Cedar Ridge Vineyards is a small, family-owned winery and distillery nestled in the beautiful Iowa countryside between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, producing wines, and many of its spirits, from its own estate-grown grapes. At first just a dream of Proprietor and Master Distiller Jeff Quint, the now lush 5,000 vines and 7,000 square foot winery, distillery, tasting room and event center provide the highest quality wines, spirits and entertainment experience around. 

Jeff and his wife, Laurie, began crafting and bottling their own high-quality wine from their small winery in downtown Cedar Rapids in 2003.  Soon after, the Quints added German-engineered micro-distilling technology and began distilling their own premium Clearheart Vodka, adding fruit liqueurs and dark spirits over time.  With the help of family and friends, the Quints have developed ten acres of fully mature vineyards, which now produce the finest wines and spirits in the Midwest. The move to a larger facility in Swisher, Iowa, has enabled them to upgrade their production with a new European-engineered 80-gallon pot still, producing increasingly smooth, premium spirits.