RACKS!

THE PARKERSBURG TORNADO OF 2008

Our home brewing and wine making supply store was spared but the photo above shows what was left of my son's 2002 Ford Lightning pickup after the deadly tornado of Memorial Day (May 25), 2008 in Parkersburg.  As many of you know, our town here in northeast Iowa was ripped apart by one of the largest tornados ever to ever hit the United States.  Winds from this tornado are known to have exceeded 205 miles per hour (what is known as an EF-5 tornado) and are believed to have been as high as 250 miles per hour . . . READ MORE

SO . . . JUST WHAT IS BLUESTEM ANYWAY?

 

One thing that I learned about Iowa that I did not know prior to beginning our winery, wine making equipment, and home brewing supply business was that a hundred years ago Iowa was the sixth leading producer of grapes in the United States.  So what happened?  Several things . . . READ MORE!

 

 

Store Hours

 

BlueStem Winery hours (and any special dates that the store will be closed) for the sale of our BlueStem label wines, Brewers Best beer brewing kits, brewing equipment, plus our selection of U.S. Elite Micro-Winery and Cellar Craft wine kits along with a list of the holidays we observe and other dates that we are closed are available by going to our POLICIES page . . .

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