Minnesota wine trails

Explore Minnesota counts more than 80 wine producers in the state.
Many Minnesota wineries use cold-hardy grapes bred by the University of Minnesota since the 1960s and 1970s, such as Frontenac, Marquette, La Crescent and Itasca, which survive down to -35°F.
The St. Croix and Mississippi river valleys in eastern Minnesota hold the state's densest cluster of wineries.

Checked October 1, 2026. State wine association: mngrapes.org

All wine trails in Minnesota (2)

Trail	Region	Wineries	Links
Great River Road Wine Trail	Upper Mississippi River (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa)	9	Official site
Upper St. Croix Wine Trail	St. Croix River Valley (east-central Minnesota)	4	Official site

“Wineries” is the count the trail itself publishes. “Unconfirmed” means we found it only on older or third-party pages.

We list 2 wine trails in Minnesota. A trail counts only if it has its own website or an official tourism page.