As the Leelanau Enterprise reports, this was a record breaking year for the annual Harvest Stompede - Annual Vineyard Run & Walk. The event hosted more than 900 runners and walkers in the race among grapevines and nearly 1,000 participants in the wine trail tour.
A blogger named Ken has a nice retrospective on his experience [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Harvest Stompede 2008 a Smashing Success!
September 26, 2008 – 12:35 pm
2008 Leelanau Harvest Stompede Photos & Race Results
September 22, 2008 – 8:56 am
Click for 2008 Harvest Stompede race results from Classic Race Management (who again did an amazing job of running the race!)
View a set of 150+ photos from the 2008 Harvest Stompede (slideshow) on Flickr. Carol aka Church of One has some great photos in her Harvest Stompede 2008 set - check out the slideshow for [...]
Let's get STOMPING!
September 19, 2008 – 10:55 am
The photo is 1st Annual … 2001 and is a picture of a shirt from (you guessed it) the 1st Harvest Stompede in 2001. This year there are over 650 runners registered making it the biggest ever!
A reminder that you can head over to the Holiday Inn West Bay in TC tonight starting at 5 [...]
Vineyards gear up for annual grape harvest, tasting season
September 16, 2008 – 11:35 am
Bill O'Brien of the Traverse-City Record Eagle has a nice piece on this year's grape harvest in Northern Michigan. It looks to be another good year for winemakers and wine lovers alike.
Northern Michigan vineyards are quiet these days, the fruit soaking up late summer sunshine, even as the region's other top crops are carted [...]
Harvest Stompede Packet Pickup Party at Holiday Inn
September 11, 2008 – 3:15 pm
If you are participating in the race portion of the event the packet pickup will be at the Holiday Inn West Bay on Friday, Sept 19 in the conference room from 5-10pm.
There are over 600 participants this year, and packet pick-up is encouraged because it expedites things on race day morning.
The Holiday Inn West Bay [...]
Monica: Is it possible you could sell your Witches Brew year round? I was at the store this Christmas season and new...
Wine Blog: Congrats on the successful harvest!
Malu Coe: Good work, Andy. Keep spreading the word about the best wine trail in the US!
Warren Raftshol: What do you put this stuff on? Raftshol for Governor 2010