Wine: Serving 2006 Arcturos Pinot Noir
Food: Braised short ribs in a cabernet franc sauce.
Why: The 2006 Acrturos Pinot Noir that you will be sampling shows ripe cherry and raspberry notes with balanced tannins and a touch of pepper on the finish. This Pinot has enough body to hold up with the bold flavors of [...]
Category Archives: Black Star Farms
Winemaker's Choice: Lee Lutes of Black Star Farms
April 21, 2008 – 1:19 pm
Drink Spring!
February 22, 2008 – 2:25 pm
Who cares what the ground hog sees? Rejoice in the upcoming spring equinox with Black Star Farms Old Mission and TASTES in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons. It is time for a great spring celebration featuring our two new agricultural destinations. We invite you to share the fruits of previous labors while toasting to [...]
Grand Opening Ceremony at Black Star Farms Old Mission and TASTES of Black Star Farms
February 22, 2008 – 2:24 pm
March 14th –– Join us as we make our two newest locations “official” with ribbon cutting ceremonies from the Chamber of Commerce. Ribbon cutting at Tastes will be at 4:30 p.m. and at Old Mission at 5 p.m. For more information please contact Coryn Briggs, 231-944-1311 or send an email.
Grocer's Daughter Chocolates at Tastes of Black Star Farms
January 17, 2008 – 7:29 pm
Mimi Wheeler, Chocolatier and owner of Grocer's Daughter Chocolates, will be at Tastes of Black Star Farms in the Mercato at the Village of Grand Traverse Commons in Traverse City on February 5th from 6-8 pm. She'll be sampling chocolates and suggesting the perfect pairing with our Sirius dessert wines and our eaux de [...]
Fall In Love with Leelanau: Taste the Passion of Wine, Chocolate & Love
January 2, 2008 – 7:20 pm
(LEELANAU PENINSULA, Mich) – Love is in the air as you celebrate the upcoming Valentine's Day at the "Taste the Passion" weekend, February 9-10. This is the first of four seasonal wine touring weekends hosted by the wineries of the Leelanau Peninsula Vintner's Association in 2008. As an added bonus, all participants will be [...]
Beat the Winter Blues and Warm Your Soul at Black Star Farms Old Mission
December 19, 2007 – 12:44 pm
January 19-20
Beat the winter blues and warm your soul at Black Star Farms Old Mission. Our tasting room is offering complimentary samples of our infamous Mulled Cherry Wine and varietal wines accompanying a hearty winter soup. Food and wine will be offered from 11 to 5 on Saturday and 12 to 5 on Sunday. Please [...]
Black Star Farms in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons
December 14, 2007 – 4:31 pm
(Traverse City, MI) – In 1997 Black Star Farm partners purchased Sport Valley Farm, a 120 acre equestrian estate, renowned for its palatial red estate house, stables, barns, and outlying paddocks. Upon purchase the partners immediately realized that the Boone property presented a unique opportunity to create “something special”. Almost ten years later, Black Star [...]
Black Star Farms and Smart Growth
December 14, 2007 – 4:04 pm
Old Mission Peninsula – Where are the apples and fresh donuts? Do you sell cider? How about quarts of cherries? All are questions tasting room staff at the new Black Star Farms Old Mission answer daily as they greet customers returning to the once popular and historic Underwood Farm Market building.
After closing in 1994 the [...]
LPVA Epicurean Classic Schedule
September 11, 2007 – 10:24 am
The Traverse Epicurean Classic takes place on September 13-15 and this year the LPVA will have a presence at the event. The wineries will also be featured at Thursday's Opening Reception and Saturday's Grand Reception.
The schedule is as follows:
FRIDAY THEMED TASTINGS (12-4 PM)
All participants in Friday's themed tastings will have their wines featured [...]
Area Wines Receive Praise
September 5, 2007 – 1:01 pm
Cindy Goodaker of Crain's Detroit Business writes:
"On an August vacation in the Traverse City area, I thought I would undertake a long-delayed tour of northern Michigan tasting rooms, sampling both a variety of wines as well as comparable wines across a number of wineries.
My travels encompassed nine tasting rooms chosen mostly at random over three days…"
Read [...]
avantisalescompampan: HELLO TO ALL THE CICCONE’S I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO I HOPE ALL IS WELL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY...
Ann Rebhan: We are returning to MI to visit our family. I am interested in purchasing a few bottles of the collection...
kathy: Are you able to share the recipe for the Swiss Onion soup? It was delicious!
Daniel E. Johnson: Had a great time!