Wine Chips 2026

Earn them. Redeem them. Enjoy Nebraska Wine.

  • A wine chip is a physical token worth real value at participating Nebraska wineries and at TOAST Nebraska Wine Festival. Each year's chips are issued in new colors, and 2026 chips must be redeemed by January 31, 2027.

  • All 2026 wine chips expire on January 31, 2027. After that date they are no longer valid for redemption. Chips do not roll over between seasons — each year's chips are a different color and cannot be transferred to a future year.

  • There are three ways to earn 2026 wine chips:

    1. Redeem points on the Nebraska Wine Passport Discovery Pass for wine chips.

    2. Win Wine Bingo at TOAST Nebraska Wine Festival.

    3. Select TOAST tickets include wine chips as part of the experience.

  • You have two ways to use your chips:

    • At TOAST Nebraska Wine Festival — hand your chips to any participating winery booth.

    • Directly at a participating winery — bring your chips with you when you visit. See the list below.

  • Wine chips are treated like cash. Lost, stolen, or damaged chips will not be replaced. If you lose it, that's on you — we cannot track individual chips back to the person they were issued to.

  • Present your 2026 chips at any of these locations during normal operating hours. Call ahead to confirm hours before you visit.

    1. Broken Arrow Cellars

    2. Capitol View Winery & Vineyards

    3. Cellar 426 Winery

    4. Deer Springs Winery

    5. Feather River Vineyards

    6. Glacial Till Vineyard & Winery

    7. James Arthur Vineyards

    8. Junto Wine

    9. Mac's Creek Winery & Vineyards

    10. Miletta Vista Winery

    11. Native 32 Winery

    12. Niobrara Valley Vineyards

    13. Nissen Wines

    14. Papa Moon

    15. Prairie Creek Vineyard & Winery

    16. Rich Harvest Vineyard and Winery

    17. Safehouse Winery

    18. Three Brothers Vineyard

    19. Whiskey Run Creek Vineyard

    • Wine chips are the property of NWGGA and are redeemable only at participating Nebraska wineries and at TOAST Nebraska Wine Festival.

    • 2026 wine chips must be redeemed by January 31, 2027. Chips presented after this date are invalid and will not be honored.

    • Wine chips are issued in a new color each season and do not carry over between years.

    • Chips are non-transferable to future seasons, non-refundable, and have no cash value.

    • Lost, stolen, or damaged chips will not be replaced.

    • Wine chips are earned only through the Discovery Pass, Wine Bingo at TOAST, or included with qualifying TOAST tickets. They are not distributed by wineries outside of these channels.

    • NWGGA reserves the right to modify program terms at any time.

  • Thank you for accepting wine chips at your location. This section outlines your responsibilities as a redeeming partner in the 2026 Nebraska Wine Passport program.

    Quarterly mailing schedule

    Wineries are responsible for all redeemed wine chips. Collect them throughout each quarter and mail the full batch to the NWGGA office by these deadlines:

    QuarterRedemption windowMailing deadlineQ1Feb 1 – Apr 30, 2026May 1, 2026Q2May 1 – Jul 31, 2026August 1, 2026Q3Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2026November 1, 2026Q4 (final)Nov 1, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027February 1, 2027

    ⚠️ No reimbursement for unmailed chips

    NWGGA will not reimburse for wine chips that are not mailed in on a quarterly schedule. Chips must be submitted in one consolidated shipment per quarter — do not send chips individually as they are redeemed. Shipping costs are the winery's responsibility.

    What to include with every shipment

    • All wine chips redeemed during the quarter, in one envelope or package

    • Your winery name written clearly

    • Your return address for reimbursement processing

    • A point of contact (name, email, or phone) in case we have questions

    Mail chips to: Nebraska Winery & Grape Growers Association Attn: Wine Chip Redemption [NWGGA mailing address] [City, NE · ZIP]

    Honor system — Discovery Pass redemption

    Wine chips are not to be distributed at your location under any circumstance unless a Discovery Pass holder shows you their valid prize redemption page on the Bandwango platform. Chips are earned — never handed out at the tasting room as a gift, promotion, or courtesy. Violating this undermines the program for every participating winery.

    When a guest shows you a valid redemption page, verify it shows their name and the current prize tier, then hand over the appropriate number of 2026 chips.

    After January 31, 2027

    Do not accept 2026 chips after January 31, 2027. The 2027 season will issue chips in a new color — chips from different years cannot be mixed or substituted.