Heaven’s Gate Winery in Belview is 2017 Redwood County Farm Family of the Year

Making wine is an exacting process.

“We call it a labor of love,” said Bonnie Marhoun of Heaven’s Gate Winery in Belview.

Bonnie, her husband, Bill, and their daughter, Bailey, have operated the winery in the small community since June 2016.

“We’re now in our second season,” said Bonnie.

While still a young operation, the Marhouns have already made a significant impact in their community and in Redwood County, as they have been named the 2017 Redwood County Farm Family of the Year.

“We feel very honored,” said Bonnie. “When I think of family farms, it’s about people with thousands of acres of land. We’re a lot smaller than that.”

On their few acres in Belview, the Marhouns have 220 apple trees growing, to include nine different varieties, and those trees produce the fruit that is used to make their wine – currently four full production varieties and a fifth that will be in full production next season.

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