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Category Archives: Press & Media

New Owners for Chateau de Leelanau Vineyard and Winery

The owner of Chateau de Leelanau Vineyard and Winery, Dr. Roberta Kurtz, is pleased to announce that she is selling her winery business to Cherry Bay Orchards and a group of second generation fruit growers. This transaction marks the first winery sale in Leelanau County. The parties’ initial acquaintance began when Dr Kurtz [...]

CNN says: "Napa Valley-esque wine tastings"

CNN is featuring the Leelanau & Old Mission Peninsulas and the recommendations of Sarah Kantrowitz of Travel + Leisure – taste for yourself at Saturday's Traverse City Wine & Art Festival!!
If it's wine you want, find an alternative to Napa Valley in Michigan's Leelanau and Old Mission peninsulas.
Here you'll discover more than 850 acres of [...]

Hear Thom Jayne and the Nomads at the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival

The headliner at the 1st annual Traverse City Wine & Art Festival is Lansing based Thom Jayne and the Nomads. Here's a sample of their work:

Thom Jayne plays a variety of instruments, including guitar, banjo and didgeridoo. Lansing Symphony Orchestra's Rich Illman performs on trumpet. Michigan State University drumline instructor Dr. Jon Weber plays [...]

Video and photos from Taste the Passion 2009

Taste the Passion is an annual celebration of wine, chocolate & love that takes place at the wineries and tasting rooms of the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association in northern Michigan's Leelanau County. The video below is from February 6-8, 2009 and we hope that it will help you understand what one of our wine trail [...]

2009 'Taste the Passion' Special Weekend Events

To add to the weekend's festivities, several of the wineries will be holding special events exclusively for "Taste the Passion" ticket holders to celebrate the beauty and fun to be had in this winter wonderland. These events will provide countless photo opportunities, so be sure to bring your camera.
Parties
A Friday night benefit mixer to kick [...]

Photos from the 2008 Toast the Season wine tour

Here's a slideshow of photos from our 2008 Toast the Season wine tour. You can see a bigger slideshow on Flickr and download large pictures there as well!

Leelanau Peninsula wine trail tapped by USA Today

In today's USA Today, wine writer Jerry Shriver and travel editor Chris Gray have profiled four up-and-coming wine regions in Off the beaten wine trail. The four are New York's Hudson Valley, Hill Country in Texas, the Eastern Townships, Quebec and yes, Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula!
The state's 56 wineries — six opened in the past year [...]

2008 Leelanau Harvest Stompede Photos & Race Results

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 [...]

August at the Wineries of the LPVA

One of our photographers, Cotopaxi Sprattmoran, spent a few days photographing the wineries & vineyards of the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association in August 2008. These photos are available for media use – click the link below to find out more!
Check out August at the Wineries of the LPVA – the best way is to view [...]

Northern Michigan Wine Summit a resounding success!

On Monday, the wineries of the Leelanau Peninsula joined those of the Old Mission Peninsula in the 2nd annual Northern Michigan Wine Summit. Trade and industry representatives heard from wine & food experts about the amazing quality and character of our Northern Michigan wines. The moderator & panelists were:

Chef Eric Villages – Cookbook author and [...]