Stone Hill Winery takes groups of 9 to 300 guests for weddings, meetings, corporate retreats, group meals, tastings and private parties. The winery stands on a hillside in Hermann, Missouri, and spreads its events across a pavilion, a restaurant set in the original carriage house, tasting rooms in the historic winery and arched cellars under the building.
Seminars and company events
A dedicated conference room near the cellars hosts private meetings, and the larger spaces suit corporate retreats, client dinners and company celebrations. A projector, a screen, microphones and Wi-Fi are available. A typical day can combine a meeting in the conference room, lunch in the restaurant and a tour of the cellars with a tasting. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, hors d'oeuvre and beverage packages are planned with the events team.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings use the Sherry House Pavilion, an indoor hall for up to 300 guests with an open-air deck overlooking the Norton vineyard and the town of Hermann. Smaller receptions and family dinners fit in the restaurant's private room, and the historic winery hall can host a cocktail hour or a tasting for wedding guests.
Rooms and capacities
The Sherry House Pavilion is the largest space, with up to 300 guests indoors and a deck for drinks or photos. The Carriage Room in Vintage 1847 Restaurant seats up to 48 for private dining, and the whole restaurant, including the Carriage Room and the Stables floor, can be booked as a buyout. In the main winery, the Founder's Tasting Room with the Museum Room, the Blue Tasting Room and the Awards Tasting Room can be reserved privately, or the full first floor can be taken as the Historic Winery Hall, with the Conservatory and the Atrium. Below ground, the Office Cellar and the Apostle Cellar offer arched cellar settings, and the 12th Street Barrel House in town adds another option. The site does not give capacities for the tasting rooms, the conference room or the cellars.
Catering
Vintage 1847 Restaurant, on site, caters events. It serves German specialties alongside American dishes and handles Sherry House events from less than 500 feet away. Group lunch and dinner menus are available, and restaurant reservations for more than eight guests go through the events team.
History and setting
Michael Poeschel, a German immigrant, sold the first Stone Hill wine in 1847. The arched underground cellars, described by the winery as the largest in North America, were mostly finished by 1869. Prohibition closed the winery in 1920, and the cellars were later used to grow mushrooms. Jim and Betty Held moved in in 1965, made the first Norton since Prohibition that fall and bought the property in 1968. Their family still runs the winery, which was designated a National Historic District in 1969.
Getting there
The winery is at 1110 Stone Hill Highway in Hermann, a Missouri River town between St. Louis and Jefferson City. The Sherry House Pavilion hosts public live music on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons, which is worth knowing when choosing a date or planning a site visit.
