Okay, here's my post trying to capture a wedding. There are way too many competitors in this family though! Last weekend, we headed up to the Traverse City area for a short 2-day trip for a wedding. Luke and Sabrina were both in nursing school with me. They had an absoultely gorgeous, idyllic northern Michigan October wedding on a vineyard in Leelanau peninsula. Yeah, beautiful. The ceremony was outside on a hilltop that overlooked the changing colors of the trees, the rolling vineyards, and the Grand Traverse Bay. As Reuben said, "This is Michigan's Tuscany." But almost better in my opinion with the water in the whole mix of the landscape. The reception was in a barn that has been made nice for receptions. So I could have posted more pictures of course, but I suppose this is enough.
The next day (Saturday) we had a wonderful day with our friends Matt& Brittany who also went to the wedding. We went to 3 different wineries with them on Leelanau peninsula and did some wine tasting.
After eating lunch in Traverse City at a grea brewery, Matt & Brittany headed home and Reuben & I headed up Old Mission peninsula to one more winery that I've heard a lot about, Chanteau Chantal, which was absoultely beautiful also. The pictures below are of that. The drives all weekend along the coast was breathtaking with the changing colors. We also had a lot of fun just milling around along the cute streets of Traverse City. We had a great time and were reminded once again that Michigan has many hidden treasures!
The next day (Saturday) we had a wonderful day with our friends Matt& Brittany who also went to the wedding. We went to 3 different wineries with them on Leelanau peninsula and did some wine tasting.
After eating lunch in Traverse City at a grea brewery, Matt & Brittany headed home and Reuben & I headed up Old Mission peninsula to one more winery that I've heard a lot about, Chanteau Chantal, which was absoultely beautiful also. The pictures below are of that. The drives all weekend along the coast was breathtaking with the changing colors. We also had a lot of fun just milling around along the cute streets of Traverse City. We had a great time and were reminded once again that Michigan has many hidden treasures!
3 comments:
Katie and I enjoyed that area as well when we were on our honeymoon. Did you go to the end of mission point? Did you take back any good wine? Your friends could not have had a better day for a wedding!
Maybe we could get the Sportelian vineyards to look like that. People could get married in our barn. We could serve our concord grape wine...
no?
Looks beautiful up there. You'll have to let me know where you went cause I'm going up to take photo for the film maker's website the end of the month. I'm thinking they would like to know that our vineyards are just as good as California's.
Sam, we did take some wines back, but we did not finish the drive to the end of the mission peninsula. Yeah, the weather and time of year were both exactly perfect. The trees were noticeably changing in just the two days we were there.
With the right investments in the barn and the property, we could make sportelian vineyards a success for the vino and the receptions.
We can tell you some of the vineyards we visited. The wedding, at ciccone vineyards, and the chanteau chantal were both cool great with the rolling hills full of rows of vines.
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