Walloon Lake Winery

Walloon Lake Winery sits on the Dennis family farm between the arms of Walloon Lake in Michigan's Tip of the Mitt AVA, near Petoskey. The farm has been in the family since 1954, when Bob and Dorothy Dennis started a dairy operation that later became a produce farm. In 2012, Tim Dennis began converting the farm into a vineyard, planting cold-hardy Marquette grapes in 2013 with the goal of growing seven varieties including Frontenac, Petite Pearl, Sabrevois, Frontenac Gris, Frontenac Blanc, and La Crescent. Winemaker Matt Killman produces and bottles all the wine on site, working with fruit from the estate vineyard and small local growers. The tasting room was built by Tim and his son Connor using cedar and red pine harvested and milled from the farm. The vineyards are farmed regeneratively with organic soil amendments and no herbicides or insecticides, and the property is MAEAP certified and a member of the Great Lakes Sustainable Wine Alliance. Visitors can taste in the tasting room, tour the winery and vineyard, and host private events in the pavilion or tasting room.

Written by Ava from public sources. Not written or reviewed by the winery.