Leelanau Peninsula Wine, Food & Music Festival 2011

The Leelanau Peninsula Wine, Food & Music Festival is quickly approaching on August 13th, 2011 at beautiful Haserot Park in Northport. It's an annual celebration of local wineries and foods from Leelanau County.

The event takes place from 12 to 6pm on Saturday, August 13th. The cost is $15 per person which includes aPhoto courtesy of the Grand Traverse Insider commemorative wine glass and two tasting tickets. Additional pours are available for $2 each. 

The festival will feature award-winning wines from 17 local Leelanau Peninsula wineries paired with the best of delicious regional cuisine from area growers, restaurants and caterers. There will also be rockin' live blues music all day.

Located on Grand Traverse Bay, the park offers picturesque views over the water and cool breezes, always welcome in August, to the palate-pleasing event. 

We'll be pouring some of our favorite wines all day. You won't want to miss this fun event! 

Suttons Bay Summer Solstice Art Walk 2011

The Suttons Bay Art Walk returns this summer on Friday, June 24th! This annual event features the galleries & shops in the Village of Suttons Bay. Each gallery and shop partners with the Leelanau wineries for a perfect summer evening. From 5-9pm each gallery and shop will host an artist and their work, along with wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres. You can also enjoy live music up and down the street!

We will be serving our wine at the Treeline Gallery (located at 103 E. Jefferson St). Artist Jane Everhart will be their featured artist. Jane's artwork features gorgeous landscapes from the midwest, including Leelanau County! Where does Jane get her inspiration from? She says, "It is very real Michigan trees and fields and time of day and season that I get a charge from and try to translate, somehow, with charge." "Leelanau Spring" by Jane Everhart

Don't miss out on this fun event. What better way is there to celebrate the summer season than with art and wine in beautiful Suttons Bay?

When: Friday, June 24th 5-9pm

Where: The Village of Suttons Bay

LPVA Small Plates Event - June 18th

The days are getting longer, the world in northern Michigan is starting to grow and summer is just about here! We have so many exciting events coming up, but you won't want to miss this one! With a cost of only $11 per person per seating, it's quickly becoming known as one of the greatest values of the season.

Join us for the Leelanau Peninsula Vintner's Association's 2nd Annual Small Plates Event on Saturday, June 18th. The event will feature seven of the member wineries and offers a full glass of wine paired with a tapas dish at each location. 

At Silver Leaf, we will have 3 separate seatings, one hour each from 6:00-9:00pm. We're limited to 20 people at each seating, so make sure you purchase your tickets soon!

Check out the list of small plates pairings form the seven participating wineries:

Black Star Farms

Wild mushroom dusted sea scallop with a bundle of truffle oil infused fries wrapped in prosciutto, asparagus tips and smoked yellow tomato coulis paired with 2010 Sur Lie Chardonnay.

Chateau Fontaine
Assorted Pates, Proscuitto, Sausage, Rillette, accompanied by a selection of Cheeses,Veggies,Bread, Crackers, and Mustards. Rillette is a shredded duck/pork mixture served warm and it is paired with 2010 Woodland White.

Ciccone Winery
Tony Ciccone (Owner/Vintner) will be attending the event featuring a Roasted pork loin with a sausage torteloni with black truffle cream from Tuscan Bistro paired with 2009 Tre Rossi.

Forty-Five North
Parmesan encrusted walleye over a bed of white wine risotto and an in season greenery prepared by Shawn Bottruff from the Bluebird. Perfectly pairing with the 2009 Pacific Rim Internationa Best of Class award winning Pinot Gris!

Gills Pier
Featuring a Costa Rican Chalupa & Beef Fajita Wraps paired with 2008 Leelanau Peninsula Merlot.

L. Mawby
Chicken Pad Thai with spicy green curry sauce (pick your “heat” level) prepared by 22 Vines Restaurant. This will be paired with 2 different ‘sec’ sparkling wines – Wet and Consort.

Silver Leaf
Petite crab cakes with a red pepper coulis paired with Silver Leaf Chardonnay 2009.

To purchase tickets for the event, visit the LPVA's website.