If you want to explore the best in New World Wines, don’t head to the West Coast and Napa Valley. Visit the wineries in Traverse City in Northern Michigan. The region is gaining a reputation for producing some of the finest wines in the country. You can arrange for a wine tour following the trail out and along the two main regions near Traverse City – Leelanau and Old Mission. You will not be disappointed.
Wineries in Traverse City: Leelanau Peninsula
If you choose to visit the Leelanau Peninsula, try to make it when something is happening that will add an extra dimension to your wine tour. In June, for example, you can enjoy the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival. In September, you might be interested in the Harvest Stompede. Arriving during these times will make touring wineries in Traverse City – as part of a group or private touring event, an even greater pleasure.
As for the wineries in the Leelanau Peninsula themselves. You can visit over one or two days. Yet, you are more than welcome to take a week to taste your way through the 24 wineries that are engaged in producing fine wines on this particular coast. If you take your time, you are more likely to sample the refined wines representing such wineries in Traverse City region as L. Mawby Vineyards, Leelanau Cellars and Good Harbor Vineyards. Each has that one special wine that your palate will remember and yearn to try again. Make sure you pick up a bottle or two of your favorites in town or directly from the winery, itself.
Wineries in Traverse City: Old Mission Peninsula
The Old Mission Peninsula, do not have as many wineries in the Traverse City region as does the Leelanau Peninsula. Yet, it is not, as is always the case with good wine, an issue of quantity. In wine making it is the quality of the product that counts and the producers in the Old Mission Peninsula certainly have a surfeit of this characteristic. Whether you are trying a fruit wine made from Northern Michigan’s famed black sweet cherries made by Peninsula Cellars or tasting the famous flavor of the Rieslings at Chateau Grand Traverse, you cannot doubt the high class of wine these wineries in the Traverse City region produce.
Visit the Wineries in Traverse City
Wine is a passion fo0r many people. Discover why some have turned not to France or Italy or even California for the best but to Michigan. In Northern Michigan, you can drink some of the finest wines produced in the world. Visit the wineries in Traverse City and you will discover why people are making this wine trail part of an annual pilgrimage.
If want to become a part of those who are discovering the magnificent taste and bouquet of America’s fine wines, do visit the Wineries in Traverse City. Follow the Wine Trail and sign up for a group or private tour and tasting with Wine and Beer Tours.
