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 Celebrate our Ten Year Anniversary with these Specials!
- Get a one-of-a-kind 10 year logo label bottle for $10
- Save 10% on any purchase of 10 or more bottles
- Return with an old BSF tasting glass and receive a coupon for a 10 year logo glass with any $10 purchase of wine
- Visit Fire & Vine Cafe at the farm in Suttons Bay and receive 10% off you order of a wood-fired oven pizza and two glasses of wine.
Specials are valid from July 4th to July 31, 2009. Please call our tasting rooms for more information, 231.944.1270.
 TASTES is now offering Matterhorn grilled dinners, unique in the Grand Traverse Bay area.  This casual European-style meal includes sausages, ham, apples, bread, potatoes and other vegetables grilled right on your table-top and then smothered in melted Leelanau Cheese Co. raclette cheese. It's accompanied by your choice of three generous "tastes" of our wines, all included for $50 for two.
This dinner makes for a fun and relaxing evening with friends. Please email Kevin at kculloty@blackstarfarms.com or call 231-944-1251 to make your reservations.  Space is limited, and seatings are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 6:00 and 7:30.
Sandra Silfven's Detroit News column today about Michigan wine clubs quotes Chris Lopez, our Retail Manager,
"People like to be active participants at the winery. And those people are the ambassadors for your products."
Chris, along with Jill Helton, takes good care of our over 900 members, sending out either 2 bottles to our Little Dippers or 4 bottles to our Big Dippers four times each year. The wines shipped - or collected from our Tasting Rooms which saves the shipping costs - are always a surprise and include newly released wines, small production wines, and even at times wines from past vintages that have been held in our wine library. When joining, members can opt for dry or sweet, red or white, or just enjoy whichever wine that winemaker, Lee Lutes, feels worthy of their palates. There is no charge for joining, and benefits like free tasting, invitations to Black Star events, and discounts begin right away.
Isn't it time you signed up? Contact Chris at 231.944.1271 or clopez@blackstarfarms.com and dip - big or little - into some great wine.
With almost 15,000 votes cast in a viewer survey by UpNorthLive.com, the website for local TV channels 7&4 and 29&8, TASTES has come in at #3 on the A-List for best local wineries/wine shops.   Click to check out other categories and find the best of "up north" businesses.
And now either Caren or Kevin are at TASTES to welcome you on Sundays from noon to 4 throughout the summer, too.
Loreen Niewenhuis is making 1,000 mile walk on the beach, all the way around Lake Michigan. Her brother chose our Inn for a night's respite. Here's how she describes her arrival. It's exactly the feeling we hope all our guests have when they turn down our driveway.
I had a long, inland hike in over 80 degree weather to reach Suttons Bay, and when I finally got off route 22 and turned into the driveway of Black Star Farms — bordered by a terraced vineyard and shaded by large trees — I felt my pack lighten on my sore shoulders.
You can read more about Loreen's visit on her blog - Long Trek - and follow her adventure as she completes each segment of the walk.
Due to a group cancellation, we are offering a very special last minute discount. Stay at the Inn May 26-June 5, 2009 and receive your second night for free!
Our new Fire & Vine, a vineyard cafe, market & bakery, celebrated its opening day on Saturday.  Chef Corey is preparing pizzas and sandwiches in our wood-fire oven. There's also a traditional Raclette plate on the menu featuring Leelanau Cheese Company's award-winning Raclette cheese melted over boiled potatoes and roasted vegetables of the season. Corey's turning out some cool salads as well. Our wine is available by the glass or bottle.
Our market features processed foods from local producers including Cherry Republic, Food for Thought, Brownwood Farms, Sisson's, and Naturally Nutty. The health & home area features Michigan products from Up North Candles, Leelanau Lavender Breezes, and Creation Farms.
We plan to be open on weekends through June and on a more regular basis during the summer and into October. The extended hours will be posted here.
Thanks Deborah for sharing your experiences at Black Star Farms!
" Both of our kids love Black Star and bring friends there whenever they are in Traverse. They stayed with us at Black Star for a celebration of our daughter's 21st birthday and our son's upcoming marriage. They loved it, we went wine tasting and stayed in Castor/Pollux. It was their first time wine tasting and staying at Black Star. What a great way to spend our last hurrah as a family of four and to celebrate her 21st b-day, we all had a great time! Due mostly to the staff at Black Star, Jill, Corey, and everyone else."
Deborah Maichele
Leelanau Cheese Co. will be a stop on the culinary farm tours of Leelanau Peninsula presented by Learn Great Foods on June 3, 10, 17 and 24. These tours are a great way to get to know the farm producers in our area.
Tickets for September's Harvest Stompede wine tour along the Leelanau Peninsula wine trail are on sale now at lpwines.com. This popular event is always a sell-out, so click and buy now! It's a beautiful time of year to be "up north."
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