Charles Carpenter, son-in-law of Datus Kelley and formerly of Norwich, Connecticut, began the first commercial vineyard on Kelleys Island in 1846. He bought the 123-acre farm of Horace Kelley on the southwest corner of the island. The successful cultivation of grapes brought more settlers to the island. Most vineyards were owned by individual families, who earned tidy profits from their operations
This photograph shows, what is most likely, gravel from the quarry on Kelley's Island, being loaded ...
Root Cellar on Barrick’s Island, Twillingate. First Owned By Levi Clarke c. 1858
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wineryne/46/thumbnail.jpgEstablished in 2012 in Ge...
As early as 1872, the vineyards on Kelleys Island could produce more than 163,550 gallons of wine an...
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/winerynw/6/thumbnail.jpgThe history of winemaking ...
These men transported casks of wine from Kelley's Island, Ohio across the ice of Sandusky Bay. Char...
Edmond Ward moved to Kelleys Island from New York State in 1845. He and his descendants planted vin...
Although grapes were Kelleys Island's cash crop, farmers also tended apple and peach orchards and gr...
The Kelleys Island Wine Company was a cooperative venture established to help island vintners market...
Edmond Ward established a home on Kelleys Island in 1845. He and his descendants raised grapes, mad...
Through the 1920s, Kelleys Island was a thriving and self-sufficient community. Island farmers deli...
Fertile soil on the eastern and southern portions of Kelleys Island and lake breezes that prevented ...
The Dwelle family purchased their land from the Kelley brothers - Datus and Irad - when the Kelleys ...
The Monarch Wine Company was part of Kelleys Island's winemaking tradition until the 1950s. From it...
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wineryne/13/thumbnail.jpgJohn Christ started the w...
This photograph shows, what is most likely, gravel from the quarry on Kelley's Island, being loaded ...
Root Cellar on Barrick’s Island, Twillingate. First Owned By Levi Clarke c. 1858
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wineryne/46/thumbnail.jpgEstablished in 2012 in Ge...
As early as 1872, the vineyards on Kelleys Island could produce more than 163,550 gallons of wine an...
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/winerynw/6/thumbnail.jpgThe history of winemaking ...
These men transported casks of wine from Kelley's Island, Ohio across the ice of Sandusky Bay. Char...
Edmond Ward moved to Kelleys Island from New York State in 1845. He and his descendants planted vin...
Although grapes were Kelleys Island's cash crop, farmers also tended apple and peach orchards and gr...
The Kelleys Island Wine Company was a cooperative venture established to help island vintners market...
Edmond Ward established a home on Kelleys Island in 1845. He and his descendants raised grapes, mad...
Through the 1920s, Kelleys Island was a thriving and self-sufficient community. Island farmers deli...
Fertile soil on the eastern and southern portions of Kelleys Island and lake breezes that prevented ...
The Dwelle family purchased their land from the Kelley brothers - Datus and Irad - when the Kelleys ...
The Monarch Wine Company was part of Kelleys Island's winemaking tradition until the 1950s. From it...
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wineryne/13/thumbnail.jpgJohn Christ started the w...
This photograph shows, what is most likely, gravel from the quarry on Kelley's Island, being loaded ...
Root Cellar on Barrick’s Island, Twillingate. First Owned By Levi Clarke c. 1858
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wineryne/46/thumbnail.jpgEstablished in 2012 in Ge...