Lavender Crest Winery - Colona (IL)

5 /5 Donna S: As Harvest Hosts members, we arrived early so we could make sure that we had a parking spot but didnt have to worry because we were the only ones there that day. Enjoyed lunch and a flight of wine each which was wonderful. Very peaceful. Nice breeze back on the patio where we enjoyed flights of wine. My husband had the Corkscrew sandwich and I had the Mufletta - both very tasty!

5 /5 Pauline Fischer-Shafer: Lavender Crest has a lovely interior and a welcoming patio. The staff are pleasant and friendly. I had the Spinach salad and a glass of Faithful Friends, both of which were delicious and refreshing on this scorching hot day.

5 /5 Kathy Neal: My husband and daughter and I found this place on our way to Monmouth college to see our oldest daughter graduate. I enjoyed a glass of cranberry wine and a delicious grilled cheese sandwich. We were so impressed with this place that we brought back our daughters boyfriends family and 2 more of our family. It was a great lunch, with appetizers and wine tastings. Such a beautiful place! Such great service!

5 /5 Lara Batten: Where do we even begin?? Gloria, her family and the entire Lavender Crest team that run this facility are just amazing! We held our wedding and reception here a couple of weeks ago and there are no words to express how happy and grateful we are for this! From the very beginning, Gloria and Lavender Crest were super friendly, flexible, timely, informative, patient, and so easy to work with! They were willing to meet with us anytime we had questions or let us stop in anytime we needed to if we needed measurements or to check out anything. Very responsive when we would email questions or information for the wedding over. The venue itself is so gorgeous with the grape vines and the gazebo and the flower berm! We didn’t even have to leave the venue to go take pictures. We did our ceremony out by the flower berm and the arch and the pictures that are coming back with all the flowers in bloom are stunning! The cocktail hour and reception were inside and just as nice! They have a cute cafe/bar area that guests could meander through and then the reception hall was right next to it and just so pretty! They pretty much let you decorate it with anything and everything you want to. If there was anything we weren’t sure on they were willing to help with suggestions! The food was exceptional! We did the buffet style and we had so many people tell us how good the food was. If you can swing it we highly recommend the prime rib carving station! That was probably one of the best prime ribs I’ve had in a long time. I need someone I know to have a wedding there so I can have that prime rib again haha! And also, a surprise wildcard…the seafood lasagna rollups! They had this at the food tasting and we never would have given it a glance if it hadn’t been there. It was so incredibly good! They also have different options for the bar. We just decided to do all items open bar and it was very reasonably priced! And so worth it…the wine is fantastic! I heard a couple people say they were going to pick up a couple bottles from the gift shop. But overall the pricing for everything is very reasonable! That being said I am sure there is something we left out but thank you Lavender Crest and Gloria so much for truly making this one of the happiest days of our lives and we can’t wait to get back there for our anniversary or even just a weekend lunch and wine tasting!

5 /5 Sarah Oberg Ramirez: Great experience here! We stopped by for a wine tasting and lunch. Our server, Melanie, was excellent! Very friendly and attentive. We ordered the Tuscan and the Corkscrew sandwiches, which were both delicious. We tried a couple different wines. Our favorite sweet wines were Foxy and Beaches, and my favorite dry wine was the Colona Red. Nicely decorated and very relaxing atmosphere. We also thought the pricing was very reasonable. We will definitely be back!