New Owners of Harbor Ridge Winery
From left to Right:
Chris Folbrecht, Betsy Folbrecht, Deb Radloff, Terry Radloff
Update: Harbor Ridge Winery has new Owners!
On June 7th, 2019 Chris and Betsy Folbrecht and Terry and Deb Radloff (Betsy’s parents) purchased the Winery from Denny and Sandy Stapleton and Michelle Purpora!
Owning a winery had always been a dream of the new owners; Their love for wine and people are a perfect fit!
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Harbor Ridge Winery was established in 2010. Although von Stiehl had never been involved financially with Harbor Ridge, to this day they still bottle our wines in Algoma, WI.
At the same time, we planted a vineyard alongside our building. We currently have around 350 vines which produced almost 4,000 pounds in 2018. We use these Marquette grapes for our fortified port type wine called Harbor as well as a blend called Crimes Against Vines and more recently “Cracklin Rosé” our sparkling rose wine.
Although we take our wines very seriously, we like to have fun and hope our guests feel that same when they enter our tasting room. The first two wines introduced in 2010 by Harbor Ridge Winery are still some of our top sellers today. Knockin’ Heads Red, named after the Easter Island statues out front (which is a whole other story) and Mademoiselle, a complex white blend inspired by a Jimmy Buffet song were both launched in our inaugural year. Since then we have introduced many more labels with catchy and funny names such as Gimme One Good Riesling, Call Me a Cab, Crimes Against Vines and many more. A separate facility dedicated to making wine was built in 2012, this gave us the ability to introduce a broad selection of premium barrel aged wines, some which we age for over two years in Old World hand coopered Garbellotto barrels from Italy. As a result of our success we doubled our production and warehouse facilities in 2017. Our winery currently holds approximately 70 barrels and two stainless steel tanks for producing our wines. With a selection of over 20 wines to date, Harbor Ridge Winery offers a variety of award-winning wines that include a selection of sweet, semi-sweet, and dry, barrel aged wines.
While much has changed since the inception of Harbor Ridge Winery, what remains is a small yet vibrant business, where customers become friends and employees become family. We have been blessed with the continued growth of our business and full of gratitude for our wonderful customers, dedicated employees and talented winemaking team. Here is to the future, when we make more history at Harbor Ridge Winery. Cheers!
