Walnut Street Winery plus Saunas

Book Your Event With Us

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Looking for a fantastic place to host your event? Look no further than the Walnut Street Winery. Our website photo gallery will give you an great view of our winery but you must see it to truly appreciate it's incredible ambiance. Our beautiful private wine garden can accomodate a very large group. Inside, our wine room is waiting for your event to be reserved. We can provide food from our onsite selection or from Little Italy's Restaurant. If you prefer, have your event catered on your own.

Call us for more information or to schedule your office party, holiday get together, birthday party, bachelorette party, engagement party, anniversary, or surprise event.

Do you Bocce?

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Whether you are a bocce ball aficionado or you have never tried the game, come out to the winery and give it a try on our natural shell court. Bring a group and enjoy the great outdoors and great wine too. Never played? No problem, we have the game directions and ball set for you to get started. It's bocce ball time!

Great Gift Ideas

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Let us be your gift headquarters! If you haven't been in to see our incredible selection of wines, view a listing of them on our site. In addition to wines from around the world, our wine shop has great gift items for the wine lover on your list. Not sure what to get? We've got you covered with winery gift cards.

A few items from our wine shop:
Logo glasses
Crystal Ladies T-shirts with Wine quotes
Logo Caps
Floor Mats with wine slogans
Magnets
Chocolate
Party Napkins
Winery Logo'd aprons
Wine Quote books
Vineyard Fresh
Drop a Card(wine pourer & gift card)
Wine pours
Cork screws
A variety of Wisconsin cheeses
Gourmet Crackers
Gift cards

Tuesdays for Charity

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Walnut Street Winery gives back to the community with Charity Day every Tuesday. Come in and enjoy some wine and food with friends. Every winery guest on Tuesdays may make an entry in our charity drawing with their favorite charity. At the end of the evening, one entry will be drawn and the charity listed will receive a donation from the days proceeds from the winery. Share some time with friends and we'll share with the community. It's enjoyment for a great cause!

Open Mic Wednesdays

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Looking for some Wednesday night variety & fun? Join us for Open Mic Wednesdays from 6-8pm. Bring your poetry book, harmonica, bongos, guitar, jokes - whatever you've got! Enjoy some wine or beer and even Little Italy's pizza and sandwiches delivered. Share your talent with us!

Music Lineup

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LIVE MUSIC LINEUP

Friday 11/20 Carl Bopp 6pm
Friday 11/27 Ed & Judy Howard 6pm
Saturday 12/5 Ken Carlyle 6pm
Friday 12/11 Ed & Judy Howard 6pm
Friday 12/18 Ed & Judy Howard 6pm
Saturday 12/19 Carl Bopp 6pm

Live Music Series

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We enjoy live music at the winery and strive to bring in great local talent to perform for you. Live music is scheduled each weekend on either Friday, Saturday or both days. Our music lineup will be published each week in the Illinois Times Pub Crawl, the SJ-R A&E Bar Hop, and also on our website calendar. During warm weather the music takes place in our beautiful wine garden. Bring some friends, enjoy a glass or bottle, try some Wisconsin cheese or Little Italy's pizza and listen to great live music in an incredible setting. Feel free to call the winery for more information on our music series or if you would like to become a part of our music lineup.

Grand Opening

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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Walnut Street Winery Plus Saunas, 309 S. Walnut Street, in Rochester, Illinois. Cutting the ribbon are the owners, Loren & Karen Shanle, the mayor of Rochester, Dave Armstrong, along with employees Sheila Tapscott, Kathy Gold, Beth Maney, Liz Robison, DrexEllen Armstrong and Matt Martin.

Located just seven miles east of the Illinois State Capitol on Route 29, the Walnut Street Winery Plus Saunas is a one of a kind place. It is unlike many other wineries for several unique reasons. As the business name states, it is both a winery and sauna shop. The owner, Loren Shanle, has a personal motto “Take in the good, sweat out the bad!”

The winery makes small batches of wine made from the best juices and concentrates from California, Oregon and Washington as well as countries such as France, Spain, Argentina, Italy, New Zealand, Australia and more. If you want to make a great Pinot Noir, you have to have the raw materials to make a great Pinot Noir and that comes from selecting the juices and concentrates from the best growing locations. In addition to wines made on-site, the winery offers over 25 great wines from countries all over the world. And to complete the philosophy, infrared saunas are also sold at the winery. Loren believes that saunas are the picture of health. They can remove toxins and waste, boost metabolism, relieve stress and more. A variety of sizes and types of saunas by the Hotwind Sauna Company are available.

Daily wine tasting is available at the handcrafted, custom made spalted sycamore tasting bar. Visitors can browse the wines and choose something to take home or drink in the private wine garden. The wine garden boasts a 60’ x 13’ shelled Bocce ball court and an outdoor music stage. Live music is scheduled on the weekends and special events will be announced on the winery website. A variety of delicious Wisconsin cheeses, sausages, crackers, spreads and a food menu are also available. The wine shop offers up some great wine accessories and items that make wonderful gifts. Wedding receptions, class reunions, business meetings(free Wi-fi), family gatherings, birthday parties, office parties, holiday events and more are welcome at the winery simply by calling to reserve the date.

It’s a great way to try something new and unique, right in the Land of Lincoln!

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