Located in a beautiful wooded setting in Lakeland Tennessee, Delta Blues Winery (DBW) offers wine tastings, live music and an event venue unique to the greater-Memphis area. DBW was named by owner Jerry Michie to represent all that there is to love about the delta: warm people, charming architecture, fertile land, rich music and, of course, food and wine!
Open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m. and from 12 to 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, DBW boasts a vast array of wine, beer and cider to taste and enjoy. The wine offerings include light, dry white wines similar in taste to sauvignon blanc, dry reds similar to pinot noir, semi-dry whites and rosés as well as fruit-forward sweet wines. The wines are blended on-site starting in the wine tasting laboratory, where Jerry and his daughter Angela tinker with the recipes. Next, the juice is stored in large vats, where it continues the fermentation process. Lastly, the wine is bottled, corked, sealed and labeled in the facility’s modern bottling room.
Memphian Robert Turner, a successful Napa Valley winemaker in the early 2000s, was introduced to DBW by the head buyer at Buster’s Wine and Liquor. After closing his California-based wine business and moving to Memphis, he soon missed winemaking and wanted to produce a small batch of rosé for his own enjoyment. “After meeting Jerry and his team, I knew it was a perfect fit to produce my rosé, named “Encore” by my wife Shirley. The winery is well equipped, immaculately clean and as well organized as any in the Napa Valley. Developed in a beautiful pastoral setting, Delta Blues Winery is a part of the greater Memphis food and wine culture and perfect for special occasions.”
DBW offers a variety of settings for celebrating special occasions. Weddings are often held at the lakeside pavilion. The winery tasting room, dock, stage/amphitheater, vineyard and surrounding wooded area are also utilized for events. Live music by local bands and musicians is performed most Friday nights from 7 to10 p.m. as well as Sunday afternoons either in the pavilion or on stage in the amphitheater. Bring your own chairs and blankets and enjoy an outing in Shelby County's very own wine country this summer. Cheers!