Northern Leelanau Wine Tour

The Leelanau Peninsula provides a perfect micro-climate for growing some varieties of fruit, specifically grapes, cherries, and apples for sweet and tangy local wine and cider varieties.

Visit the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail site to view all the wineries in the area.

Below are the wineries in the Northport Omena area; click the link below to view our area map listing where they are located. Visit them all and make an afternoon road trip!

Make sure you check each winery’s website and or social media pages for up-to-date hours.

Leelanau Cellars

The Jacobsen family founded Leelanau Cellars in 1974 in one of its Leelanau County cherry orchards, believing Northern Michigan would be a great place to grow wine grapes and produce wine. At the time, nobody knew if that faith would be fulfilled. +40 years later, the winery is still family owned and operated, the region boasts over 30 wineries, and that belief has been confirmed. Over the years, the tasting room has grown into a popular area attraction, now greeting over 40,000 visitors annually on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay. Distributing 200,000 cases annually, the Leelanau Cellars brand is easily recognizable in retail wine stores and restaurants throughout the state of Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes region.

Visit the Leelanau Cellars website to learn more.

Green Bird

Our tasting room is located amongst a 67 acre farm on the Leelanau Peninsula. We are two miles south of the picturesque waterfront community of Northport. Come visit the tasting room to try our estate made wines, handcrafted hard ciders, and locally made microbrews.

Visit the Green Bird Cellars website to learn more.

Baia Estate

Baia Estate produces Italian-style wines from a 70-acre property in the hills of northern Leelanau County. The name Baia (pronounced BYE-ah: Italian for “bay”) was inspired by the sweeping views of West Grand Traverse and Northport Bay from our estate. Our Northport tasting room offers tastes, flights, glass pours, and wine cocktails, as well as bottle and case sales. Plus Leelanau County’s first canned Rosé! 

Visit the Baia website to learn more.

Verterra

Verterra is Latin for “truth in the land.” Virtually all of our grapes and wines are crafted from our own fruit, from over 40 acres of family vineyards in Leelanau, including an event space in Northport and tasting room in Leeland. We offer many award-winning wines and ciders for your tasting experience. 

Visit the Verterra Winery Website to learn more.