Visit Our Feature Exhibit
The Winery Building is Farmington's most historic building
Built as a powerhouse in 1899, it was converted into the LaSalle Winery by Morris Twoney owner of The Windsor Wine Company. He moved the operation to Farmington and began to operate as The La Salle Winery on April 10th 1933. just as Prohibition came to an end.
Did You Know?
The La Salle Wine company was once the largest winery in Michigan and the third largest in the united states?
LaSalle Wine AdLaSalle's Unique Concrete Aging Vats
The LaSalle Winery was converted from an electric powerhouse to a
winery therefore several unique features were added in order to
produce wine.
One of these features is a series of concrete vats which were used
for aging some of the wines at the winery. These vats were made of
poured concrete much like a basement is made today. The only way to
get inside through a was a small opening less than 2 feet tall and
one foot wide.
These vats were built in the early 1930's and were made of concrete
and lined with window glass to seal the vats to keep the wine
inside.
These vats are unique to The Old Winery and can not be seen
anywhere else.
