Becks Davis of Detroit Moxie has a great feature on Touring Michigan's Wine Country that features a number of our wineries and last weekend's Traverse City Wine & Art Festival.
As much as I love Detroit, sometimes you need to get away. You know, go on a holiday. Or, as we say here in Michigan, [...]
Category Archives: Black Star Farms
Touring Michigan's Wine Country with Detroit Moxie
August 25, 2010 – 12:03 pm
Leelanau posts another strong showing at Michigan Wine Competition
August 4, 2010 – 10:43 am
Joel Goldberg at michwine.com has a great Michigan Wine Competition Live Blog where he shares some of the behind the scenes work that judges did. Leelanau wineries continued their strong performance at the competition, taking 5 of the 9 major medals!
Sparkling: Black Star Farms Arcturos
Dry Whte: 2009 Black Star Farms Pinot Gris
Rose: 2009 45 North [...]
Come to the Michigan Wine & Food Showcase
April 12, 2010 – 12:41 pm
If you're in the metro Detroit area, you will want to check out the first-ever Michigan Wine & Food Showcase from the Michigan Culinary Tourism Alliance. The event takes place on Monday, April 19, 2010 at Shiraz Gardens in Bingham Farms. Two of Michigan's Master Sommeliers, Madeline Triffon and Claudia Tyagi, [...]
Buy One Get One at Black Star Farms!
March 24, 2010 – 2:00 pm
Early spring is a great time to explore the tasting rooms of LPVA and for the month of March, the Inn at Black Star Farms is offering a buy one get one free special including weekends. Our Hearth and Vine Restaurant is open on Friday and Saturdays and it is the perfect opportunity to [...]
Art from Wine Country & Taste the Passion Weekend
February 3, 2010 – 3:50 pm
Art from Wine Country – Friday, February 5
“Art from Wine Country” will be a feast for the senses bringing together some of the best that Leelanau County has to offer; art, wine, and food. It’s all for a good cause. Part of the proceeds from admissions and sale of artwork will go to the Glen [...]
Hearth and Vine vineyard café at Black Star Farms
February 2, 2010 – 10:23 am
Black Star Farms announces the opening of Hearth & Vine serving dinner to the public Wednesday through Sunday evenings.
A new star is born. Black Star Farms, already well known for its award-winning wines and cheeses, is now serving dinner in Hearth & Vine, a vineyard café, at the Suttons Bay farm featuring wood-fired fare [...]
Tweet & Taste Michigan: Wines of Black Star Farms
February 1, 2010 – 12:36 pm
by Shannon Casey
Social media is changing the Michigan wine landscape. Michigan By the Bottle is teaming up with Black Star Farms for the state's first virtual wine tasting conducted through Twitter. Tweet & Taste Michigan will be held on March 8, 2010 at 8pm.
Michigan wine fans are invited to log onto their computers and [...]
Holiday Shopping Specials from the LPVA Wineries
December 17, 2009 – 4:21 pm
Several of the wineries are offering holiday specials this year and we encourage you to take advantage of them for yourself and also as a way to introduce others to the the world class wines of Leelanau.
“This is a great time for families and friends to gather to celebrate the upcoming season and even get [...]
Tasting Leelanau – Wine experts visit some LPVA wineries
December 4, 2009 – 10:17 am
In November, Master Sommelier Claudia Tyagi, retired engineer and avid wine aficionado David Rusnell, and Kim Adams and George Heritier of Gang of Pour visited the Leelanau Peninsula to taste at a number of our wineries. In the first post of a fantastic series, George begins:
Picture driving back roads through the hills of the Leelanau [...]
Leelanau wineries at the Grand Rapids International Wine Festival
November 23, 2009 – 8:02 am
Shannon Casey of Michigan By the Bottle has a pair of great reports on the recent Grand Rapids International Wine Festival which featured over 100 Michigan wines for tasting. Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association wineries are well represented – take a look!