Did you know that there are approximately 7,000 cherries per tree? And that a typical cherry pie contains 250 cherries? That's a lot of cherries!
At Black Star Farms we use a variety of sweet and tart cherries in our Cherry Wine, Sirius Cherry Dessert Wine, and our Cherry Eau-de-Vie fruit brandy. All of these products [...]
Hats off to Corey, Street, Lee, and Ellie for cooking a fabulous spread of food for this summer's annual wine club only BBQ.  The weather cleared up, the food was delicious, and the wine was a flowin'.  It was a festive evening on the farm in Suttons Bay.Â
The BBQ dinner is one of the two [...]
Join us at our new café, Hearth & Vine, on the farm in Suttons Bay. The café opened Memorial Day weekend under the name Fire & Vine. Turns out there is another Fire & Vine café in Virginia almost 1,000 miles away!  We have no intention to use other people’s trademarks, and there is no [...]
The 40 "dog days" of summer officially began on July3rd and they run until August 11th. They are named for Sirius – the Dog Star – in the constellation Canis Major which shines most brightly during this period. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed the star was responsible for the heat and blamed it for [...]
We've recently released new vintages of two old favorite wines, 2008 Arcturos Pinot Noir Rose and 2008 Arcturos Sur Lie Chardonnay. Here's how our winemaker, Lee Lutes, describes them:
2008 Arcturos Pinot Noir Rose – $13.50
"We make this dry rose only in riper vintages and in small quantities. Bright, fresh berry and watermelon fruit notes [...]
