November marks yet another milestone for Leelanau Peninsula’s Blustone Vineyard; the 40-acre family-owned vineyard opened their highly anticipated tasting room this month to showcase wines already achieving top honors in international competition. “We’re very excited to be introducing Blustone to so many new friends and are encouraged by their response to our new tasting room [...]
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Last week the 35th annual Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition was held in East Lansing. Judges included Master of Wine and Master Sommelier Doug Frost, three Master Sommeliers along with internationally known authors, winemakers and wine educators. Leading the group was food and wine writer Christopher Cook, who judged at the competition for 12 years [...]
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In a nice new feature in MyNorth’s Northern Michigan Wine section, Lindsey Perry writes that the newest member of the Leelanau Wine Trail, Blustone Vineyards. Blustone is located in the heart of the Leelanau Peninsula close to Lake Leelanau, and owners Tom & Joan Knighton plan to open their tasting room offering a full winery [...]
Read MoreWe are incredibly proud of our member wineries who entered wines at the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition this week! This year’s event broke a lot of records: 3200+ wines were entered, 22 countries represented, including all 50 United States and 6 Canadian Provinces! Out of the four Best of Show categories, the Leelanau Peninsula [...]
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