CALICO SKIES VINEYARD AND WINERY

The pandemic of 2020 changed how we thought about our family farm here on 30 acres in Lyon County. We began to give greater consideration to sustainability and stewardship of our resources in land and buildings. We ventured beyond crops and vegetable gardens and into livestock for the first time with a small cow/calf operation and the occasional hog. Like Read more...

A Homestead Brew is a farmhouse brewery located on 6 acres of hops in rural South Dakota. Our goal is to create a field to glass experience, using ingredients grown on the farm in each glass of hand crafted South Dakota brew. Author: Dirk Jahn Read more...

WoodGrain Brewing Co. is a local micro-brewery specializing in quality craft-made beers served in a warm, inviting, and comfortable tap house location. Author: Caroline Porsiel Caroline Porsiel is a master distiller and liqueurist based in East Ellijay, Georgia. She founded House of Applejay, a fine spirits and liqueur distillery, in 2022 with her mother, Sabine, crafting award-winning products like Applejay Read more...

On a farm, the shop is the central meeting point. It is a place to gather on cool summer morning, before the field work begins or to stop by on a hot July evening, after the work is done. A Shop is a place where “things are made”. For our hunting guests (after the guns are safely put away), it Read more...

The year was 2007. The iPhone might have been starting a tech revolution, but the craft beer revolution was brewing right here in South Dakota. Born from a love of craft beer, learn how we became South Dakota’s first craft beer bar. Author: Caroline Porsiel Caroline Porsiel is a master distiller and liqueurist based in East Ellijay, Georgia. She founded Read more...