As the Thanksgiving Day grocery store madness grows closer, who has time to worry about choosing wines for your Thanksgiving feast?! There is a plethora of different flavors and tastes on your Thanksgiving table and you want wines that will make everyone happy. Including your Wine Expert Uncle Pierre as well as teetotaler Gramma Betsy! There is a saying “Ain’t
Read moreWe fell in love with the Tabor Hill Grand Mark sparkling wine years ago and consistently purchase a few bottles a year for our family celebrations. This sparkling is done in Brut style and is made from hand picked Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Grapes. It was voted Michigan Best Sparkling Wine in 2007 and has won Best in Class! We
Read moreC’est absurde! Beaujolais Nouveau est une tradition sur Thanksgiving Day! Well, that may be true but some traditions can be broken and new traditions are started in the process. For years, we looked forward to our yearly supplement of Beaujolais Nouveau the Thursday before Thanksgiving Day. We would run to the store the first thing in the morning and buy
Read moreWe get so excited when we find a local Michigan wine that we really enjoy! And this one goes into our books as one of our favorites! The 2010 Hickory Creek Dry Rose from Buchanan in Southwest Michigan. We had read about it being released so we immediately decided to make a visit and give it a try. On sight,
Read moreWe really enjoy going to new wineries! The ones that are just starting out usually don’t have all the frills, no neon lights, the huge gift shop, etc.; the wine is their main focus so they try even harder to give you their best! And that is the story here at Hickory Creek Winery in Buchanan, Michigan. What you see
Read moreWe love going to Southwest Michigan for a variety of activities but it’s been awhile since we have done the wine trail until this year. So we find ourselves in front of Lemon Creek Winery and Fruit Farm in Berrien Springs, Michigan and things have drastically changed. The last time we were here, we were sampling wines in a small
Read moreWhen a winery has been established since 1968, you come to expect more from them than some of the other wineries. With all that experience, you feel that the quality should be higher, the staff more professional, and the wines should taste better. Well, your expectations have been exceeded! Tabor Hill Winery offers all these things and a whole lot
Read moreWe had planned our wine experience weekend for awhile and were very excited about our visit to Round Barn Winery. How could you not like a winery that is also a brewery that is also a distillery? And there is so much history about the Round Barn, we might even learn something! The 100 year old white round Amish barn
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Wine Splash! 