Wine Review Wednesday
Brys Estate 2010 Artisan Chardonnay Is it possible to fall in love with a wine? If so, I just did. Winemaker Coenraad Stassen said "I [...]
Wine Review Wednesday
Black Star Farms 2011 Arcturos Sur Lie Chardonnay This is simply a lovely taste of Michigan in a bottle. Unoaked and classically clean and crisp. [...]
Wine Review Wednesday
Shady Lane Cellars - Semi-Dry Riesling A beautiful example of what Michigan can do and what a great Riesling can be. Apple, apricot, and Lilly's [...]
Wine Review Wednesday
Bowers Harbor Vineyard 2011 Unwooded Chardonnay This has been a long-standing favorite of mine. A 'go to' wine, with plenty in my cellar at all [...]
Above the Vineyard
As an artist I find myself cheerfully playing the role of a storyteller. The year 1888 was a big year for artists and that is the year the first [...]
Wine Reviews
Know Your Michigan Wines Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery Dry Riesling If wine is sunlight held together by water then Brys Estate Dry Riesling is [...]
Traverse City Wine and Art Festival
On the weekend of June 29 2012, four ladies headed up to Northern Michigan, with grand adventure on their mind... what kind of an adventure? [...]
On The Michigan Wine Trail: An Artist Statement
I've spent much of my adult life adventuring off to every corner of the earth I can reach. Each trip is its own adventure--a quest to [...]
Come With Me To Brys Estate
As seen featured in Grand Rapids Magazine-November 2011 In 1975, when newly weds Walt and Eileen Brys first visited Napa Valley, a then relatively unknown, [...]
L. Mawby: Inspiration from the Vineyard
It's one of those beautiful, warm, glowing September days in Michigan. Me and my notebook are enjoying the patio at L. Mawby Vineyards, home of [...]