Turtle CrossingWinery · Wisconsin Explore the vineyard
Rows of vines at Turtle Crossing Winery meet the rolling Wisconsin countryside in the glow of sunset.

Southwestern Wisconsin · Small biodynamic winery

Wine rooted in the land,
attuned to its energy.

At Turtle Crossing Winery, biodynamic growing and vibrational science meet on a small farm in southwestern Wisconsin.

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A place to begin

A quieter kind of
connection.

Here, wine begins with a relationship to the land—and an openness to the energy that moves through it.

Turtle Crossing is a small farm winery in southwestern Wisconsin. Ann Ralles brings a curious, thoughtful approach to growing grapes and making wine, bringing biodynamic care together with vibrational science.

Meet Ann Ralles
Ann Ralles among the grapevines with buckets of freshly harvested grapes.
Ann RallesIn the vineyard

The harvest

Hands in the vines,
feet on the ground.

A glimpse of grape harvest at Turtle Crossing: work shared among the vines, with the hills and farm always close by.

A group gathers at the vineyard with buckets and a harvest trailer beside the barn.
Harvest togetherAt Turtle Crossing
A close cluster of purple grapes ripening among vineyard leaves.
Fruit on the vineHarvest season

Each season brings its own work and its own character. See more of the place and the people behind the harvest.

Step into the vineyard
Four wooden wine barrels outside the winery, with green hills in the distance.
At the winerySouthwestern Wisconsin

The way we work

Made with care.
Open to resonance.

Biodynamic growing and vibrational science are part of the way Turtle Crossing approaches wine.

It is an evolving practice rooted in attentiveness: to the land, to the life around the vines, and to the qualities of the wine as it comes together.

Read about our approach
Ann Ralles beside a large white vessel in the winery.

“A new trajectory in science which can be called Life Energy Physics.”— Dr. Ann Ralles

From southwestern Wisconsin

Come closer to
the source.

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