Prairie Moon Winery & Vineyards

and got some mixed messages about what we can and can't do. Wine tasting for family members was a big one. We had parents and a friend travel in to help us decide on what wine to serve and the new coordinator told us that we would have to pay for the additional people to taste even when the previous staff member said it was free. It was embarrassing and awkward for me who invited everyone. Coordinator also didn't do much on the day of and I had to go up to bar to ask bartenders when to dim lights, when to serve champagne, etc.

ork with throughout the reception. Thanks so much!

erwork since we couldn't stop by. The venue is beautiful & being able to use the inside & outside spaces was great for my guests. There were no issues with the catering(Hickory Park), live band, or other vendors! It's def not their first wedding :)

r wine selection is great and they have a new brew house on the grounds, Aluvial brewing. The winery has a beautiful rustic charm with a grain bin gazebo, exposed wooden beams, dried grapevines, twinkle lights and local art work. We had our wedding ceremony and reception at this lovely venue.

riety of guests. My wedding was on July 11th and the vines were very full and beautiful!! I would highly suggest this location for anyone!

available through my entire rehearsal and ceremony and most of the reception and when she left, she made sure to introduce me to her staff that would be taking over for the rest of the night. I appreciate all of her hard work on making my wedding day the best! I highly recommend this venue.

The Wine was wonderful as well! I would recommend this place to ANYONE! You will love it! We had more compliments from people loving the venue and what's around it!

answered any questions that I asked. The winery had a couple different places you can have your ceremony outdoors and a beautiful inside area for the reception. We had so many compliments on how beautiful our wedding was and we hardly had to decorate. Our wedding day was perfect at Prairie Moon!

n Friday to decorate. This was a huge help and eliminated a ton of stress for us (normally people have to decorate the day of their event). I cannot thank them enough for this. On the negative side, I felt like we were misled during our meetings with the event coordinator, Janet. We asked them multiple times for an estimate on wine/beer/sangria calculations for a party of 175. She very confidently told us that 1 keg would be more than enough and that we would end up wasting a lot if we got anymore. After deciding to go with her suggestion (she does this for a living, right?!), we were told that the bartender would keep us updated throughout the night on the status of the drinks (were we getting low on anything?) so that we could send a runner to pick up more bottles from the nearest grocery store if necessary. The reception, which was scheduled to last until 11pm ran out of beer shortly after 9 without being notified by any of their staff. In fact just 15 minutes earlier my parents had asked how we were doing and they were told there was over half a keg left. This forced us to purchase more of their wine to keep the alcohol flowing. Compared to the other venues I had looked it (ISU alumni Center, ISU Memorial Union, etc) this venue was one of the more expensive and I felt like there were a lot of additional costs that seemed silly. They charged for the use of their dance floor (even though they told us that REMOVING it was more work than leaving it in place - shouldn't they only charge if the dance floor has to get taken away then?). In addition there were fees for bringing in beer.

0. The price was reasonable, especially for how beautiful of a setting it is. Make sure you book early, because they fill up quickly! The coordinator, Janet, was very helpful in answering our many questions, and we were given a ten percent discount on the wine. A big plus was that they had no contract with a caterer, so we could still have a great place without breaking the bank on food cost. They also have a great sangria. I think one of the wines was mixed up for our batch because it didn't taste as good as I remembered from trying it before the wedding day, so if you go with the sangria have them double-check the sangria before it gets served. Overall however, the place was fabulous and we would recommend it to anyone.

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ou put up all chairs, tables, decorations, etc. You also take down everything - minus the chairs. It adds a lot of unneeded stress to make sure everything is perfect on your wedding day. We loved our wedding, but took two days to recover from all the work going into it and after.

ad estimated we would need, plus an extra case of wine and two kegs of beer by 10:30! It was great!!