Local Event

Critics' Choice: TASTING TRAVERSE CITY'S TOP WINES WITH A GLOBAL EXPERT

Thu, August 21, 2025 (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM)

Cost: $82.75

Traverse-area wines are fast becoming a hot topic among global wine critics and collectors, so now is the time for the wider world to get in the know. its moderating cool climate and lakeside location—along with soils rich from vast, ancient glacial deposits— is a perfect haven for wines of balance, elegance and ageability. From refined, acid-driven Rieslings to vibrant reds like Gamay, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir and more, in this lively seminar and interactive tasting, JamesSuckling.com journalist, former Wine Enthusiast Editor-in-Chief and Traverse City native Susan Kostrzewa will talk through different expressions of top-rated wine varieties from the Old Mission Peninsula and Leelanau Peninsula AVA’s, with additional commentary from selected winemakers whose skills and insights are putting Michigan wines on the map . (Light food will be included.)

Wines:

• Chateau Grand Traverse Riesling & Brengman Family Trocken Riesling
• Shady Lane Cellars Pinot Gris & Left Foot Charley Skin Fermented Pinot Gris
• Hawthorne Cellars Gamay Noir & Mari Vineyards Gamay Noir
• Boathouse Vineyards Cabernet Franc & Black Star Farms Cabernet Franc

* The Venue is fully accessible. Hotel Indigo is located in downtown Traverse City and easily walkable. Street parking is available nearby and in Traverse City Lot B. BATA bus service offers easy access to downtown.

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