Dennis Drummond Wine Co
The Drummonds moved to the Brainerd Lakes Area in the mid-2000s after spending many years in California. Drawn by the region’s potential and encouraged by local community leaders, they purchased property along Thiesse Road and began planning a winery and event destination. After years of planning and navigating regulatory challenges, they opened the facility in 2017.
The winery is one of the first in Crow Wing County and includes a winemaking and tasting room, wine tours, a bistro-style restaurant, and event space for weddings and gatherings.
Dennis Drummond is a veteran winemaker and co-founder of Dennis Drummond Wine Co. Together with his wife, Jody Drummond, he brought a long-held vision to life by establishing a boutique winery, bistro, and event center located just south of Brainerd, Minnesota.
Dennis Drummond
Winemaker, Production Manager
Dennis has a Masters Degree in Fermentation Science from the University of California, Davis and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Farm Management from the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. He is an award-winning winemaker with more than twenty-five years of experience.
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Jody Drummond
General Manager/Events Coordinator
Jody has more than thirty years of experience in the hospitality, restaurant, and catering industries. She has managed hundreds of events over the course of her career, including more than 300 weddings. She has served as a wine buyer for several establishments, including management of a wine bar that offered more than forty wines by the glass. At the Santa Rosa Country Club in Sonoma County, California, where she worked for five years, she managed a staff of more than eighty and was responsible for food and beverage service for the club’s multiple hospitality centers, including its signature restaurant and banquet facility with a 300-person seating capacity.
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