Who We Are

It is hard to believe that we have been in business now for over 5 years.  After Vern retired in 2003 from commercial banking (Bonnie is still teaching high school here in Parkersburg) we purchased a vacant storefront in downtown Parkersburg, Iowa and converted it into our retail store selling anything needed for home beer brewing including beer brewing equipment, brewing equipment and home brew supplies as well as our own line of beer making kits (and also Brewers Best kits) plus a complete line of supplies for making wine including winemaking ingredients, wine making supplies and winemaking equipment plus wine kits from both Cellar Craft and WinExpert.

 

Our original business plan was to build BlueStem Winery and produce and market our own label wines.  The plan swerved right out of the gate with the wine making and beer brewing supplies business taking precedence and the ordeal of building our own web site going to front and center.  Only after we finished our web site did we begin the process of getting our Federal and Iowa wine licenses and then we started producing our own label wines.  We presently have 9 of our own wines available with one which will be ready in about 6 months.

 

Retirement is not coming easily!

 

     NEW RETAILERS WELCOMED!

As BlueStem Winery expands our wine production we are also soliciting retail stores who would like to carry our wines for resale.

 

BlueStem has an existing delivery route to the northwest of Parkersburg and will be expanding this route further to the west in the near future.

 

We are also ready to establish additional delivery routes to the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest of Parkersburg.  Contact Vern Holm at (319) 346-1046 to obtain additional information and pricing.

 

BlueStem has recently added our first liquor store to our list of retailers (Shelton's Liquor in Buffalo Center).  Shelton's carries a complete line of BlueStem label wines.  Other liquor stores interested in carrying BlueStem wines should contact us and we will stop by to let you taste our wares.

 

With the recent addition of our first restaurant (the very chic Water Street Grill in downtown Waverly) BlueStem has ventured into yet another market and we are definitely looking for other restaurants to carry our great dry reds and our delicious off-dry whites plus any of our sweeter wines.  Give us a call!

where to purchase products

BlueStem Winery markets its products from our retail location located at 305 Third Street in downtown Parkersburg, Iowa and at several locations across the state of Iowa.  Check out the map of our store locations on the Store Locater page).

 

From this location we sell our BlueStem label wines and a complete line of home brew and winemaking supplies.

 

You have found our web presence!  We do not (sorry) offer a printed catalog but our web site is kept up-to-date with products we have available for both home brewing and home wine making.  We are proud of the fact that we have sold our wares to clients in the following locales: Alaska (AK), Hawaii (HI), Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana (MT), Wyoming, Utah, Arizona (AZ), New Mexico (NM), Colorado, Texas (TX), Oklahoma, Kansas (KS), Nebraska, South Dakota (SD), North Dakota (ND), Minnesota (MN), Iowa (IA), Missouri (MO), Arkansas, Louisiana (LA), Mississippi (MS), Tennessee (TN), Kentucky (KY), Illinois, Wisconsin (WS), Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia (GA), West Virginia (WV), Alabama, Florida, South Carolina (SC), North Carolina (NC), Virginia (VA), the District of Columbia (DC), Pennsylvania (PA), Puerto Rico (PR), New York (NY), Maine (ME), New Hampshire (NH), Vermont (VT), Rhode Island (RI), Connecticut (CT), Massachusetts, New Jersey (NJ), Maryland (MD), Arkansas, Delaware plus shipments to the following international locations: .United Kingdom (UK), Pakistan, Peru, Ontario (ON), Alberta (AB), South Australia, Spain, France, Quebec (QC), British Columbia (BC), Malta, Thailand, Israel, Saskatchewan (SK), Queensland, Poland, Netherlands, Singapore, New South Wales, Western Australia, Japan, Ireland, Indonesia, Yukon Territory, Germany, Trinidad and Tabago, Norway, Italy, Newfoundland, Latvia, Victoria, Turkey, Malaysia, Brazil, Costa Rica, New Brunswick (NB), Greece, Mexico, Northern Territory and South Korea,

   BLUESTEM WINES RETAIL LOCATIONS

Our retail store in downtown Parkersburg, Iowa offers a complete line of BlueStem label wines plus we offer supplies for both home winemakers and home brewing enthusiats including a super collection of Cellar Craft wine making kits and beer making kits from Brewer's Best.

 

BlueStem Winery is gradually expanding our network of retailers carrying BlueStem label wines.  A complete listing of these fine retailers can be found on the store locater page of our web site.

 

Clicking on the map pins will give you detailed information about the retailer's location and the map can be expanded to show the exact business location.

 

These retail locations do not necessarily carry a complete line of BlueStem label wines. If you are visiting one of these stores and they do not carry a BlueStem wine that you like, encourage them to carry it for your next visit.

PROFESSIONAL WINE MAKER WARNING

If you are a professional wine maker and are purchasing wine making equipment please

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