Our 1904 Red Blend celebrates the year that our historic tasting room and inn was built. It also tells the story of each vintage. In 2024 there were very few red grapes harvested due to a January cold snap that damaged the vines. Tannat and Blaufränkisch were two excellent red varieties that pulled through. The tannic structure of the Tannat is balanced by the fruit and acidity of the Blaufränkisch in this blend, which was aged for 9 months in a mixture of new and used French Oak.

Blaufränkisch makes wonderful, food-friendly medium to light bodied wines with bright acidity. To add structure and longevity, our 2024 Blaufränkisch was aged for 6 months in 100% New French Oak barrels. This wine is perfect at cellar temperature (56 degrees) and shows flavors of black and red raspberries, cocoa, vanilla, and spice. It pairs well with spicy foods and unusual flavors due to its juicy acidity and soft tannic structure.

Our Cabernet Sauvignon comes from a 20 year old vineyard farmed by Joe Hermann, a pioneer in regenerative farming in Michigan. There are no herbicides used and the vineyard rows contain an undergrowth of native ground cover to suppress weeds. Many of the vines look more like small trees than grape vines! The farming is only the beginning. We took special care in making this wine, starting with a special Bordeaux yeast for fermentation, 23 day maceration on the skins, and 9 months in French Oak barrels. The structure of this wine is full, but not harsh, and it supports the generous flavors of red currant fruit beautifully. Additional hints of dried herbs and forest floor emerge in the glass. The 2025 Vintage featured a hot and dry fall that ripened our red grapes perfectly - this is a once in a decade wine!