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Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery
Photos: Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery (cedarridgedistillery.com/weddings)
A hilltop winery in Swisher — lovely, but the room seats 200
Iowa's well-known winery and distillery, on a hilltop above the vines about 20 minutes from the church. The event center has string-lit rafters, a curved bar and glass walls that open onto a terrace. They pour their own wines and spirits and cater in-house, so the room needs little decorating. It's polished and pretty — but the event center seats 200, which is below your 225–250.
Iowa’s best-known winery and distillery on a hilltop in Swisher — a lovely terrace and vineyard, but the event center seats 200, short of your 225–250.
Why it works
- Vineyard and hilltop views, inside and out
- Their own catering and bar — two fewer vendors to find
- Near-perfect reviews
- About 20 minutes from the church
Watch out for
- Seats 200, short of 225–250
- Prices by quote only
- Only a handful of wedding reviews
In the price
- In-house tasting bar (Cedar Ridge wines & spirits)
- Full in-house catering menu
- Hillside Suite bridal prep space + private restrooms
- Outdoor terrace access off the Event Center (weather permitting)
- String lighting / built-in room decor
How the money works
- Model
- rental + in-house catering
- Saturday
- Quoted on request. Wedding packages start around $4,350 in peak season, per WeddingWire.
- Other days
- Lower in the off-season
- Per guest
- Catering is priced by menu
- Good to know
- Cedar Ridge doesn’t publish a room fee; WeddingWire lists peak-season packages starting at $4,350, used here as a placeholder. Catering is their own in-house menu (roughly $12–50 a guest per third-party listings), billed separately.
unknown pricing · source. Prices for 2028 are usually set a year or two out and tend to rise 3–8% a year.
Rules of the house
- Catering
- Their own in-house menu
- Bar
- Their own wines and spirits
- Access
- Ask
- Ends
- Ask
- Season
- Year-round
| Event center — opens onto the terrace | 200 seated |
| Vineyard Room — showers and small dinners | 40 seated |
| Hillside Suite — getting ready |
Availability
No public calendar — reach out to set up a tour and ask about 2028.
What people say
“The setting is absolutely beautiful outside and inside…”
— WeddingWire, 2025
Couples love
- Vineyard views make the room feel finished without much extra decor
- In-house catering and wine/spirits simplify vendor coordination
- Coordinator described as responsive and hands-on through planning
- Atmosphere described as polished but relaxed, not stiff
- Food quality (in-house catering) singled out repeatedly
Mentioned as drawbacks
- One reviewer felt the end of the night was rushed
- Only a handful of wedding reviews so far
- The room is smaller than your guest list
19 minutes from St. Thomas More
1441 Marak Rd, Swisher, IA 52338
Where guests stay: No rooms on site. North Liberty, Coralville and Cedar Rapids hotels are 15–20 minutes away.
