Ah, the Upper Peninsula - home of pasties (the food, not the garment - though whose to say the garment isn't featured there as well), smoked fish, and wild animals who dart out in front of your car.
There really is a wikipedia entry for everything, isn't there?
This winery tasting room is located on US-2 in the Upper Peninsula, we visited because we saw a faded sign at the side of the road that said fifteen miles to the MACK TRAIL. MACK TRAIL YEAH!
You get two samples for free and five for $5 - so technically seven samples for five bones. I didn't even ask where the actual vineyards and winery are....seriously a deer had just jumped in front of my car, and I drive a tiny one made of plastic, I'd lose that fight.....I can't be expected to remember basic questions.
The notes:
2006 Shiraz - A funky/garbagey nose with earthy, peppery, and cherry notes on the palate.
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot - Light in body with cedar and raspberry notes.
2006 Pinot Noir - Cinnamon, clove, all sorts of spices all around really, with some blueberry notes as well.
2007 Cabernet Franc - A bit of sugar, with a bit of a cherry cough syrup thing going on.
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon - Blackberry notes along with cedar and spice.
2007 Merlot - all my notes say is "cherry."
2008 Vidal Ice Wine - Peachy nose with honey, orange, and peach on the palate.
This may not sound like a ringing endorsement, but it really is - everything here was at a minimum good (maybe not the Cab Franc). Did anything jump up to the level of transcendence? Perhaps not, but few places do. If you're anywhere near the area (there's another tasting room in Mackinaw City), hit this place up.
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