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Forty-Five North Vineyard and Winery
Experience the latitude, Forty-Five North. That phrase is our identity, Forty-Five North Vineyard and Winery shares the same latitude with Burgundy, France, and we feel, shares the same grape growing and quality winemaking as well. Shawn Walters, an already acclaimed Michigan winemaker, has gained the attention of two Napa Vintners, Scott Harvey and Maynard Johnston, who have both described his wines as "spectacular." The winery and tasting room are located exactly on the 45th parallel allowing tasting visitors "wine on the line". Our motto is and will be "Quality Leelanau Peninsula Wine". We will have eighteen wines our first year, ranging from dry, semi-dry, sweet, dessert, and ice wine, a spectrum for all wine drinkers. Our bottling line will also allow sparkling capabilities and many of the wines will have a sparkled version.
Believing that Michigan has a unique heritage, we are re-assembling a rustic barn as our tasting room hopefully completed for opening in June or July, 2008. Hand built on a heritage Grand Rapids farm, the barn is a classic post and beam structure, with hand hewn ax marks on the primary beam. It is filled with character and nostalgia, many visitors will recall such a barn on forefather's land and we hope allow memorances revisited. Each board is numbered guaranteeing an exact re-duplication. Visit www.fortyfivenorth.com for the entire history of the winery, from inception to completion.
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