New Buffalo Harvest and Wine Fest

The New Buffalo Harvest and Wine Fest takes place on Saturday, October 10, 2009, from noon to 10:00 p.m.

With the Lake in full view from Lion’s Park (and the beach just across the street),  sample a bounty of local cuisine, locally grown produce, and, most importantly, locally cultivated wines.

There will be a variety of wines from several local vintners – the Round Barn Winery, Free Run Cellars, Lemon Creek, Domaine Berrien, St. Julian Winery and Tabor Hill - all in an outdoor settting.

Music, wine & beer tasting, farmers and pumpkin patch, free kids activities, hay rides, pumpkin painting, prizes, food, and craft vendors and beautiful views of the lake for a suggested donation of $5.

New Buffalo is located about one hour from Chicago in Southwest Michigan.

There's still time for white wine...

There is still time for white wine making class, that is.  Dan and I took one of these wine making classes at Round Barn Winery in SW Michigan (about an hour and a half from Chicago) a few years ago.  However, we took the red wine class and ended up making shiraz.  Unlike any other area wine making classes (in Chicago or in Michigan) that I have seen, you get to actually go out in the field with the winemakers, pick your own grapes and put them through the press.  At that time, you get to make some choices about some of the barrel age qualities your wine will express.  Then you come back in the Spring to bottle your wine, choose the amount of residual sugar to add back to your wine and sample some of the food and wine from the winery.  The final outcome is that you leave with 2 cases of wine and a very unique experience!

The Fall portion of these classes are taking place in the next two weeks and it looks like there is only room left in one of the white wine sessions this Sunday, October 4th.  Round Barn is also a fun stop for wine and beer tasting.

 Sign up below:

http://www.roundbarnwinery.com/winemaking_classes.php