The Leelanau Enterprise reports:
Black Star Farms was among wineries from seven Midwest states and Ontario to compete in the 12th annual Great Lakes Wine Competition, and the only one to earn two Double Gold awards….
Black Star Farms winemaker Lee Lutes was presented with 17 medals, including Double Gold honors for the 2004 Leorie Vineyard Merlot/Cabernet [...]
Although the vines, cherries, and field crops are looking for rain, the weatherman is predicting comfortable days with lots of sun for the weekend and into next week. Just what our visitors want to hear. Kimmy - barely visible in the rear of the picture - is weeding the vegetable garden and [...]
IT'S SUMMER! And we're having beautiful weather with more on tap for the weekend and into next week. We got some much-needed rain on Tuesday night, so everything is greening up again, and all the vegetables that Nic has planted are doing well after gasping for breath. Lee is very excited about [...]
Patricia Schultz's just published 1000 Places to See in the US and Canada Before You Die has a section about the Leelanau Peninsula that mentions our Inn, the wines, the Creamery. One of a thousand for all of North America - that's pretty good company. Don and Malu met Schultz at last month's Select Registry [...]
On tap this weekend – the Leland Wine and Food Fest under the tent in Historic Fishtown. This is one of this area's premier events – the official start to the Leelanau Peninsula summer – the place to see and be seen, sip a little local wine, taste the local fare, enjoy the music, [...]
The Midwest Business and Technology News has named the Black Star Farms web site as the 9th best business web site in the state of Michigan.
The publication rated web sites based upon navigation, look and feel, uniqueness, useful and fresh content, and we feel honored to be included on their list. They did suggest we [...]
Detroit News wine writer Sandra Silfven reminds you that the hot ticket Up North next weekend is the annual Leland Wine & Food Festival. The event is held next Saturday (June 9) and features 15 wineries, 14 food vendors and live music at Leland harbor from noon to 6 PM. Black Star Farms will be [...]
Detroit News wine writer Sandra Silfven has a nice feature about spring and early summer wine touring in Northwest Michigan that begins:
If you're planning a wine trip to Northwest Michigan, now is a good time to go: The inns have a few spare rooms, restaurants that close for the winter are open again; tasting rooms [...]
March 29, 2007 – 10:37 am
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December 28, 2006 – 9:27 am
They really like us! We received another mention in The Wall Street Journal on December 22nd in the weekly “Tastings” column by Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher. They said, “Good wines are being made all over the U.S. now – we had a lovely Pinot Noir from Michigan a couple of weeks ago, 2004 [...]
