Geneva, Ohio

Benny Vino Winery

Pizza, salads and live music on a wooded patio above the Grand River.

What to Expect

The patio sits in the trees above the Grand River, and the kitchen serves pizza, salads and appetizers, with live music on the calendar. Benny Bucci makes the wine from local and regional grapes and from fruit grown in California, Washington and Chile. He started with a small winery in Perry Village in 2010 and moved to 7.5 acres on the river in 2016.

Outside: Wooded patio above the Grand River
At the table: Pizza, salads and appetizers
On the calendar: Live music

On These Day Trips

6 stops · Ambiance

For the Ambiance

Five wineries people remember for where they sat as much as what they drank, and our own stone house on the lake to finish: a horse barn with a fireplace, a patio in the woods above the Grand River, a pond, and a church moved here from another town.

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The stone mansion at Vincent William Wine behind a red maple in October

7 stops · Fall Saturday

The Wine and Foliage Day Trip

The fall day we would plan for a friend: a boardwalk over the Grand River in the morning, estate wine among the vines, an 1868 covered bridge, lunch by a wood fire, a last glass on a patio above the river, and dinner on the lake.

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Red and orange maples above the rooftops with Lake Erie behind

7 stops · Autumn wineries

Wineries in Fall Color

Six wineries at their best in October: vineyards to walk, a trail down to the river, a patio in the woods and a fire for when it gets cold. The day ends on the lake at Vincent William.

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