Spring Sip & Savor - Make-A-Wish Foundation Donations

We are proud to announce that in lieu of our fee for our full tasting menu during the Spring Sip & Savor this upcoming weekend, we will be accepting donations for the Make-A-Wish Foundation!

We were on a recent trip to/from Chicago when we stopped at a rest stop to let our dogs, Abby and Enzo, out of the car for a break. We ran into a family with an adorable young daughter who wanted to pet the dogs. After we started talking we realized they were on a trip to DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids with their five-year-old daughter, Nora. Nora is currently in stage four renal failure and will have a kidney transplant this fall. 

The Make-A-Wish Foundation will help Nora's family to celebrate the end of her reanal failure journey by donating an all expenses paid trip to Disney World. With donations to this wonderful organization families like Nora can help to forget about the ugly events in their life and celebrate the amazing ones.

Please read Nora's story posted below as told by her mom, Tonya. Nora was our inspiration, and as you can tell, she is quite inspirational. 

See you on the wine trail!

Spring Sip & Savor - May 5 & 6, 2012

Join us the weekend of May 5th & 6th for the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners' Association's Annual Spring Sip & Savor wine trail event. As our vineyards wake to the sun & warmth of May, we kick off the season with a brunch-themed wine and food pairing at each of the 18 wineries on the wine trail.
Visit up to 8 wineries on Saturday from 11 to 6pm, and up to 8 on Sunday from noon to 6pm.

We will be featuring our Purple Passion served as a Sangria with a classic Spanish tapas, Patatas Brava, spicy and hot potatoes with a Brava sauce to match, along with another classic, Chorizo Brazed in Red Wine. Our prize of a Silver Leaf gift certificate will be given for “La chica en un sombrero más guapo” (the woman in the most beautiful hat).

Tickets are just $35 and include wine and food pairings at each winery, a commemorative glass and a $5 gift certificate, that can be used at any LPVA winery.

For ticket information, please visit http://www.lpwines.com/

Northern Wine Loop Wine Release Weekend

Have you heard about the Northern Wine Loop yet? We are a group of 10 wineries all located north of M-204 in Suttons Bay. To kick off our brand new wine loop, we are holding a Wine Release Weekend!

Join us on Saturday, April 14th. You're invited to participate in judging at our first ever People's Choice Awards during our Wine Release Weekend. Each of our  member wineries will be releasing 2-3 brand new wines for you to sample. 

Bring your friends along for a day of new wine releases. You'll have the opportunity to vote for your favorites! 

Make sure you also 'Like' the new Northern Wine Loop on Facebook to stay up-to-date on all of our exciting news and events. 

Taste the Passion Wine Tour

Thank you to everyone who joined us this past weekend for the 2012 Taste the Passion! On behalf of the Silver Leaf Vineyard & Winery staff, we thank you! We hope you had as much fun as we did.

New Chafia Cherry Wine Label

We've updated our look! What do you think of our new Chafia Cherry wine label? It will soon be available in stores.

Fall at Silver Leaf Vineyard

Toast the Season 2011

We had an excellent time at Toast the Season! Thank you to everyone who joined us. We love meeting new faces and sharing our wine with you. 

2011 Harvesting at Silver Leaf

We've had a busy fall harvesting at Silver Leaf, but we're extremely pleased with this year's crop! Below are some photos from the harvest.

Pinot Noir on the vine

Harvesting grapes by hand

The "cake" after pressing Pinot Noir