Anne and John, producers of the 2007 Best in Show Aged Raclette, are attending this week's 25th Anniversary American Cheese Society Conference in Chicago. It's the first time they have made the time to be at the confenence. Having trusted assistants in the creamery and the Chicago venue were strong incentives, but Anne said that [...]
Later this month winemaker Lee Lutes heads to Washington state for this year's Riesling Rendezvous along with two other local winemakers, Shady Lane's Adam Satchwell and Chateau Grand Traverse's Sean O'Keefe. Lee also attended last year's inaugural summit.
Read more about Michigan Riesling and the Rendezvous in Sandra Silfven's Detroit News column today.
It's time to purchase your tickets for the always-a-sellout Harvest Stompede. They're only available online for the September 21-22 weekend.
Black Star Farms managing partner and sought after national speaker, Don Coe, wins Rueben Brigham Award from The Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences.
The Reuben Brigham Award, established in 1947, is reserved for a communicator, including a public relations or advertising professional, who has made a major contribution [...]
Winemaker Lee Lutes shares his view of the 2007 wines:
It's that time of year again when we start to review the past year's progress and look forward to the coming harvest. Today we are doing this by tasting 2007 Barrel Chardonnay, following a visit to vineyards yesterday afternoon. As for the 2007s, the wines are [...]
Our wines were the "Peoples Choice" at the 1st Chef's Challenge for Challenge Mountain held at Shanty Creek on Saturday. The Challenge pitted chefs from the north of Michigan against chefs from the south - south of M-10. The north champs came from the Magnum Hospitality (Red Mesa, Pearls, & Fish) and the [...]
Black Star Farms management has successfully created a workplace that does more than just improve productivity; it has also built a strong organizational culture that supports the company itself. The recently awarded Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award is designed to recognize organizations for their efforts to foster employee health and well-being while enhancing organizational performance.
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Wine Enthusiast magazine has selected Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay in its May issue as one of America’s Top 25 tasting rooms.
"Everything we do at Black Star Farms is aimed at creating a unique experience for our visitors and customers" says Don Coe, managing partner of Black Star Farms. This no doubt comes across to [...]
If you're thinking of buying wine, and you live in a state that we are able to ship to, your quest has just become easier. Fill your shopping cart at our secure web store.  It's complete with a way for us to verify your ID, so having your favorite wine at home just got that [...]
April 10, 2008 – 10:01 am
After being named one of bedandbreakfast.com's Top Ten Eco-Friendly Inns, we were invited to provide a prize for Wheel of Fortune's Green Week. We're told that the show will air on April 11th and that a contestant did win the prize. We're waiting to see who won, and ready to make their visit spectacular…just like [...]
