Forty-Five North Vineyard & Winery

Extended Holiday Hours

November 28, 2009

Eric Grossnickle, Designer

We’ll be open later, 3-8pm, on the next three Fridays, Dec. 4th, 11th, and 18th, to give you more time for your holiday shopping. We’re now offering gift baskets, gift certificates, and of course, many great wines. Come out and visit!

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Finishing Touchés

December 31, 2009

Steve Grossnickle, Owner

A finishing touché in fencing indicates the final hit or touch with the epee or sword indicating ultimate victory, but in literature it is also a final acknowledgement of a telling or obvious statement.

Now that you’re horribly bored, I’m using the title of this blog entry as a play on words as the tasting room nears completion with just a few finishing touches. Almost everything is in place for a “soft opening” in February which will correspond to several releases of our 2009 vintages. Although 2009 was a bit of a struggle for Michigan winemakers, our winemaker Shawn Walters and his cellarmaster, David Hill, with help from Jason Buckler have created some masterful wines, carefully blending Washington state juices, high in sugar and pH, with our Michigan juices, low in sugar and pH. He has kept the ratios…

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Marigold Chef Tour 2010

January 26, 2010

Eric Grossnickle, Designer

Throughout the course of 2010, Marigold is hosting several events at various area restaurants and we’re pleased to have our wines paired with each course at each event this year. Click here to view all events and purchase tickets. The next event on February 8th at the Boathouse Restaurant is already sold out, so make sure you plan ahead — the following event is on March 1st at La Bécasse in Burdickville.

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Grand Opening Event on June 26th

June 16, 2010

Eric Grossnickle, Designer

We’re celebrating the opening of our new tasting room! The time has finally come, after a year and a half of construction we’re in our new post and beam tasting room! Please come join us in celebrating the opening with live music from Blue Dirt (3- 5:30pm) and The New Third Coast with Norm Wheeler (6- 9pm). Mary in the Morning will also be…

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Live Music from Eye in Queue

June 28, 2010

Eric Grossnickle, Designer

This weekend, Eye in Queue (Neil Peplinski & Aaron Netsell) will be playing live at the winery on Friday, July 2 from 4-6pm and Saturday, July 3 from 4-7pm. They’ll be playing an electric/acoustic mix of various songs off their albums as well as some cover tunes. Stay tuned for more details coming mid-week. In the meantime, check out some audio samples from their first album, “Wait and See”.

Notes from the back cover of their…

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"45 North Blues"

July 22, 2010

Eric Grossnickle, Designer

On the Friday and Saturday nights of the July 4th weekend, Eye In Queue (Neil Peplinski and Aaron Netsell) played some great live music here at the winery. What we didn’t know is that they had written a song about the winery on their drive up and played it a few times for us. Well, we love it and, luckily, recorded video of it; they also recorded a studio version of it after they returned home. Thanks again to Eye In Queue for coming out and for what will become our theme song, “45 North Blues”! Watch the video and download the studio version below: