Autumn Harvest Winery and Orchard

About Winery and Wines

Nestled in the heart of apple orchard country, Autumn Harvest Winery was opened in July of 2005 by John and Marykay McIlquham. The McIlquham namesake has been growing apples in the small township of Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin since the 1920s. As of Spring 2015, Chad McIlquham and his wife Jean (Beej) are happy to announce they will be the new owners of Autumn Harvest Winery and Orchard. Our story goes like this: Since 1924 County Hwy OO has been the location of McIlquham Orchards, first owned and operated by John D. McIlquham and his brother James. In 1976, Chad’s grandparents, Bill and Ardith McIlquham, cousins of John D., purchased and operated half of the orchard until their son Bill took over the entire orchard in 2000. Meanwhile, John D McIlquham’sfamily tree eldest son John J. and his wife Katherine owned and operated an orchard a mile east which they named J&K Orchard (our current location), purchased in 1964. John J. and Katherine operated both locations until their retirement in 2000, when Bill McIlquham junior took over the OO orchard and John E. and Marykay took over J&K. These two orchards remained separate despite a similar name and overlapping ownership between John and Bill McIlquham.