Woodland Hills Winery

My husband and I were searching for a winery to visit close to our home for our 7th anniversary and I discovered this beautiful, picturesque vineyard in Delano, MN. Woodland Hills Winery is the real McCoy! It has a lovely boutique and tasting room, a pavilion for music, spacious gardens and even an old fashioned red barn.They do weddings of 100-150 people. They offer sleigh rides during the winter and hay rides from spring - fall. This winery has only been open since 2007 so it is relatively new and they have not done a lot of weddings there...yet!

This little gem would be such a wonderful place to do a quaint wedding, especially for those that love wine. Their "Autumn Sky" chardonnay is absolutely fantastic and their "Crimson Delight" is so tasty, one would forget it is a blush wine.

In fact, Woodland Hills was featured in the Star & Tribune for their "wine of the week" on 7/16/09. I really loved this place. While we were there, they had a large tent set up for the German dinner. This shows that they could absolutely do a fantastic afternoon outdoor reception. For the wedding ceremony, I think the couple could be married on the steps of the boutique, or in front of the vineyard gates. The pavilion would be the perfect place to have the musicians for both the ceremony and reception.

I'm sure there are other options for event set up, but I was spending my time enjoying their fantastic wine instead of thinking about business. However, I soon realized that this winery has great potential to be one of the sought after wedding venues outside of the Twin Cities. Cheers to Woodland Hill Winery! I hope to coordinate a wedding at this venue one day!