Jim Lairmore and his daughter, Michelle Lange, pose amid the grapes growing at Inland Ocean Vineyards northeast of Hutchinson. Lairmore started the vineyard in 2018, and Lange joined the business around six years later. ADAM STEWART | HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE STAFF
Marquette grapes grow in bunches at Inland Ocean Vineyards northeast of Hutchinson. As the summer progresses and they ripen, these grapes will turn a deep purple, eventually making a dry or semi-dry red wine. ADAM STEWART | HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE STAFF
Michelle Lange pours a glass of 2024 Marquette red wine from Inland Ocean Vineyards. ADAM STEWART | HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE STAFF
Construction of a new event center is underway at Inland Ocean Vineyard northeast of Hutchinson. When completed in mid-September, the building will quintuple the vineyard’s event capacity to 150 people. ADAM STEWART | HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE STAFF
