Mallow Run Winery & Vineyard

Mallow is one of my favorite places to go to on a lazy Saturday. They have an incredible selection of wines, complimentary tastings, as well as a great outdoor patio where you can relax and have a glass of wine while enjoying live music. I really recommend taking some time to see what this place is all about.

This winery hosts an annual «Wine at the Line» run, which I’ve participated in a couple of times with my family and friends. This year, I was planning to run in the 5 mile event, which started at 4pm. I was slightly delayed and at 4:05pm, I got to the corner of Smokey Row and Whiteland Road, about a half mile from the winery. It was completely blocked off and the police officer who was blocking it told me that all avenues to the winery were closed.
I understand that sometimes roads are closed for events, but not both lanes of every single access route. Based on the run route, there was no reason to close that avenue of approach at that time as no runners would even come near it until the end of the run (approximately 40 minutes later).
On those back country roads, there’s nowhere to park and there was no way to drive to the race, which I’d already paid for. I called the winery and was basically told «tough luck.» A gentleman who lived near the intersection saw my plight and motioned that I and some other stranded runners who also didn’t make it in time could park in his driveway if we wanted to walk the half mile to the start, which we did. But not before, the officer blocking the road threatened me with arrest (without provocation) if I drove any farther that that first driveway.
As I walked to the winery, I saw multiple cars (belonging to residents living on the roads that were closed) driving past me toward the barriers without issue. By the time I got to the winery, I’d completely missed the 5-​mile run and all of my friends and family members I was planning to participate with.
This experience ruined the day for me and has put a sour taste in my mouth for this winery. I used to enjoy going there and have bought multiple cases of wine from them in the past, but I haven’t been back since.

This is one of my favorite wineries in the whole state. Their rhubarb wine is my favorite rhubarb of any! It might be because I’m so sour that I lean toward the sweets, and as such I also like their Picnic Red, Picnic Blush, Picnic White, and Blackberry. They offer a limited number of free tastes which I applaud. Some places are charging now for any tasting, and I’m appalled by it. If you charge people to taste, they have less money to spend on bottles. The entire property is gorgeous. The renovated barn to tasting room is a beautiful space stocked with wine themed merchandise, cheese and fruit tray snacks, and of course wine. The grounds are rolling hills of green lawn and grape vines with an outdoor stage for live acts, a covered patio with seating, and the Shack where you can purchase wine and whatever is on the menu during certain events from pizza to bbq to chili. It’s the kind of place where you want to spend an afternoon or evening just lounging with friends and sipping on your favorite vino.

Tonight was a wonderful night :). Pic Nic & movie on the lawn @ mallow run winery with Aaron. Did a wine sampling and found a few new favorites. We both loved the #picnicblush made with catawba grapes, so we got a bottle for the show. Sat on a picnic table and had mason jar chili that Aaron made, which was delicious, grilled cheese, pickles of course, & home made, by me, popcorn (buttered, cheese, carmel). They showed #Fieldofdreams. It was a wonderful night.
Mallow run is a lovely venue, great for get together maybe even a wedding. The property is breath taking. The staff is friendly and knowledgable. Loved the picnic series, trimanette, moscato, and ruhbarb.

One of my new favorite places!!! Holy cow! Amazing! I am so grateful a friend showed me this hidden gem!
— Free tastings (up to 6 wines)
— Reasonably priced bottles (starting at $ 10)
— DELICIOUS wines! (I prefer sweets.)
— Beautiful location! Inside & out
If you are a wine lover — get here! I hear they have events all weekend long during the summer, and although its getting late — I am making it a priority to make it to one of them!
Definitely a must go to for all wine lovers!

I went for their luau event. The performers were great. I did not buy any of the Hawaiian food. I’m not a fan of coconut. However, many of those accompanying me ate their Aloha Hawaiian meal of BBQ chicken with pineapple over rice and a tropical fruit salad (which has coconut) for $ 8.
Even on Sunday, we are able to sample up to 6 drinks. They have dry and off-​dry to dessert wines and hard cider. I like the picnic blush wine the best of the ones I tried. I did not care for the finale wine.
This place has lots of weekend activities.

Beautiful summer day so why not spend it at a winery? Mallow Run has beautiful grounds to relax and enjoy a glass or two of their selection of wines! 6 free wine selection tastings are allowed at the tastings bar and each selection was better than the previous. Wine prices vary from approximately $ 11-​$ 16. Rhubarb and blackberry wines are amazing and highly recommended as well as their Picnic Blush! This evening a band was playing and the grounds started to fill with bachelorette parties, birthday celebrations, families, couples, etc. Mallow Run allows you to bring your own food in with alcohol having to be purchased on site. This evening, they had assorted food trucks from pizza to pretzels to pierogis as well as a food shack ran by the winery. Get there early to have a seat at a table on the patio or bring your own blankets, tailgate tents, and chairs to set up on the lawn. Definitely looking forward to my next visit to Mallow Run!

I have been a wine connoisseur (aka drink cheap wine while watching Netflix get over yourself) for some time, but had never made the trip out to Mallow Run. Located smack dab in the middle of nowhere, I was pleasantly surprised to see the vineyards scattering the Indiana landscape! I came here with a group of five women on a Saturday afternoon before it got too crowded.
When we arrived we were directed to some standing bars where we received samples of their wines. Each person could choose six wines to sample, and staff was helpful with making recommendations on wines we might like. After you sample your wines you can buy a bottle and head home or (my recommendation!) buy a bottle, some snacks and relax at a comfy table and enjoy your purchase. I enjoyed the pink moscato, and at $ 11 a bottle I felt the price was right!
Don’t come here expecting a restaurant, but they do have food trucks and stands on busy days in case you’d like to have than fruit and cheese with your wine. They have a lovely outdoor space that would be great for a large group! We saw a few bachelorette party type groups when we were there.
All in all, this was an excellent place to sample some wines and enjoy a relaxing afternoon with friends.

Great place. excellent wine tasting area. Great food trucks for outdoor concert… highly recommend

Concert and pizza night was great music had lots of variety
Recommend the chocolate cake as a desert its huge
Traminette goes well with the pepperoni and sausage pizza

Went to Mallow Run for a girlfriends day trip and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. You get 6 free tastings at the tasting bar and the staff are quite friendly and eager to answer any questions. I imagine you have to be patient too with some of the patrons that erm, really try to take advantage of these tastings. Our group was divided by the sweets and the drys — yes this is a jets vs. sharks reference. The drys chose the dry traminette and the sweets chose… well something sweet. They grow the traminette on property, which made it truly local! We took our bottles (about $ 16 ea) to a nearby table and purchased one of their cheese and grape boxes to snack on. The interior of the winery is very comfortable and country-​chic. Would have loved to hang around to listen to the live outdoor music, but we left right before a down pour. Overall a fun place to visit and worth the 30 minute drive if you’re an Indianapolis resident. I would have liked to see a few more food options, but all in all a great experience.

Beautiful tasting room, great wine, and a full calendar of fun events make Mallow Run a great place to check out. Looking forward to taking my mom for a girls day out!

I cannot say enough amazing things about this place. Wine tasting is free and the variety of wines they have available is superb. Even more than that, the environment is very welcoming. I’ve taken my parents here, as well as, my friends from college. Highly recommend!

Loved this place! My first time here and I wasn’t disappointed. Becky was a sweetheart, knowledgeable, and friendly. My sister and I bought a bottle of blackberry along with snacks (cheese/​fruit platter & crackers) and sat close to the fireplace after the (6 free) wine tastings. The surroundings are lovely. I plan on going back again (before going back home to NYC)!!!

I must be super spoiled when it comes to wine. I live by one of the best craft mead/​cider places and I get super spoiled when I head up to Leelanau Peninsula in northern Michigan.
My husband and I came here for a Sunday afternoon fun time and I felt like the youngest person in there. Oh wait. I was. By like 20 years. Oops. Whatever though. I like wine. Good wine.
This was good wine. Not great wine. The service was fine and the people were generous to assist us as they were decently busy. I just didn’t find anything that I was going crazy for. Which is unusual for me because I always find something. Nothing sparked my interest. They specialized to much in the sweet Indiana wines which is not me. Their drier wines just didn’t have the oomph I look for. None of the wines were bad, they just weren’t my style. Other people might totally disagree and I get it.
I would like to come back though in the summer because they are known for their outdoor music and revelry. And I would like to try their wines again because who knows? Taste buds can change right?!

My wife and I were recently invited out by some of our friends — apparently there was some sort of event going on at a winery south of town and they thought it would be fun to check out. Being the fun, adventurous people that we are, we decided to join. When we got to Mallow Run Winery we found out that this wasn’t just some little event — it was more of a midsized festival and definitely a lot bigger deal than any of us thought it would be. And it was free! The large field in front of the winery was full of cars and the lawn was packed with people like us touting picnic blankets and Pinot Grigio. They had a good sized stage set up to facilitate the evening’s entertainment, the local band «Tastes Like Chicken», and had the tasting room open for free tastings. We all enjoyed a few tastes of what they had to offer and, once we got a good feel of what we liked, we picked out a few bottles to take home and one to share back out on the lawn. They also had a bunch of food trucks lined up to provide refreshments. We were going to partake, but by the time we began looking into getting grub a lot of the trucks were out of food. Apparently we’ll have to come early next time if we want to eat.
This winery scores very highly for me. Free tastings are a rarity it seems, so it was great to visit a winery that still does that. An event like this for free was also very impressive. We had a lot of fun and will definitely be back once when we need to restock.

I love this Winery! Such a cool place in/​near Center Grove, aka my old stomping grounds. The wine is great, if you like sweet stuff that is kind of their specialty but they do have a few drier and darker types. I tried their *NEW* Pinot Grigio a few weeks ago and LOVED IT.
Mallow Run also hosts a lot of events in the warmer months — Wine @ The Line 5K [last year Indy food trucks came!]; concerts ranging from Symphony Orchestras to Jennie DeVoe and in-​between; and Sundays where you can get fresh soup & wine.
The main storefront/​wine bar building is a 100+ year old hay barn, all but a handful of wood is the original stuff. *Historical note* — there is a Mallow Run Cemetery close by too!
They are also pretty good about private events. We had a surprise party for my mom on a Thursday evening [great time], and were able to reserve it in less than 3 weeks from the planned event’s date. The wine bar allows for up to 6 free tastings, after that you can buy by the the glass or bottle. For our event our family bought 10 bottles, which including the free tastings was the perfect amount. They also allowed us to bring in meat/​cheese/​crackers trays and a cake.
This is truly a hidden gem on the [far] southside.

The wife and I had such a good time here during the summer, that when the Deal Chicken offer came up for the «winter warmer» package, I had to buy it.
Winter warmer: pay a set price and get a bowl of homemade soup (which changes each weekend), fresh bread, and a glass of wine. And of course free tastings.
My wife and I settled on the weekend of chicken tortilla. Worried the soup wouldn’t be filling, we added a small cheese/​fruit tray. We were wrong. We got a huge bowl of delicious soup and it was a chore, albeit an enjoyable one, to force down the cheese and fruit.
We had a lovely date in the middle of the day during the winter. The band was just starting when we left (2pm) and sounded pretty good.
The winter warmer package runs through March 2014. If you like good wine, tasty fresh soup, and live music, head south for a fun day.

While on a wine bus tour with Bada Bing Limo we had the pleasure of making Mallow Run our first stop along the 4 winery journey. (Lucky for Mallow because boy, oh boy did we have a spending frenzy — this was essentially our stock the limo bar stop).
Highlights:
–beautiful wine tasting room filled with natural light and great views of the rolling vineyard hills
–THAT RHUBARB WINE! Despite my distaste for sweet wines, this one did me in. The tartness tasted like I just took a bite off of a fresh stalk of rhubarb from my mother’s garden. Pure deliciousness. Plus, I’m all about experimental-​ish wines made with different fruits.
–Free tasting of 6 wines
–I highly recommend giving the Reindeer Red (mulled version) a try — note that it is seasonal but if your timing is right — happy day.
–small cubed cheese/​crackers available for those wanting to picnic on site without buying full blocks
–summer concerts in the vineyard are supposed to be a hit — next year — mark my word, I’ll make it to one!
Happy wine-​ing dear Unilocaler!

Who says Indiana doesn’t have good wine? I’m here to tell you they have never been to Mallow Run!
Mallow Run is a good 40 minute drive from west side and downtown Indy. It is worth the drive. When you arrive at the location you drive down a gravel path between rows and rows of grapevines! It’s an awesome sight when the rows are full of grapes. There is plenty of parking — a large are at the bottom and some off to the side of the entrance.
When you stop and look around you see a rather large grassy area. Mallow Run has many events and this area is perfect for tossing a blanket down and enjoying the music or hula dancers. During the down months being your dog out and toss around the ball.
They have two outdoor seating areas — upper and lower decks. For popular events arrive early for a good seat.
The inside of Mallow Run is a wonderful rustic oasis full of unique items.
You are able to taste 6 types of their wines at no charge. Make sure you try the Vino Rosso and Foche! They also have a great sparking Traminette. For sale are fruit and cheese trays, dips, and of course all their wines. The prices for a bottle range from $ 12-​$ 30.
Make sure you stop by for a little fun!