♪♪ Continue east on the byway to Buena Vista County, where outside Linn Grove sits InnSpiration Vines & Wines, a boutique vineyard and winery known for its picturesque setting and in-house wines.

Owners Paul and Sheila Thomsen began planting grapes in 2008, and opened their tasting room in 2011.

Paul's farming and engineering background came in handy as the Thomsens got their operation off the ground, but Sheila's passion for hospitality was where inspiration first struck.

Sheila wanted to do a bed and breakfast, and so we actually built the bed and breakfast at that point in time, and just because of the ambiance of having grapes, we decided to plant a vineyard there around the bed and breakfast.

And then that kind of got snowballed into the vineyard here and a vineyard there, and a vineyard out in the field.

Then we started producing grapes and then we thought, well, maybe we have too many vineyards [chuckles] because it's a lot of work.

Kohlsdorf: With their vines planted and the bed and breakfast in full swing, Paul decided to try his hand at winemaking.

But the grapes weren't ready quite yet.

We planted a bunch of apple trees down where we lived along the river, and that was kind of where we started making wine, was with those apple trees.

And that's our first experience with what we call Apple Razz.

And we're still making Apple Razz today.

The idea initially was to sell the grapes, but once we started making wine and people liked the wine, we decided to keep -- keep making wine, so... [ Chuckles ] And open a winery.

And that's when this building started getting built.

Kohlsdorf: Paul oversaw construction of the bed and breakfast and tasting room himself.

No matter the season, Sheila keeps this destination outside Linn Grove busy with activities, from grape picking to live music.

Thomsen: I think we have a great scenic byway here and invite people to come and travel that scenic byway.

And if you're so inclined, we'd love to have you stop and have a glass of wine with us.