Join Silver Leaf Vineyard and the Leelanau Peninsula Wineries as we welcome in the summer season in the 27th Annual Leland Wine & Food Festival! Come enjoy a day near the Leland Harbor and Leland's Historic Fishtown tasting wines from local wineries and tasting the specialties from local restaurants and vendors. Listen to live music in the park all day and enjoy the beautiful views of Lake Michigan and the Manitou islands.

Admission is $15 and includes an etched wine glass and two tickets for wine tasting. Additional wine tickets will also be available. Food vendors accept cash only.

For more information, visit Leland's website. 

Thank you to everyone who donated in our tasting room during the Spring Sip & Savor this past weekend! We raised over $500 for Nora and the Make-A-Wish Foundation!

In case you hadn't read our last blog article, Nora is a 5 year old girl who lives in Traverse City, Michigan and is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. Her wish is to go to Disney World after the transplant this fall. 

To read Nora's story, please click here.

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!

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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/

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. 

Pinot Noir on the vine

Harvesting grapes by hand

The "cake" after pressing Pinot Noir