Where you are going.
Vincent William sits on the south shore of Lake Erie in Madison, Ohio, about 45 minutes east of downtown Cleveland. The estate is a stone mansion with eight rooms upstairs, a restaurant and wine bar downstairs, a patio over the water, and a Cabernet Franc vineyard planted in 2020.
The land around it is the Grand River Valley, a wine appellation established in October 1983 across Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. More than 1,300 acres of vines grow here, over 60 percent of Ohio’s grapes. The lake does the work: at about 40°F on May 1 it holds the vines back past the spring frosts, and at about 64°F on October 1 it keeps the first hard frost away through harvest.
By road and by air
Getting here
Most guests drive. The inn is just off Interstate 90 between Cleveland and Erie, and the last few miles run north through Madison to the lake.
Before you book
The facts that shape a visit.
Times, days and house rules that answer most of the questions we get.
Wine tours and rides
Getting around wine country.
Rides & wine tours
GoGeneva
Pre-booked rides and wine tours around Geneva, with pickup from local accommodations. A useful option for a winery afternoon or a ride to dinner.
Arrange pickup and your return trip directly with GoGeneva. Give them Vincent William’s address when booking.
Local rides & private tours
Sunset Taxi
Local rides, airport transfers and private wine tours. Sunset includes Vincent William on its list of wine-tour stops, so you can include a visit here in your plans.
Confirm your route and pickup when booking. Sunset currently does not serve Kosicek Vineyards or Seven Brothers Distilling Co.
Scheduled group wine tours
The Lodge at Geneva
A group shuttle tour visiting three wineries, with year-round departures from The Lodge in Geneva-on-the-Lake. Guests must be 21 or older; private tours are also available.
Departs from the circle drive outside The Lodge’s lobby. Arrange travel to and from The Lodge separately. For reservations, call and press 1.
Where to stay
Sleep where you tasted.
The inn upstairs.
Eight rooms sit above the restaurant, each with one king or queen bed, a private bath and its own view of the lake. Breakfast is cooked to order downstairs from 7 am, the heated pool and hot tub are for overnight guests, and Tracy, who manages the inn, will walk you through the house if you ask.
If we are full.
Weekends go first. When the eight rooms are taken, we send guests to The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake, about twenty minutes west on the same shoreline. It runs the valley’s daily wine shuttle, so you can still get to the wineries, and to us, without driving.
Friday to Sunday
Two nights, planned.
Friday: check in from 4 pm, a glass of the estate Cabernet Franc at the wine bar, then dinner downstairs or on the patio in season. Saturday: breakfast from 7, a shuttle out to three or four wineries, an hour on the Geneva-on-the-Lake strip, and back in time for dinner and the sunset over the water.
Sunday: brunch until 2, then a covered bridge or the Fairport Harbor lighthouse on the way home. Reserve dinner when you book the room; Saturday tables go early.
Wine Country
Ohio’s wine country
More than 60 percent of Ohio’s grapes grow in this valley. These are the wineries closest to the inn, each a short shuttle ride away, and a wine trail that links them.
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15 min drive
M Cellars
Estate-grown European varieties, Georgian rarities and traditional-method sparkling: the most modern winery in the valley.
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15 min drive
South River Vineyard
The tasting room is an 1892 church, found abandoned and moved forty-two miles to stand above the vines.
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10 min drive
Cask 307
Modern winegrowing and contemporary styles, made for the Grand River Valley appellation.
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15 min drive
Debonne Vineyards
Ohio's largest family-owned estate winery, fifteen minutes inland from our gate.
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15 min drive
Ferrante Winery & Ristorante
A family estate winery that has been making wine in this valley since 1937.
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15 min drive
Harpersfield Vineyard
The serious end of the trail: estate-grown Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay.
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20 min drive
Grand River Cellars
A winery and full restaurant in the middle of the valley, with a fireplace worth the winter drive.
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20 min drive
Laurello Vineyards
A small family room at the eastern end of the Route 307 run.
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A dozen wineries · 5–20 min
The Grand River Valley Wine Trail
The wine region around the estate: wineries strung along the Grand River inside the Lake Erie AVA, most within twenty minutes of the door.
Explore the wine trail
Vincent William
1300 Belleair Ave.
Madison, OH 44057
(440) 428-1300
Opening Hours
Wednesday
12 to 9 pm
Thursday
12 to 9 pm
Friday
12 to 9 pm
Saturday
12 to 9 pm
Sunday
11 to 8 pm · Brunch to 2