How I could be the first to write a review for this place is understandable; I mean, I am in Watertown SD. I have family from here, so I've been visiting this area for years and years. Since I've gotten older, (aka, legal age of drinking), I've dabbled here and there with different wines and whatnot. This visit to my family's gave me the opportunity to try and test different varieties and regions.
This brings us to Hyvee Wines. As an add-on store across the "highway" from the real Hyvee, this store is freaking awesome. The wines are categorized by region, while other parts are categorized by types. Although this makes things slightly more difficult, it allowed me to actually browse through types of wines I'm not so familiar with.
There was even an entire column dedicated to South Dakota wines! Although as tempting as it sounded, I think I'll stick with French and Italian wines for now. The gist of what I'm getting at is that, for being a typical wine shop in South Dakota, they could boast more than 5x the amount of wines I would be able to find in my typical wine shop in NYC. read more