Welcome to Fruit Hills Winery and Orchard! We are David and Michele Muir, and in 2010, we opened a new farm winery in Northern Indiana with the encouragement of our son, Nathan, and daughter-in-law, Brittany.
Our winery is located 2 miles south of Bristol on State Road 15 on the Judson Fruit Farm.
The farm has been in David’s family since 1852, where it began producing fruit around 1898, and we continue to grow fruit to this day.
We currently have approximately 4 acres of vineyards planted, and we continue to expand.
We focus primarily on newer cold-hardy grape varieties. We’ve planted the University of Minnesota’s Marquette, Frontenac Gris, and Itasca. Tom Plocher’s Petite Pearl, Crimson Pearl, and Verona. We also grow a couple of older varieties, Vignoles and Brianna. We purchase grapes and juice of varieties that are not feasible to grow in our locale, such as Riesling, Pinot Grigio, Tempranillo, etc.
We also produce a Blackberry fruit wine we call Black Velvet and two hard ciders from our apples. Just Peachy is an apple hard cider that has a little peach flavor added and is sweetened and carbonated Triple Hop is a dry hard cider that is infused with three different hops and then carbonated. In the fall, we offer apples fresh from our orchard as we have done for over one hundred years.
You will be greeted warmly when you visit our winery in the scenic fruit hills of Bristol. We have an attractive and inviting tasting room where you have the opportunity to sample any of our different wines. You may also step outside onto our large deck or front porch and enjoy the view while having a glass of wine.
