Left Foot Charley
Leelenau Peninsula Kerner
Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan, USA
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You don't have to be in Oakland or Brooklyn to bring winemaking to the city. Say hello to Traverse City, Michigan!
You don't have to be in Oakland or Brooklyn to bring winemaking to the city. Say hello to Traverse City, Michigan!
1 person found it helpfulJul 14th, 2015
Wine Editor San Francisco Chronicle
Come to BK, drink MI.
Come to BK, drink MI.
1 person found it helpfulJun 22nd, 2014
Says @Jon Bonné:
Yeah, yeah -- urban winery, purchased grapes. Heard it all before. What about in Traverse City, Mich.? Left Foot Charley works with more than a dozen small vineyards and farmers producing everything from Blaufrankisch to ice cider. Bryan Ulbrich's facility, in a former asylum that also houses galleries and a restaurant, is proof that you don't have to be in Oakland or Brooklyn to bring winemaking to the city.
Kerner is a cross between two cold-weather varieties, white Riesling and red Trollinger (aka Schiava). It's also a perfect choice for Michigan, which excels with dry Rieslings. LCF's caught my attention for the sort of green-almond and celeriac aspects you'd find in specimens from Italy's Alto Adige, but it leans a bit more fruit than mineral. Also: How often do you get to drink Michigan Kerner?
#americanrebels
Says @Jon Bonné:
Yeah, yeah -- urban winery, purchased grapes. Heard it all before. What about in Traverse City, Mich.? Left Foot Charley works with more than a dozen small vineyards and farmers producing everything from Blaufrankisch to ice cider. Bryan Ulbrich's facility, in a former asylum that also houses galleries and a restaurant, is proof that you don't have to be in Oakland or Brooklyn to bring winemaking to the city.
Kerner is a cross between two cold-weather varieties, white Riesling and red Trollinger (aka Schiava). It's also a perfect choice for Michigan, which excels with dry Rieslings. LCF's caught my attention for the sort of green-almond and celeriac aspects you'd find in specimens from Italy's Alto Adige, but it leans a bit more fruit than mineral. Also: How often do you get to drink Michigan Kerner?
#americanrebels