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Bay Theatre hosts special wine weekend featuring pairings of food, wine, films

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In celebration of Michigan Wine Month, the nonprofit Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay is hosting a special wine weekend May 15-17 in partnership with local wineries offering “perfect pairings” of wine tastings, delicious bites, and decadent films. Wine Weekend kicks off on Friday, May 15, with a 6 pm wine tasting and food bites mindfully paired by Simpson Family Estates — home to Good Harbor Vineyards, Aurora Cellars, Michigan by the Bottle, and Harbor Hill. A 7 pm screening will follow of Widow Clicquot, the riveting dramatized story of the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business.

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Michigan By The Bottle expands local wine downstate

Taylor and Sam Simpson know wine. They were brought up in the business, and today Simpson Family Estates includes Aurora Cellars, Good Harbor Vineyards and Harbor Hill Fruit Farms. So, too, do Geoff Hamelin and his parents Paul and Marty Hamelin, who have owned and run Verterra Winery since 2007. Now the two families have teamed up to showcase not only their wines but those of more than a dozen other wineries from across the state. They have purchased Michigan By The Bottle. The tasting rooms in the metro Detroit area offer patrons the chance to try wines from all around Michigan. “The mission is to bring Michigan wines to more consumers,” says Taylor. “It’s not limited to the Leelanau Peninsula. It’s all AVAs.”

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Still the Simpsons at Good Harbor Vineyards

Taylor Simpson grew up at Good Harbor Vineyards, located on M-22 west of Leland. Her dad, with his degree from the University of California at Davis where he studied wine making and grape growing, managed the back of the house, tending the grapes, making the wine, along with the family fruit farm, while her mom ran the tasting room. “The school bus would drop us off here and we would wash glasses from the day’s visitors.”

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RIP, Leelanau legends Dean Robb, George Weeks, Bernie Rink

Over the course of one week late in 2018, Leelanau County lost some of its most impactful elders: Bernie Rink, George Weeks and Dean Robb.

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Vintners honor Bernie Rink, pioneer of northern Michigan wine industry

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Leelanau vintners will hold a Boskydel Tribute on Saturday, July 7, from 6-10 p.m. at Aurora Cellars in Lake Leelanau. The event is a collaboration between Good Harbor Vineyards, Mawby and Bel Lago Vineyards to honor Bernie Rink, pioneer of the region’s wine industry.

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Vintners honor Bernie Rink, pioneer of northern Michigan wine industry

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Leelanau vintners will hold a Boskydel Tribute on Saturday, July 7, from 6-10 p.m. at Aurora Cellars in Lake Leelanau. The event is a collaboration between Good Harbor Vineyards, Mawby and Bel Lago Vineyards to honor Bernie Rink, pioneer of the region’s wine industry.

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