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2009 Michigan Wine & Spirit Competition

WOWSA…We did it again!! Longview Winery, a true boutique winery, took two double gold, three gold, and a Best of Class at the '09 Competition. For the 4th year in a row, Longview Winery took a top honor at the competition. Our Cherry Wine was judged the best fruit wine in Michigan, and double golds [...]

'08 Rustic Red and '08 Rustic Rose

They have just been released, and what a reception!!  The Rustic Red, a huge favorite with everybody is finally in the tasting room and ready for you.  The '07 Rustic Red took the spotlight last year, when it was decleared the best dry red wine in Michigan and received Double Gold at the Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition.  Will [...]

'08 Chardonnay and '08 Pinot Gris are ready for taste and purchase.  Simply awesome!

Yeah!!
To all our good friends; come and see us this weekend!  We are open again (Fridays and Saturdays through February and March) and looking forward to seeing you!    
And if you have not been here since November, you have not yet tasted our very excellent '07 Cabernet Franc.
You are welcome to come and try all our [...]

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 [...]

Possibilities

Welcome to our new blog.
We hope to use it to bring you closer to Longview: our wines, people and the beautiful area we are a part of.
If you have suggestions or questions, please post a comment!

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