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The Whites are blooming!

We are quickly moving forward!  It is almost April, and we are expanding the Tasting Room hours.  Starting next week, we will be open Friday through Sunday.  We have also bottled our new Chardonnay and Pinot Gris.  They are both absolutely wonderful!!  You may have a taste in the tasting room, and as soon as [...]

February in the Tasting Room

So it is still just February and a pretty slow time for our tasting room, which is only open from 12:00 to 5:00m on Saturdays in the winter.  But while most people order their wine on the web site, we do get quite a few visitors on these Saturdays.  Like a friend of mine said, "in Michigan we drink wine [...]

Long Awaited - The Rustic White is here.

Finally!!!

2007 Rustic White
 
We are pleased to announce that the 2007 Rustic White is bottled and ready for you to drink.  Order online today.  The last vintage of this wonderful white wine sold out in only 3 months, visit our tasting room and find out why. 
Alan Eaker and Staff,
Longview Winery

Why it is called Ice Wine

And here it is, one step closer to becoming the Sweet Winter Ice wine.  This is a picture of grapes, frozen solid in a block, after being pressed.

Ice Ice Baby

                So Alan has harvested this year's ice wine grapes, and they look great!!  We make the Longview Winery Sweet Winter Ice with the sweet and wonderful Cayuga grape, the best ice wine grape ever!  The Cayuga grape is a hybrid grape, specifically designet at Cornell University for  cold-climate conditions, and has proven to be [...]

2007 Awards

Finger Lakes International, April 2007
2005 Riesling - SILVER
2005 Cherry Mead - SILVER
2005 Winter Ice- SILVER
2005 Cabernet Franc- BRONZE
2006 Cherry Wine - BRONZE
2006 Pinot Gris - BRONZE
Tasters Guild International, April 2007
2006 Cherry Wine - GOLD
2006 Rustic Whit - SILVER
2005 Riesling - SILVER
2006 Chardonnay - SILVER
2006 Pinot Noir- BRONZE
2005 Cabernet Franc Reserve - SILVER
International Eastern Wine Competition, May 2007
2005 Honey Mead - [...]

Possibilities

Welcome to our new blog.
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2006 Awards

Pacific Rim International
2005 Cherry Wine - GOLD
2005 Pinot Gris - GOLD
2005 Pinot Noir - SILVER
2005 Cherry Port - BRONZE
Finger Lakes International
2005 Riesling - SILVER
2005 Sparkling Apple - SILVER
2005 Pinot Noir - BRONZE
Oakland Community College Great Lakes
2005 Cherry Port - GOLD
2005 Sweet Winter Ice - GOLD
2005 Riesling - SILVER
2005 Rustic White - BRONZE
Indy International Wine Competition
Rustic [...]

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