DAVENPORT ORCHARDS & WINERY

Hours-

The tasting room is open on a limited schedule:

Monday: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Thursday: Closed

Friday: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

First, a note about sweetness-- we make wines with different levels of sweetness, measured as percent residual sugar. This measurement doesn't mean much away from the wine, because sweetness is in the mouth of the beholder, so we've used a simple key to designate sweetness: VS (very sweet), S (sweet), D (dry-- the opposite of sweet), OD (off dry -- dry, with a touch of sweetness).

Some of our wines have lived in a barrel (yes, we use real American oak barrels made in Lebanon, MO). We designate these as "barrel aged" or "barrel fermented" and they will have the characteristic oak flavors and "pucker" associated with oak exposure, as well as a better structure for subsequent bottle aging once purchased.

Because our wines are made from fresh Kansas grown grapes and fruit, availability can vary. If you have a favorite, it is wise to call ahead to verify we have it in stock. The following is a list of all the wines we make, all from our own grapes or fruit unless otherwise noted.

C.W. and Mary Davenport moved to Lawrence in 1949, settling at the Jenny Wren Farm west of town where they raised apples, grain crops and cattle and ran a meat market and auction barn. C.W. retired in 1960, but soon discovered he needed something to keep him busy, so he bought farm ground east of Lawrence in the Kaw Bottoms area and set 74 acres of peaches and 6 acres of apples. The road bordering the farm came to be known as Peach Orchard Road (now County Road 1057 and/or East 1900 Road).

C.W. and Mary's grandson Greg helped work the farm during the summer months and eventually took over operations when C.W.'s health no longer allowed him to work. Since then, Greg has added more apples and pears to the mix, then grapes because his wife Charlee thought "they looked so pretty."