Deere in the headlights, aka wine roadkill at The John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, July 3-6, 2025

Well, this is a first. We’ve finally, on our third visit, come back to a market where the wine scene has regressed into…nothing! If you browse around you can find occasional references to good wine bars, although I suspect these would fall short of expectations if their wares were visible online. But the only two restaurants with decent lists we knew about closed last year. So there’s literally nothing to recommend. For love or money it appears you can’t buy a good bottle of wine in the Quad Cities.

What comes first, supply or demand? Could someone with a little knowledge and passion raise the “bar” for wines and stimulate demand, or are the Quad Cities just a vinous dead zone? Entrepreneurs, the door is wide open.

Maybe try Duck City Bistro and Cru Wine Bar based on hearsay but that’s all we got. Sad.