Shawnee Hills Wine Trail

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Shawnee Hills Wine Trail is the oldest wine trail in Illinois located in Jackson and Union counties in Southern Illinois.

It organized in 1996 by the first three wineries in the region, Alto Vineyards, Owl Creek Vineyard and Pomona Winery. Additional wineries have opened nearly every year with 10 wineries now located on the driving trail.

The ten wineries are as follows:

Alto Vineyards
Blue Sky Vineyards
Hedman Vineyards
Inheritance Valley
Kite Hill Vineyards
Orlandini Vineyard (joining 2008)
Owl Creek Vineyard
Pomona Winery
StarView Vineyards
Von Jakob Vineyard

The wineries are generally located south of Route 13 (Carbondale and Murphysboro), west of Interstate 57, north of Route 146 (Anna and Jonesboro) and east of the Mississippi River in the western Shawnee Hills.