Wines & Vines has a feature on the new French Road Cellars in Lake Leelanau, Michigan, Michigan’s first custom-crush winery owned by Doug and Laura Matthies: Because his background is more oriented to viticulture, Matthies works closely with Shawn Walters, owner of One World Winery Consulting. In response to a question concerning his winemaking background, [...]
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French Road Cellars in Wines & Vines!
January 19, 2010
Making Ice Wine in Northern Michigan
December 29, 2009
MyNorth.com (Traverse Magazine) has a feature on Making Ice Wine in Northern Michigan by Sharon Kegerreis (of From the Vine) that features Shawn & Alan Eaker of Longview Winery making ice wine: This is the 2008 harvest of ice wine, a dessert wine that Eaker considers nectar of the gods. “There is no way to [...]
Custom Crush at French Road Cellars
December 28, 2009
‘Custom crush’ outfit shines from the Traverse City Record-Eagle looks at French Road Cellars, the region’s first custom crush operation. Owner Doug Matthies says: “I’ve had this idea in mind for a number of years,” Matthies said. “This way we can concentrate solely behind the counter, and not worry about the marketing and the sales [...]
Video interviews with Michigan winemaker Shawn Walters
December 5, 2009
Here’s a a pair of interviews with Shawn by Master Sommelier Claudia Tyagi, retired engineer and avid wine aficionado David Rusnell of michwine.com, and Kim Adams and George Heritier of Gang of Pour. You can read all about their tour of the Leelanau Peninsula and tastings at Gang of Pour. This one features Alan Eaker [...]
Jana Riesling (Leelanau Peninsula)
July 14, 2009
by Rick Coates of the Northern Express Okay, since the inception of Bottoms Up, I have been touting the local wine industry. Regular readers by now should be aware that wines from Northern Michigan have been garnering worldwide praise by top industry critics, and winning several top medals at major international wine competitions. But as [...]
Best Rosé at the Pacific Rim Wine Competition
July 14, 2009
Below is a letter from the Pacific Rim Wine Competition regarding one of Shawn’s wines: Hi Shawn, Congratulations! Your Pinot Noir Rosé, 2008, Leelanau Peninsula was awarded the Best Pacific Rim Rosé Wine at the 2009 Pacific Rim Wine Competition last week. Your wine certainly knocked the feet out from under the judges and caused [...]
