I had a great time on the Sunday before Memorial Day with my wife and daughter. The wine sampling was nice as well as the 2 ladies behind the counter. We bought a bottle to enjoy outside where a DJ was playing some nice music on a really hot day. I'm not a wine snob and rarely drink the stuff, but it is a nice place to enjoy some different wines and spend a few hours on a nothing to do Sunday. I look forward to going back again. read more

Nice little wine tasting room off the beaten path (for me anyway). Very inexpensive, very nice people, and quaint little place. Their hours are limited and I'm not sure they have food. But the wine was tasty and it was a nice stop on our short road trip. read more

This was our first visit. While I was not impressed with their wines in this season...I think we will be back to try again. This winery is easy to find as it is right on the highway. The facility is fairly large. The outdoor deck is very big and has a nice vantage over the grounds. The staff was very friendly and professional. It was hard to know how much they knew their wines or other wines since you have to pick the wines you wanted to taste and they gave you a flight to take outside and drink by yourself. I guess it's their approach to dealing with Covid. I was impressed by their system though. You reviewed the wine list and wrote down the 5 wines you would like to try in the circles printed on a slip of paper. Tasting costs $5 for dove tastes. The flight was composed of dive plastic cups on a cute wooden tray. You then took your tray outside to taste at your leisure. I'm glad was tasting outside. I really don't like to tell the tasting server that I don't like ANY of their wines. However that was the case here. We basically picked the dive driest red-white wines they had. I don't know if it was the plastic cup or the wine making process. However, each wine was very plain. It almost tasted like each wine was slightly watered down. None of the five had a distinctive taste that would make me want to buy a bottle. ThT was my experience. I hope yours is different that mine. We will try Fruit Hills again in another season. read more

Very welcoming atmosphere. Stopped by later in the day. The owner greeted us and described each type of wine in our tasting and history of the business, which we enjoyed. Before leaving we purchased a couple to bring back home. Definitely visit when in the area! read more

First time visiting our local winery for a Saturday afternoon live music wine tasting and snacks. Fun afternoon $5 to be taste. Wine slushees. Cheese and Genoa Salami. Beautiful view. We had great weater read more

I LOVE going up to Michigan and following the Michigan Wine Trail to all of the wonderful local wineries. We are fortunate to have so many great businesses so close to us, producing a quality product. However, sometimes, Michigan is just too darn far. Why can't we have an Indiana winery closer to us? The Indy and Bloomington area are lousy with them - darn them and their hills! Well - look no more, my friends! We DO have hills in northern Indiana - the fruit hills of Bristol, to be exact and luckily, someone has finally taken advantage of this and opened a winery there. Fruit Hills Winery & Orchard tasting room had their grand opening this past weekend and I took a trip over there on Sunday to check it out. I live in Osceola and was shocked to see it was just a beautiful 20-25 minute drive from door to door, following Jackson Street/SR 120 along the St. Joseph River. Take SR 15 south out of downtown Bristol and you are there in mere minutes. Entering the tasting room, I was immediately impressed by how beautiful and inviting the space is. Gorgeous woodwork, homey earthtoned painted walls and jolly Christmas music playing. There is enough room for 8-10 people, easily, at the tasting bar and once the weather is nice enough, a beautiful, huge outdoor deck will provide seating overlooking the orchard and fruit hills. Now, what we really care about - how was the wine? Fruit Hills Winery offers 5 different varieties - pinot noir, noiret, which I found very similiar to a sirah, a riesling, seyval blanc and a traminette. I prefer deep red, hearty, dryer wines to fruity and light whites but after trying all 5, I was extremely impressed with all of them. The whites were not too fruity at all, even the traminette had a wonderful floral bouquet that gave it a very unique taste. All of them had something special that made them taste better than some of your cookie cutter wines out there - plain, blah, appealing to the masses. NO - you won't find that here - you will find full bodied, full flavored wines in each variety. My favorite was the noiret, which has the peppery taste of a sirah but at the end, a hint of mint that worked well together. Prices are very reasonable - from $13.99 a bottle for the seyval blanc and noiret to $16.99 for the pinot noir. I can't wait to go back, take a friend, take my husband, take any able bodied, wine loving person who will come and spend my days chatting with the incredibly friendly owners, breathing in the gorgeous scent of that new wood and over a glass or two, debating which wine of theirs really is the best. Congratuations, Fruit Hills Winery! I really think you have a winner here! read more

Fruit Hills Winery & Orchard - a row of wine bottles - Wineries Near Me - Bristol, Indiana

Great wine great service and great atmosphere you have to come visit them! And during late spring and summer they have outdoor entertainment! Dave and Michelle are the best! Who knows I may see you there! Happy wine tasting! read more

What a cute place! The owners are friendly and very down to earth making a tasting here even more enjoyable. The back patio is to die for and the slushies here are so flavor filled! Make a stop by here, you'll be happy you did! Tasting are 5 a person for 5 tastes and bottles vary from about 11$-18$. read more

Fruit Hills Winery & Orchard - a view from the deck - Wineries Near Me - Bristol, Indiana

Nice place to go, enjoy wine and good comradery. Great service. Loved meeting with the owners. The wine was great and they have a great selection. We learned so much about the grapes that grow in the area and how they harvest, bottle and store the wine. We went during the winter so we were not able to see the winery in it glory, which we really would have liked to see. I would love to come to the winery in the summer, when they have outdoor entertainment. I would definitely recommend you visit this winery no matter what time of year you go. So if you are in the area make time to visit. read more

This is a small quant place that is part of the wine tour. The selection was on the smaller side as well as the nostalgia to choose from. There was a $5 charge for 5 samples. The samples were normal in size. They offer a return card for the 2016 year for free samples to avoid the $5 charge. Staff was froesm read more

Fruit Hills Winery & Orchard - Return card for free wine tastes - Wineries Near Me - Bristol, Indiana

This gem of a winery encompasses the northern Indiana area so well. It's quaint, friendly, and surrounded by beautiful countryside. I am shocked that this place is not more well known. It may be small in size, but my oh my, is their wine good! The layout: one room with a few tables and a tasting bar. there is a patio that overlooks the orchard to sit and sip. $5 annual tasting fee! You'll receive a little card to keep with you for your next visit. The wines: I usually lean more towards the sweeter side because I feel like I'm drinking a dessert with dryer wines. However, all of the dry wines I tasted were so smooth! They may just convert me to Chardonnay girl after all. The wines are listed from driest to sweetest with the percentage of residual sugar listed on the side (this was super helpful for me). Their wine slushies seemed to be a hit because they were all out when we arrived and several groups came in specifically for the slushies. The owners were present and explained the land has been a family owned orchard for generations and they added on the winery 7 years ago. While the orchard is not open to the public, they sure do make a lot of good wine from it! Many of their wines have placed at the Indy international wine festival. read more

My first experience with Indiana wine was the venerable Oliver brand, the winery of which is in (near?) Bloomington. I'm sure they have some decent varietals, but the stuff I tried tasted like alcoholic grape juice. Blech. With this in mind, I wasn't suuuper optimistic when my mom brought me to this little spot near Bristol. It's off a state highway, five miles or so from the Michigan state line. The building is small, pleasant, with wine bins lining the walls and a smallish tasting counter. There's a little deck overlooking the orchard. The owner was working and they do a free tasting -- up to 7 choices, you pick them off the list with descriptions. You can also buy a glass or a bottle to enjoy there (or take a bottle with, of course). I tried most of the whites, a couple fruit wines and one red -- all were actually quite good, and the owner was very knowledgeable about it all, quite chatty as she poured my samples. I ended up with a bottle of Traminette (which I naturally then left at my mom's house) and the knowledge that hey, northern Indiana does have a little culture after all. read more

Warm, welcoming hospitality, delicious wine, beautiful grounds, what more can you ask for!? Checked out several wineries in the area last weekend, and this one was by far our favorite one! The owner was so welcoming and nice, really took her time explaining the different wines and wine pairings to us. The grounds it self have real grape vines, and the owner told us that they plant more and more varieties each year! None of the other wineries in the area had grape vines, and didn't seem as authentic as this place. If I am ever back in the area I will be sure to step in again and pick up a few more bottles! read more

Wonderful selection, knowledgeable staff, great patio with wine slushes on a warm day!! This was a last minute decision and so glad we found it!! Great for a girls afternoon out! read more

Driving cross country and loved meeting the owners and stoking here along the way! Their port is award winning and amazing.

We went to Fruit Hills Winery today and had a good time. The store and tasting room were nicely appointed, the owners were very nice and fun to talk with. The outside deck overlooking fruit trees and grapes is picturesque. I enjoyed a wine slushy on the deck. We also bought 3 bottles of wine to bring home and enjoy. read more