Pre-celebrate Father’s Day with dad, granddad, uncle, or a friend with a Tempranillo Vertical Flight at Bitner Vineyards with an acoustic guitar performance by Steve Fultz during your tasting reservation.
Celebrate the first day of summer with Barbera 2019 Release.
A unique and very special grape variety in Idaho,
this Barbera will be the last vintage sold at Bitner Vineyards.
2019 BARBERA
Doc Ollie Block
300 Vines. No Mechanism. No Round-Up.
This Barbera was farmed by our dear friend and neighbor, Dr. Steve Ollie. Each vine cared for by Ollie, who genuinely loves the earth and beauty of Idaho. He aimed to harvest each grape as naturally and uniquely as the Sunnyslope region, backdropped by the untouched beauty of the Owyhee Mountains.
Barbera is a unique grape variety in Idaho that we are blessed to share with you. This Barbera showcases the terroir of the sun-drenched Snake River Valley. On the nose, you’ll find herbaceous and berry aromas. This fruit-forward expression has subtle and well-integrated flavors of raspberry, pomegranate, cinnamon, and a hint of vanilla. The finish lingers, leaving you with a deep sense of place — the bliss of Idaho’s high desert region.
Doc Ollie Barbera Vineyard Sold at Bitner Vineyards - Case Production
2019: 46 cases
2018: 79 cases
2017: No vintage
2016: 66 cases
2015: 22 cases
Photo taken by Doug Woods: Doc Ollie and Amy Bitner celebrating the 2019 Barbera harvest.
National Pollinator Week / June 16 - 22, 2025
Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally to support pollinator health. It's a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what we can do to protect them.
Dr. Ron Bitner will have an informal discussion on the bees of the Treasure Valley, Idaho and enjoy with a Tempranillo Erelexte Vertical.
Saturday, June 21 / (12:45 - 1:00pm) & (2:30 - 2:45pm)
Click here to schedule a reservation.
Visit www.pollinator.org for information and resources on the importance of bees and other pollinators.
Join us at Bitner Vineyards for
Wine on the rocks (and soils).
Walt Snyder (Emeritus Professor) and David Wilkins (Assoc. Professor) from the Department of Geosciences at Boise State will give an informal talk on our deck about the underlying geology, soils, and climate that make SW Idaho an excellent place for wine grapes.
Walt is a sedimentologist and will talk about the deeper geologic history of Lake Idaho. David is a geomorphologist who will discuss how geology and more recent geologic activity contribute to the terroir that defines Idaho wine.
$25 / $15 Member. Includes a glass of Terrosa 2020.
Limit 20 people, Reservations are required. To reserve your spot email Amy Bitner at sales@bitnervineyards.com
Enjoy a beautiful day and a Tempranillo Vertical Flight at Bitner Vineyards, with Paul Roach performing the piano during your wine tasting.
Join Bitner Vineyards at the Farm to Fork Market in Indian Creek Plaza, Caldwell.
120 S. Kimball Caldwell, Idaho 83605
With over 30 vendors every week, make your way downtown every Tuesday evening to stock up on local produce, relax, and listen to live bands from Tuesdays on the Creek on the plaza nearby.
Bitner Vineyards will be pouring wine:
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 / 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dry Rose, High Desert White, Cabernet Sauvignon, Terrosa, & Las Tres Mujeres
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 / 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We look forward to seeing you on the Creek!
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards, with Paul Roach performing the piano during your wine tasting.
1 ticket per person includes: 1 appetizer, 1 dinner, 1 glass of Dry Rose, Miss Kathy’s Decadent Brownie, & Tipping Gratuity to Horsewood Catering.
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards with an acoustic guitar performance by Grayson Ackerland during your tasting reservation. Grayson has performed at Bitner Vineyards for over 10 years (since he was 10 years old) with his granddad, Mississippi Marshall.
Celebrate the start of Idaho Wine Month with a Tempranillo Vertical Flight and amazing music.
Patio Reservations are Required - Click Here to Reserve.
Savor Idaho features all Idaho wine and cider and will give you a taste through our great wine community.
Bitner Vineyards will be pouring at Savor Idaho
Sunday, June 8, 2025 / 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Idaho Botanical Gardens
Purchase your tickets before they sell out!
Click here to view more details and purchase tickets.
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards with an acoustic guitar performance by Grayson Ackerland during your tasting reservation. Grayson has performed at Bitner Vineyards for over 10 years (since he was 10 years old) with his granddad, Mississippi Marshall.
This will be Grayson’s debut as a solo performer. Celebrate the start of Idaho Wine Month with a Tempranillo Vertical Flight and amazing music.
Patio Reservations are Required - Click Here to Reserve.
Join us in celebrating Idaho Wine Month with a Tempranillo Vertical at Bitner Vineyards.
Tempranillo – Erlexte Vertical Flight
2021 / 2018 / 2015
Sunday, June 1
Sunday, June 8
Saturday, June 14
Saturday, June 21 & Sunday, June 22
Cost: $60 / $45 Member (Non-Refundable).
Cost includes: 2021 (4 oz. pour) / 2018 (2 oz. pour), 2015 (2 oz. pour)
Tempranillo Erlexte 2015
Platinum, Wine Press NW 19th Platinum Judging, Winter 2019
Gold, Idaho Wine Competition 2019
Retired bee biologist Ron Bitner is among the champions in Idaho for the early-ripening Spanish red grape, and his proprietary name for this marquee bottling of Tempranillo pulls from the Basque term “beehive.” His longtime winemaker and friend, Greg Koenig, worked with Dale Jeffers’ fruit from the breadbasket that is Skyline Vineyards for an incredibly complex and spicy Tempranillo. It’s loaded with blackberry and cherry, cured meat and coffee notes that trail off with a long, savory element.
”Erle” is bee and “Etxe” is house. Put together, these words form beehive or where the bees live. Erletxe. Pronounced “air” and then “ leche” (just like milk in Spanish.)
Cases Remaining: 4
Join Bitner Vineyards at the Farm to Fork Market at Indian Creek Plaza in Caldwell.
With over 30 vendors every week, make your way downtown every Tuesday evening to stock up on local produce, relax, and listen to live bands from Tuesdays on the Creek on the plaza nearby.
Bitner Vineyards will be pouring wine:
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 / 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dry Rose, High Desert White, Cabernet Sauvignon, Terrosa, & Las Tres Mujeres
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 / 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We look forward to seeing you on the Creek!
World Bee Day is May 20, 2025. Every year on this date, the global public is reminded of the importance of preserving bees and other pollinators.
Join us in celebrating this special day with our newly released
2024 Dry Rose - Worker Bee Collection
The Worker Bee Collection Series / Dr. Ron Bitner, internationally known bee biologist has worked with bees for over 50 years. He is on the Board of Directors of the Pollinator Partnership and has been the principal investigator of a multi-year survey of native bees in the Treasure Valley, which pollinates the crops of southwest Idaho. To date, 72 distinct species have been identified. This vintage, we celebrate Halictus ligatus, a species of sweat bee from the family Halictidae, among the species that mine or burrow into the ground to create their nests. This bee is classified as a “generalist,” meaning it is known to feed on a wide variety of flowers. One of their favorites is the dandelion early in the spring, which is rendered here beautifully by artist Felicia Weston.
Pollinator Partnership (www.pollinator.org) has a wealth of information and resources to help protect, preserve, and promote bees and other pollinators.
Pre-Celebrate Mother’s Day,
Friday, May 9 & Saturday, May 10, 2025 / 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Celebrate mom, grandmother, sister, aunt, or a dear friend with a
Menopause Merlot Vertical 2019, 2018, 2016, and a future boutique of native flowers.
**Lady Members receive for free (1) Merlot Vertical flight 2016,2018, 2019, and (1) packet of native flower seeds.
Available to members only and their guests (groups of 6 or less).
Members, if you have a group of 6 or more, email amy@bitnervineyards.com, and if space is available, we will try to accommodate your larger group.
Any questions, contact Amy Bitner at amy@bitnervineyards.com
Tasting Room Closed: Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, 2025
Enjoy a beautiful spring day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards with acoustic guitar performed by Steve Fultz during your tasting reservation.
Patio Reservations are Required - Click Here to Reserve
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Join us for a spring wine club pick-up celebration!
Members Only & Their Guests
Enjoy Off The Grid Pizza, Piano Performed by Paul Roach, and Mi Tierra Vertical Wine Flight with our Wine Club Spring Release wines:
Menopause Merlot 2020 and High Desert White 2023;
wines promise to be extra delicious with
Off the Grid Pizza
Sunday, April 27 / 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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Piano Performed by Paul Roach
Sunday, April 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
There are a few reservations available for groups of 6 or fewer.
Patio reservations are required and are available only to members and their guests due to limited seating and staffing.
If patio reservations are booked, no worries—feel free to stop by and place a pizza order for takeout.
We recommend placing your pizza order 5-10 minutes before your reservation.
Please note that outside food and drink are not permitted during this event. If you are found to have brought in outside food or drink, a $20 “foodage fee” will be charged, with $20 going directly to Off The Grid Pizza.
Thank you for supporting Idaho’s small family businesses.
Enjoy a beautiful spring day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards with acoustic guitar performed by Steve Fultz during your tasting reservation.
Patio Reservations are Required - Click Here to Reserve
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Enjoy a beautiful spring day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Enjoy a beautiful fall day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Enjoy a beautiful fall day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Enjoy a beautiful fall day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Enjoy a beautiful fall day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Idaho PBS is re-airing Beyond the Buzz and interviewing Dr. Ron Bitner on the bees in Idaho.
Beyond the Buzz Bitner Vineyards is honored and excited to work with Producer/director Forrest Burger to share the grassroots efforts to help Idaho’s bees. Stock up on your Bitner wine for a home viewing party and get a look at Idaho Public Television’s Outdoor Idaho airing Beyond The Buzz - A look at bees in Idaho.
There are 20,000 native species of bees in the world, 4,000 in the U.S., and around 700 in the state of Idaho. The majority are ground nesters. Rapid human growth threatens their habitat as earthmovers scoop them up to make way for new businesses and subdivisions.
Dr. Ron Bitner is a renowned bee expert who has traveled the world studying bees. Now he’s working with the University of Idaho, Oregon State University and the USDA bee lab in Logan, Utah, to document bee in Idaho to see what can be done to keep them healthy.
12:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Reservations Are Required - Click Here to Reserve
Weather Permitting -
Enjoy Hortenica’s homemade Chili, 2011 Red Dessert Wine with coffee or hot chocolate, and a reserve wine flight.
Bitner Vineyards may not have barrel tastings, but we have a wine fortified with Grappa and barrel-aged for 10 years (Alc. 21%).
Our Red Dessert Wine 2011 will help keep you warm and cozy.
$15 Flight / Members—2 Free Flights
Reserve Flight: 2018 Mi Tierra, 2017 Terrosa Reserve, 2019 Syrah
1.5 oz pour per sample. Non Refundable.
$35 / $25 Member
Dress warmly: all wine flights are served on the patio with limited seating and heaters— Members and their Guests Only (groups of 6 or fewer).
Wine tastings are dependent on the weather. Should weather conditions change—rain, wind, snow —we will not be able to accommodate wine tastings.
Please visit www.bitnervineyards.com on the day of your reservation for any updates or call 208.455.1870.
Closed Sunday, December 1, 2024
12:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Reservations Are Required - Click Here to Reserve
Weather Permitting -
Enjoy Hortenica’s homemade Chili, 2011 Red Dessert Wine with coffee or hot chocolate, and a reserve wine flight.
Bitner Vineyards may not have barrel tastings, but we have a wine fortified with Grappa and barrel-aged for 10 years (Alc. 21%).
Our Red Dessert Wine 2011 will help keep you warm and cozy.
$15 Flight / Members—2 Free Flights
Reserve Flight: 2018 Mi Tierra, 2017 Terrosa Reserve, 2019 Syrah
1.5 oz pour per sample. Non Refundable.
$35 / $25 Member
Dress warmly: all wine flights are served on the patio with limited seating and heaters— Members and their Guests Only (groups of 6 or fewer).
Wine tastings are dependent on the weather. Should weather conditions change—rain, wind, snow —we will not be able to accommodate wine tastings.
Please visit www.bitnervineyards.com on the day of your reservation for any updates or call 208.455.1870.
Closed Sunday, December 1, 2024
Enjoy a beautiful fall day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting. (Nice weather permitting)
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards with acoustic guitar performed by Steve Fultz during your tasting reservation.
Patio Reservations are Required - Click Here to Reserve
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Bitner Vineyards is honored and excited to work with Producer/director Forrest Burger to share the grassroots efforts to help Idaho’s bees. Stock up on your Bitner wine for a home viewing party and get a look at Idaho Public Television’s Outdoor Idaho airing Beyond The Buzz - A look at bees in Idaho.
There are 20,000 native species of bees in the world, 4,000 in the U.S., and around 700 in the state of Idaho. The majority are ground nesters. Rapid human growth threatens their habitat as earthmovers scoop them up to make way for new businesses and subdivisions.
Dr. Ron Bitner is a renowned bee expert who has traveled the world studying bees. Now he’s working with the University of Idaho, Oregon State University and the USDA bee lab in Logan, Utah, to document bee in Idaho to see what can be done to keep them healthy.
Enjoy a beautiful fall day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting.
Bitner Vineyards is honored and excited to work with Producer/director Forrest Burger to share the grassroots efforts to help Idaho’s bees. Stock up on your Bitner wine for a home viewing party and get a look at Idaho Public Television’s Outdoor Idaho airing Beyond The Buzz - A look at bees in Idaho.
There are 20,000 native species of bees in the world, 4,000 in the U.S., and around 700 in the state of Idaho. The majority are ground nesters. Rapid human growth threatens their habitat as earthmovers scoop them up to make way for new businesses and subdivisions.
Dr. Ron Bitner is a renowned bee expert who has traveled the world studying bees. Now he’s working with the University of Idaho, Oregon State University and the USDA bee lab in Logan, Utah, to document bees in Idaho to see what can be done to keep them healthy.
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards with acoustic guitar performed by Steve Fultz during your tasting reservation.
Patio Reservations are Required - Click Here to Reserve
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Enjoy a beautiful fall day at Bitner Vineyards with piano performed by Paul Roach during your wine tasting.
Cliff’s Country Market in Caldwell, Idaho, is celebrating its second anniversary (under new ownership with the Cunningham Family). To help with the celebration, Amy Bitner will pour several Bitner Vineyards wines on Wednesday, October 2 (2:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.).
Cliff’s Country Market
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 / 2:00 pm - 4:00 p m
217 Blaine Street
Caldwell, Idaho 83605
Enjoy a beautiful day at Bitner Vineyards with acoustic guitar performed by Steve Fultz during your tasting reservation.
Patio Reservations are Required - Click Here to Reserve
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