Nissen leans all the way into outlaw country — and in northern Cedar County, on a National Scenic Byway, it earns it. The wines are named for Jesse James and Doc Middleton, and the tasting room deals in genuine outlaw lore from the Missouri River valley’s wilder days.
This is one of Nebraska’s true hidden-gem tasting rooms: small, personality-driven, and thoroughly of its place. The valley’s limestone bluffs and river history give the wines and the stories the same backdrop. It’s the kind of stop you plan a drive around, not through.
Pair it with Hard Patch Brewing across the Hartington area for the full Cedar County tasting day.