OUR STORY
Just after dusk on Monday, October 10th, 1932 federal agents set upon Harvest Homestead Farm in Pine Plains, New York. There, they uncovered the largest bootlegging operation ever found in Dutchess County - a massive underground concrete bunker containing two 2,000 gallon stills, 10,000 pounds of sugar, and 1,000 gallons of Sugar Wash Moonshine. A sprawling network of interconnected tunnels spread throughout the property made it "one of the most extensive and elaborate layouts ever found."
Legend has it that the notorious new York City bootlegger, Dutch Schultz, was the mastermind and financier of the operation. Just three years later, the Dutchman would be dead, gunned down by his own syndicate. Locals called the hooch simply "the best."
Since his death in 1935, rumors have proliferated about the whereabouts of Dutch’s buried treasure up near the craggy ranges of the Catskill Mountains– one of his favorite getaways. In 2010, a different kind of fortune was unearthed in the town of Pine Plains, New York. Less than a mile from the town center stood a 400 acre swath of land known as Harvest Homestead Farm. It was in the heart of this land, beneath a nondescript bunkhouse atop a hill, that the real treasure was buried. It wasn't the legendary suitcase of gold or cash. It wasn't a trove of jewels or stacks of bonds. It was a find much more rare and valuable to its beholders.
Discovered on the farm were the foundations of a sprawling complex – a clandestine distillery, the likes of which had never been seen before.
Weddings and Private Events
Situated on over 400 acres at Harvest Homestead Farm in the bucolic Hudson Valley plains, the newly revitalized Dutch's Spirits couples breathtaking vistas of the surrounding hills and a lush, level lawn with several unique indoor and outdoor areas to host your event!
