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Enjoy Award-Winning Wines, Live Music, and Host Your Special Events in a Natural Setting

Wine & Live Entertainment Year 'Round

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Entertainment

Bring your friends and join us for live music every Sunday afternoon. Take in a Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, and be sure to join us for our Festivals & Events. We are also the perfect place for a wedding, party, reunion, fund-raiser and more.

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Wines

Our wines are produced on-site from grapes grown on land that has been in our family since the early 1800s. Our winery is located in a 100-year-old barn, and you'll enjoy our award-winning wines and your favorite beer. To learn more, please check out our Wine List.

Festivals & Events

Menard County is known for Lincoln's New Salem and great festivals. Our Summer Festivals, Chicken Wing Cook-off, and others draw thousands each year with days filled with top bands and great food.

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Valentine's Dinner - In The Loft February 14, 2025

Come celebrate with us on Valentin's Day. Hill Prairie Winery is hosting a Valentine's Dinner. There will be live music by the Blackout Betty Band, featuring Erica Neal. Erica has qualified to perform on The Voice for the blind audition round on nationwide TV fall of 2025. You won't want to miss her and the band. The dinner menu is a Pork Tenderloin Surf and Turf, with Peach Bourbon Glazed Tenderloin, Seared Sea Scallops, Butter and Herb Potatoes, Mixed Greens Salad, Dinner Roll, and to finish it off, Red Velvet Cake.

Ticket price is $50.00 plus tax per person and includes your dinner and entertainment for the evening. Cocktail hour begins at 5:30 and dinner will be served at 6:30 followed by an evening of music by Blackout Betty. You can purchase tickets in person or by phone with a card. 217-635-9900

No ticket is required if you only want to come party with the Blackout Betty Band, you may join us anytime after 7:30.

“Serial Killers, The Experience” Featuring Phil Chalmers March 1, 2025

Looking for something different and exciting? There is nothing currently like this available locally.

Phil Chalmers is a criminal profiler and one of the leading law enforcement trainers in the U.S. He has been interviewing violent offenders for 40 years, including Charles Manson, The Son of Sam, BTK, The Hillside Strangler, The Gainesville Ripper, The Smiley Face Killer, The Amityville Horror Killer and many more. He has hosted TV shows on A&E, and recently hosted a podcast “Where The Bodies are Buried” owned by Dennis Quaid.
Phil will do an in-depth dive into a specific serial killer explaining who they are, what they do, why they do it. He will even do a live interview with one over the phone and the audience can ask them questions.

Tickets are $45 and include a very nice show program. They are available here: Click here to purchase the tickets

Cocktails and food are sold separately, available at 6 and show starts at 7.