Need an idea for your Valentine’s Day outing?

Idea 1:

Enjoy a Spectacular Dining Experience with your Valentine at the Farm House Gathering Room on Friday evening February 12th or Saturday evening, February 13th. Reservations required for either the 5:00 pm or 7:30 pm dining times. Dinner includes:

• Complimentary Wine Tasting (make sure you try our new Farm House Raspberry Wine)
• Your favorite Farm House Wine
• Appetizers
• The Farm House Valentine Salad with homemade rolls
• Surf and Turf Entreé (shrimp and sirloin steak), Twice Baked Potato and Fresh Vegetable Medley
• Our Rich and Creamy Farm House Chocolate Mousse served with a Romantic Raspberry Truffle

$30.00/person plus tax and gratuity

To make reservations, call 563-237-5969 or e-mail lecows@iowatelecom.net

Idea 2: Something New for 2010:

A Valentine Brunch on Sunday, February 14th from 10:00am - 2:00pm featuring:

• Reicks’ Ham and Bacon
• Quiche and Cherry Crepes
• Fruit Tray, Muffins and Coffeecake
• Juice, milk, coffee, tea and
• A small glass of our new Farm House Raspberry Wine

This idea: Just $14.95/person plus tax — NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Idea 3:

Treat your sweetheart to a romantic and relaxing night at the Farm House B&B. – a great winter getaway. See www.thefarmhousebb.com for lodging info. Call 563-237-5969 for reservations.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 5:30 pm and is filed under Gathering Room, Special Events/Occasions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

No matter which team you’re rooting for (or against) you know you’ll have a good time here with us!

Super Bowl Fun at the Farm House Gathering Room

Sunday, February 7th, starting at 4:30pm

Watch the BIG GAME with friends and family on our 52″ BIG SCREEN TV - in HD! There will be lots of food, drink, specials and prizes!

For just $10.00 - All You Can Eat

• Buffalo Chili for the Brave
• Beef Chili for the Sane
• B-Q Pulled Pork Sandwiches
• Lots of Chips & Dips
• Veggies for the Healthy
• Sweets for the Sweet
• Team Popcorn Balls

No Reservations Required. Call 563-237-5969 for more information.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 5:17 pm and is filed under Gathering Room, Special Events/Occasions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Mike White, ISU Extension Viticulture Specialist, will be teaching a series called “Commercial Winegrape 101 Series.”

Class dates include January 19th, January 26th, February 2nd & February 9th. The February 9th class will feature Establishing a Small Winery Presentation & Tasting by Loren & Dianna (owners/operators of our own Engelbrecht Family Winery)!

Registration deadline is TODAY, January 15th, 2010!! Everything is located at the ISU Extension Borlaug Learning Center Northeast Iowa Reseach Farm - located at 3327 290th St, Nashua, Iowa 50658.

Registration is required, so if you’re interested contact Jeannie Tibbits at the ISU Norman Borlaug Learning Center: 641-435-4864.

This entry was posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 7:38 pm and is filed under Special Events/Occasions, Winery. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

We have been hard at work here at the Farm House. Aside from our very successful harvest, 2 brand new wines, and an upcoming Christmas Open House, we have managed to get even more local (and not so local) stores to carry our wines.

Not only is it great news for us - it’s FANTASTIC news for you! Now you can purchase your favorite Farm House wines even when you’re not in Fredericksburg.

You can find a few of our wines at each of these fabulous stores:

Hy-Vee Cedar Falls, University Ave.

Cedar Rapids, Edgewood

Cedar Rapids, 2405 Mt. Vernon DS

Cedar Rapids, Blairs Ferry Drugstore

Cedar Rapids, Sixth St. Drugstore

Dubuque, Dodge St.

Dubuque, Locust St.

Marion

Mason City, 2400 4th St.

Waterloo, Kimball Ave.

Waterloo, Logan Ave.

Waverly

Kwik Serve St. Ansgar

New Hampton Family Foods New Hampton

Roots Market Cedar Falls

Terry’s Food Center Dysart

Trunck’s Country Foods Reinbeck

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 9:27 pm and is filed under Expansion, Special Events/Occasions, Winery. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

It was a fruitful fall here at the Farm House! The vineyard had much more to offer than a beautiful sight on the walking trail.

We were able to harvest over 57,000 pounds of grapes this year!

Here are a few pictures from the harvest. We hope you enjoy them - as well as the wines and jelly we are able to produce from them!

Even the dogs offered a helping paw!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 9:02 pm and is filed under Special Events/Occasions, Winery. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Engelbrecht Family Winery now has 2 exciting new wines to choose from!

Introducing Frederick’s Red & Irish Charm!

Frederick’s Red:

- A bold, adventurous, dry red wine

- Made from our own Frontecan & St. Croix grapes

- Best when served at room temperature (approx. 62 degrees)

Irish Charm:

- Delightfully sweet white wine

- Made from our own St. Pepin & Prairie Star grapes

- Best when served chilled (approx. 48 degrees)

This entry was posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 8:02 pm and is filed under Special Events/Occasions, Winery. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

You’re invited to

Christmas Open House

At the Farm House B&B & Engelbrecht Family Winery

Friday, December 4^th & Saturday, December 5^th

From 10:00am - 5:00pm

• Tour the beautiful holiday-decorated Farm House B&B

• 10% savings throughout the Winery Shop

• Free Christmas wine gift boxes with a wine purchase

• $1 of every bottle of wine sold during the open house will be given to Share the Harvest

• Relax in the Farm House Gathering Room with delicious holiday treats

Farm House Shop and B&B

For more information, call 563-237-5969

Located on Hwy. 18 on the east side of Fredericksburg

This entry was posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm and is filed under Gathering Room, Special Events/Occasions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Special Deals for the Iowa Wine Trail Weekend - November 7th & 8th

November 2009 Wine and Food Weekend

November 7 - 8, 2009

10:00 am - 5:00 pm both Saturday and Sunday

“A World of Food with Iowa Wines”

* Tickets will be $25 each in advance (purchased before November 6) or $35 the day of the event.

* Early Bird Discounts! Purchase three (3) tickets before October 15, 2009 and get the fourth one free!

* Single Day Tickets: $20 each (purchased before November 6) or $30 the day of the event.

Tickets can be purchased at participating winery tasting rooms, online at www.iowawinetrail.com, or by calling 563-557-3727.

Farm House B & B Special:

Book a room in the B&B for Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening (November 6, 7, or 8th) and save $5 per ticket on the purchase of 2 tickets for the Wine Trail. You can combine this off with the Wine Trail Deal where you pay for 3 tickets and receive the fourth one free (if purchased before October 15th).

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pm and is filed under Special Events/Occasions, Winery. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Enjoy the Farm House Breakfast Feast

Friday, Saturday, Sunday - September 11, 12 , 13

Price is ONLY $10 with tax included!
Meal will be served from 7:00 am - 2:00 pm.

A Scrumptious Breakfast Buffet Featuring:
• Local meats - pork and buffalo
• Our own farm fresh brown eggs
• Homemade baked goodies
• Local Fruits
• Farm House Jellies from our own grapes
• Breakfast juices, coffee and tea
• Hansen’s Farm Fresh Milk and Cream
• Our own Farm House Breakfast Wines -
Farm House Heritage and Farm House Blues are available for purchase.
• Free Wine Tasting

No Reservations are required to enjoy this wonderful meal!

All paying breakfast guests receive 10% off anything in our Farm House Shop including our Farm House Wines.

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:11 am and is filed under Gathering Room, Special Events/Occasions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Appearing Friday, August 14, 2009 in our Barn Theater:
Kirsti Manna - #1 Songwriter of Blake Shelton’s “Austin” and the Big and Rich hit “Loud”
Bridgette Tatum - #1 Songwriter of Jason Aldean’s “She’s Country”
Opening act- Shawn Brogan-Diddy - Miss Iowa USA 1997
Buy Concert Tickets, or Dinner and Show tickets at starworksinc.com

A portion of the concert proceeds will provide scholarships to Iowa women to attend:

August 15, 2009 SongwriterGirl Camp -
Music Industry experts come to Iowa for ONE DAY in FREDERICKSBURG: Learn about performance and recording contracts, songwriting and how to get a publisher.

Limited space available - SIGN UP at songwritergirl.com
Engelbrecht Winery, Farmhouse B&B and the Barn Theater are proud to host the ONLY Songwritergirl Camp in the Midwest!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 at 3:54 pm and is filed under Barn Theater, Special Events/Occasions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.