In 1801, 17 other Swiss immigrants - Dufour's family and friends - joined him at the Sugar Creek site. The vineyard and winery's location was lost to history from the mid 1800's until its rediscovery in 2002. Now that the exact location of the vineyard and winery has been determined, the property owner is carefully reconstructing and restoring both the vineyard and winery.

This website is under construction and in the future will include a page where a historical account of the First Vineyard will be posted. We have a page entitled Reestablishment which includes photographs showing the vineyard and winery from discovery through the reconstruction process. We are endeavoring to reconstruct portions of the vineyard and winery to be as historically correct as possible.  We will have pages showing supporting documents and artifacts that have been found on the property.  We also plan to seek rezoning of the property so that lodging will be available to people interested in the history of wine and the beginning of the wine industry in the United States. If you are a enologist, an early American historian or just wish to view where the wine industry in the United States began and would like to view the hundreds of documents and artifacts that are on deposit in our library/ museum, please contact us for an appointment at thefirstvineyard@aol.com .

Thanks for visiting and check back often to see the updates and photos on our vineyard and winery.