Gold Coast
Grocer’s Daughter works directly with cacao farmers in Ecuador to obtain its chocolate, and it sources its other ingredients from Michigan farms and dairies. The truffles, honey caramels, sea salt bark and fudgesicles will haunt your dreams. You can watch the chocolate-making happen in the open kitchen, or take a class and learn to do it yourself.
Guided tastings (per person $10, one hour) also are available.
15.25 MILES
The forest-cloaked Manitou Islands provide an off-the-beaten-path adventure. They’re part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, hence the entrance…
27.44 MILES
Michigan's excellent wines taste even better on Brys Estate's sprawling deck, which provides stunning vineyard and bay views. Tastings from $8; cheese and…
20.58 MILES
In the early 1900s, tiny commercial fishing villages dotted the shorelines of the Great Lakes. Fishtown is one of the few that has been preserved. Wander…
26.73 MILES
It is one of the Old Mission Peninsula's stalwarts, pouring renowned chardonnay and pinot noir (five-wine tasting $5). The patio overlooking the vineyard…
28.33 MILES
It gets lots of kudos for its chardonnay, pinot noir and dessert wines (five-wine tasting from $7, three-wine flight from $10). The romantic, French-style…
26.25 MILES
Located in an old schoolhouse, Peninsula makes fine whites and is often less crowded than other wineries. A five-wine tasting costs $5.
15.25 MILES
The forest-cloaked Manitou Islands provide an off-the-beaten-path adventure. They’re part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, hence the entrance…
20.58 MILES
In the early 1900s, tiny commercial fishing villages dotted the shorelines of the Great Lakes. Fishtown is one of the few that has been preserved. Wander…
26.25 MILES
Located in an old schoolhouse, Peninsula makes fine whites and is often less crowded than other wineries. A five-wine tasting costs $5.
26.73 MILES
It is one of the Old Mission Peninsula's stalwarts, pouring renowned chardonnay and pinot noir (five-wine tasting $5). The patio overlooking the vineyard…
5. Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery
27.44 MILES
Michigan's excellent wines taste even better on Brys Estate's sprawling deck, which provides stunning vineyard and bay views. Tastings from $8; cheese and…
28.33 MILES
It gets lots of kudos for its chardonnay, pinot noir and dessert wines (five-wine tasting from $7, three-wine flight from $10). The romantic, French-style…