Oz Winery in Wamego, KS

In July 2007, a little winery opened it's doors in Wamego, KS on KS 99 and Lincoln Avenue and is located on the Road to Oz.  The Oz Winery has established itself as the home of award-winning wines and a must-taste destination on the Road to Oz. Its wines salute the story of Dorothy, a young Kansas girl who ventured to Oz only to discover “there’s no place like home.”
The Oz Winery is a member of the Kansas Grape Growers & Winemakers Association and bottles approximately 5,000 gallons of wins a year.
The Oz Winery offers a variety of Kansas grape varietals, which include:
• Seyval
• Vignoles
• De Chaunac (offered by the bottle, 100% Kansas grapes)
• Norton (offered by the bottle, 100% Kansas grapes)
• Fredonia (offered by the bottle, 100% Kansas grapes)
Special edition and limited edition wines include:
Awards and Recognitions for Oz Winery wines:
The Oz Winery’s Emerald City Lights wine was the featured wine for the third course of the KGGWA’s Pioneer Banquet in 2009 and has received several People’s Choice Awards at the Kansas State Fair.
For those of us that love to purchase bottles of wine based on not only the bouquet of the wine but the label you will love these fun labels on your table with friends. 
Red wine labels include: Oil Can, Curl Your Stockings, Ruby Slippers, Ding Dong the Wine is Red, Drunken Munchkin, O.E.O.,  Lion, Tigers, and Bears, Oh Merlot, I'm Melting Merlot, Angry Trees, Sip and Think Some More, Flying Monkey, Run Toto Run, Squished Witch, and Witch in a Ditch
White wine labels include: Can't Find My Way Home, Emerald City Lights, Blue Gingham Dress, Poppy Fields, We're Off, Yellow Brick Road, Witch Gone Good, Fraidy Cat, Little Dog Too, and Kansas in the Rear View Mirror
Blush wine labels are Auntie Em's Prairie Rose and A Wine of a Different Color,
Dessert Wines include The Lions Courage and Surrender.
A complete list of wines made at the winery is available on the winery’s website, www.OZWineryKansas.com
Just 15 minutes east of Manhattan and 30 minutes west of Topeka, Wamego offers many other attractions and things to do in this community of 4,500 nestled along the fertile banks of the Kansas River.
• Wamego has over 90 rooms at motels and bed breakfasts.
• There are more than 16 dining options.
• The City Park is often listed among the top picnic spots in the state.
• There is access for canoeing or kayaking on the Kansas River on the south side of town.
• The Columbian Theatre features many oversized paintings from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The White City at the fair’s Columbian Exposition was the inspiration for what became the Emerald City in L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
• The Columbian Theatre, originally built by J.C. Rogers, another visitor to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and the man who brought the artifacts from the fair back to Wamego, is also the venue for live theater productions and the Swogger Gallery, which features rotating art and history exhibits.
• The Oz Museum is home to one of the largest privately owned collections of Oz memorabilia in the country. The gift shop also offers a wide selection of gifts and collectibles.
• Wamego is a vital and friendly community which is known for its festivals.
• The July 4 celebration is considered one of the largest in the state and features a carnival, parade and one of the largest fireworks displays.
• The Annual Tulip Festival is the third weekend in April and features artisans and craftspeople from all over the country set against the backdrop of 10’s of thousands of tulips.
• Every October, the OZtoberfest brings several of the original munchkins from the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz, to town, as well as many visitors and Oz fans.
• Other opportunities for sightseeing or exploring the area’s rich history include the Historical Village in the City Park, birthplace of Walter P. Chrysler and the Oregon Trail, which passed just north of Wamego.