October 1, 2009 – 11:56 am
October brings grape harvest, beautifully colored leaves, and Halloween to northern Michigan. If you're a Halloween fan and ready to be scared silly, come on out to the farm on any Friday or Saturday night (weather permitting) during October and join in on our Haunted Hayrides. They'll leave between 6 and 9:30 from our Hearth [...]
September 25, 2009 – 1:56 pm
"There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat…"Â (Ralph Waldo Emerson) and after that it's off to the press where they become perfect to drink.
This past week both wineries have been pressing local pears for our Black Star Farms Pear Wine, Sirius Pear Dessert Wine, and Spirit of [...]
September 5, 2009 – 2:02 pm
Cinnamon, sugar, and spice make our Hard Apple Cider oh so nice! Enjoy a glass at your next tailgate, evening by the fire, or after a long day of raking leaves. We've tried many recipes and have found the one below to yield the best results.
1 bottle Black Star Farms Hard Apple Cider
6 oz. water
1/2 [...]
August 24, 2009 – 11:34 am
Delicious breads baked in our wood-fired oven at Hearth & Vine Cafe by Jen Welty from 9 Bean Rows are a hit at the Sara Hardy Farmers' Market. Becky Kalajian wrote about them in today's Record Eagle.
August 20, 2009 – 6:28 pm
Photographer Ken Scott is a member of 9 Bean Rows CSA and takes pictures of the bounty he receives weekly. In April he posted a short video on YouTube that we thought you'd enjoy.
We are proud to announce our recent awards at the 32nd Annual Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition. This year the competition included 24 wine experts and a list of 395 entries from wineries across the state. Local judges included Amanda Danielson, owner of Trattoria Stella, and Master Sommelier Ron Edwards of Petoskey. Other judges included three [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Martha Ryan's Suttons Bay restaurant, Martha's Leelanau Table features local products whenever available.  Her M-22 Omelette incorporating Leelanau Cheese Raclette is reported in today's Traverse City Record Eagle story on this year's edition of Taste the Local Difference from the Michigan Land Use Institute.   The guide's cover sports a photo by Ken Scott of his [...]
Local photographer Ken Scott spent a recent clear evening at the farm and has posted a video of the international space station and the space shuttle Discovery as they passed over the hoop house. Quite a sight!
