Lakehouse Inn Winery

In the fall of 2000, we realized we needed a way to attract customers to the Inn for the offseason. Doniella Winchell suggested we start a winery, as Karen and I enjoy wine. After some thought, we decided we would give it a run, and at the time, we were winery number ten in Northeast Ohio.

We built a cellar under the beach house during the winter, and in the fall of 2001, we made our first vintage of wine from locally sourced vinifera grapes. We served wine only to guests staying with us, and in the winter months, we would do wine and food pairing dinners with our wines and other locally made and sourced wines. Also, we would do winery tours to some of the wineries to showcase the quality wines being made in the region.