Local wineries offer a wide variety

by Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT

Tastes change during the summer. People forsake the heavy foods of winter and enjoy the lighter fresh fruits and vegetables that the area is known to produce.

Likewise, tastes in beverages also tend to lighten from the fullbodied, heavier wines of winter to lighter, less-filling beverages. On a beautiful summer day, nothing beats a drive into the Wisconsin countryside to enjoy the beauty of nature and to discover special places to be enjoyed – among them, special small wineries.

Traveling along Highway A, in the Delavan area, the beautiful Staller Estate Winery pops up and it is difficult not to stop. Sitting indoors or outside among the grapevines, it is the perfect spot to enjoy the fruits of the Stallers’ labor and the beauty of the area at the same time.

The manicured vineyard is small but welcoming as visitors enjoy the outdoors, as well as the wines, charcuterie boards and other fine choices. That includes flatbread Fridays in the beauty of the countryside.

The Stallers purchased the farm – which had been an old dairy farm – and