Apple Barn Orchard & Winery — Attraction in Town of Sugar Creek

Sixteen years ago, when our family moved to southeast Wisconsin, we visited the Apple Barn during its annual Apple Festival. The festival offered music from various vocalists and bands. Dance groups performed on a portable dance floor. There were several bounce houses and slide for the children, a gentleman who made balloon animals, and face painting for the kids. In the orchard area, there was a tent set up for vendors to display/sell their merchandise. Customers could purchase a bag for a reasonable fee and walk through the orchard picking apples from various trees within the orchard as well as picking a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. Hayrides were offered through the orchard to the customers. The general store was open for customers to purchase apples, wine, cheeses, and pies. Brats, apple sundaes and fresh cider donuts were available for purchase at a separate concession stand.

Since our family had not visited the orchard in six years, we decided to attend the annual Apple Festival this past September. All I can say is times have changed, and the festival is not what it used to be. There was one band performing while we were there. One bounce house and the balloon man who makes balloon animals were all that was available for the kids. In the orchard area, a tent was set up for vendors to display/sell their merchandise. At the time we were there, only five vendors were in the tent. The cost of the bag to fill with apples had tripled in price. Majority of the orchard was roped off, so customers could only pick from two rows of apple trees. Customers were no longer given access to the pumpkin patch, and hayrides were non-existent. Everywhere you went in the orchard there were signs informing customers of what they could/couldn't do in the orchard and on the farm property. The cider donuts we purchased were cold/greasy. As with the price of apples, the price of merchandise in the general store had increased too.

At the end of the day, our family decided we would not be returning to the Apple Barn Apple Festival again. Next year, we will drive to Gays Mills when it is apple...

The perfect place to visit in the fall from u-pick apples to free wine tasting to free tractor rides to live music to hot apple cider donuts! My friend and I visited on a Saturday morning. Parking is free and in a grass lot. There's a green space with picnic tables, lawn and table games, live music, food trucks, wine tasting, coffee truck, apple cider donuts, and a gift shop. The wine was interesting as it was made from a variety of apples and one was even made from blueberries. As other reviews mention, the apple cider donuts are delicious! They sell them in minimum 1/2 dozen quantities and do take credit card payment. The apple picking and tractor ride are across the street and they have a worker stationed to help you cross the street. It was fun to go through the orchard on the tractor and see all their different varieties of apples. The only thing we would have preferred was if they allowed the sale of single apples. As we were from out of town, we would have loved to buy one or two apples but their gift shop only sold in...

What a disappointment. My family and I drove 2 hours to check out a new place for fall only to find out we couldn’t do the majority of the stuff since it’s only available on weekends which I didn’t see stated anywhere on the website. The lady at the register was rude about it and looked at us like we were stupid for asking questions and the other lady working followed us around the store telling us where to find an ATM so we could make a donation. UPDATE: Since I can’t reply to the lovely owners response, I checked the website before DRIVING 2 HOURS and saw nothing about Saturday And Sundays only, could I have missed it, absolutely but your abundance of signs means nothing after already driving 2 hours. We in fact did find a MUCH better farm with not only free parking, free entry AND friendly employees, but lots to do! Of course you offer free entry when you offer absolutely nothing. Hope...