Leelanau Net – Lodging and Travel – Sleeping Bear Dunes

We are located on the Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan where the cool climate creates our deliciously vibrant wines. This unique climate allows our winemaker Adam Satchwell to honor nature’s ripe fruit qualities in every hand-crafted bottle of Shady Lane.

Our vision is to produce exemplary, classic cool-climate wines on the Leelanau Peninsula of Northern Michigan. Our focus is to craft wines that exhibit both elegance of structure and intensity of aroma and flavor. We are guided by the nature of our vineyards and the fruit they produce. We respect that every wine is a product of a thousand details, all of which need to be governed by the philosophy of reaching toward and developing an expression of place. We believe our vineyards and our team, all of which is our “terroir”, make Shady Lane Cellars that place to achieve this vision.

Our tasting room is a century old fieldstone chicken coop that we lovingly renovated and converted to our tasting room. It’s a memorable environment to enjoy our exceptional wines.

We invite you to visit us for the full Shady Lane experience. Until then, please enjoy our wines in your local restaurants and most importantly in the comfort of your home.

Tasting Room

Shady Lane Cellars’ tasting room is located at 9580 Shady Lane, Suttons Bay, Michigan. To taste and purchase our wines, just take M-22 north from Traverse City 8 miles, then left on Shady Lane 1 mile.

Shady Lane Cellars
9580 Shady Lane
Suttons Bay, MI 49682
231-947-8865

<>

Visit Shady Lane Cellars Website >>>>

<>

Willow Vineyards was established in 1992. It was and continues to be a work of passion and love, created and designed by John and Jo Crampton. Located on a beautiful, wind-swept hillside in Suttons Bay, the panoramic views of West Traverse Bay add to the majesty of the vineyard.

Our winemaker, Chris Guest has over 30 years of experience making wine in Michigan. Before coming north to Leelanau County he co-founded and was the creator of the award-winning wines of The Seven Lakes Vineyard. His interest in making great wines began at a time when you could count the number of Michigan wineries on your fingers and have three left to grip a stemmed glass. Since then his expertise has been sought by many Traverse area allowing him to broaden his influence on Michigan viniculture by working as a wine making consultant for the last two decades.

Chris’ approach of letting terroir and the vintage dictate the wine’s personality has kept the specter of boring sameness from creeping into the spectacular examples of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that Willow wines represent. His successes have earned him a cult following among his peer-group of winemakers who may quietly measure their achievements with these classic varieties against the Willow Vineyard standard.

When not keeping tabs on the progress of the current vintage, he desires not to be found, standing–flyrod in hand, a pack supplied with sandwiches and Willow Pinot Noir hung on a nearby bough–in one of the area’s great trout rivers.

Willow Vineyard
10702 East Hilltop Rd.
Suttons Bay, MI 49682
231-271-4810

<>

Visit Willow Vineyard Website >>>>

<>

Our Sylt Road vineyard is located on 40 acres of beautiful land in the middle of the Leelanau Peninsula in Northern Michigan. Planted in 2005, we have 10 acres of grapes with another 3 acres being prepped. Our Vineyard Manager takes great care to maximize our vine production while still using methods that are respectful to the environment.

The vineyard slopes across a broad hill that provides great sun angles while ensuring frost damage is minimized. It’s situated on good rocky soil on top of limestone that gives our grapes a unique minerality and is located at a elevation on the peninsula that gives us one of the longest growing seasons around.

Tasting Room

Blustone’s tasting room is located in the middle of the vineyard with panoramic views, floor to ceiling windows, and a modern, clean vibe that creates an experience of Leelanau that is unforgettable. A huge glass door will open up when its warmer outside and glasses of wine will be available to purchase and enjoy on the terrace. Feel free to stop on by – our tasting room staff would love to see you!

Blustone Vineyards
780 N. Sylt Road
Lake Leelanau, MI 49653
231-256-0146

<>

Visit Aurora Cellars Website >>>>

<>

Visit Aurora Cellars, a full production boutique winery with old world charm nestled in the heart of the Leelanau Peninsula.

We’re proud to offer our award-winning wines from grapes grown throughout the peninsula along with epicurean small plates sourced locally to complement your wine tasting experience.

Aurora Cellars is known for its welcoming atmosphere and knowledgeable staff. This ensures the rich treasures of this Estate can be savored and enjoyed in our European styled tasting room or on the patio overlooking the vineyard with a picturesque vista!

The Estate transcends into the perfect setting for weddings and specials events of all kinds.

We hope to see you soon, and look forward to serving you with the taste and beauty only the Leelanau Peninsula can offer. Cheers!

Aurora Cellars
7788 E. Horn Drive
Lake Leelanau, MI 49653
231-994-3188

<>

Visit Aurora Cellars Website >>>>

<>

Our boutique winery, located in lovely Lake Leelanau in Northwestern Michigan on the 45th parallel, specializes in cool climate wines.

We started growing vitis vinifera on our cherry farm in 2006 and now have 6 varietals flourishing on about 10 acres located on sweeping vistas almost 900 feet above sea level and about 1 mile from Lake Michigan.

We are dry farmed, with high density planting and associate with the most professional and knowledgeable experts at all levels and all times on the journey from soil to bottle. Our mission is to grow the best grapes that can be expressed as the best wine.

Laurentide Winery
56 South French Road
Lake Leelanau, MI 49653
231-994-2147

<>

Visit Laurentide Winery Website >>>>

<>