Located along busy Highway 19 that traverses Florida from north to south, Dakotah Vineyards and Winery just north of Chiefland, is a place of peace and a haven of rest for both humans AND birds.

Dakotah is a family business operated by Rob Rittgers and his father Max Rittgers.

Max established the vineyard in 1985 with a planting of 200 muscadine grape vines. The first grapes produced were sold onsite from a board across two five-gallon buckets

Today Dakotah Winery is a 12-acre site with over 6,000 grape vines. A large, comfortable wine-tasting room welcomes visitors. A temperature-controlled wine cellar is the most recent addition.

A visit to Dakotah provides not only an opportunity to buy Florida wine but an opportunity for self-guided innovational wellness walks through the grounds while viewing the grapes, sheep, geese, wood ducks, koi fish, and other species.

Your observations will reveal that the winery is a therapy leader for both the heart and the mind and a conservation leader for both the soil and the spirit.

Your virtual tour begins here.

14365 NW Hwy. 19 • Chiefland, FL 32626 • (352) 493-9309

Closed Sunday's after February 1st 2006