The Winery Blake's Orchard of Lake Michigan Shore of Michigan

Winery Blake's Orchard - Meritage Dry Red
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Michigan.
It is located in Lake Michigan Shore in the region of Michigan

The Winery Blake's Orchard is one of the best wineries to follow in Lake Michigan Shore.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Lake Michigan Shore to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Blake's Orchard wines

Looking for the best Winery Blake's Orchard wines in Lake Michigan Shore among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Blake's Orchard wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Blake's Orchard wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Blake's Orchard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Blake's Orchard

How Winery Blake's Orchard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew) or sauerkraut of the sea in casserole.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Blake's Orchard.

  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Lake Michigan Shore

The wine region of Lake Michigan Shore is located in the region of Michigan of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Fenn Valley Vineyards or the Domaine Round Barn produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lake Michigan Shore are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet franc and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lake Michigan Shore often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, oaky or apples and sometimes also flavors of oak, tropical fruit or microbio.

In the mouth of Lake Michigan Shore is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 34 estates and châteaux in the of Lake Michigan Shore, producing 237 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lake Michigan Shore go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Blake's Orchard

Planning a wine route in the of Lake Michigan Shore? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Blake's Orchard.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Blake's Orchard and wines from the region

Bordeaux’s secondary market share plummets to all-time low

The region’s trade share slumped to an historic low of 37.7% in 2021 after failing to keep pace with the broader market. It was the first time Bordeaux’s market share had ever fallen below 40%. At the time of writing, it has slipped to 32%, according to Liv-ex. The company divides its main index into a series of sub-indices. Over the past year, the Bordeaux sub-index increased by a modest 11.5%, compared to 43.8% for Burgundy and 51.2% for Champagne. The main challenger to Bordeaux’s throne is B ...

Fears of frost damage return to French vineyards

Frost returned to French vineyards early this month as France recorded its coldest April night since 1947. Temperatures plunged to minus nine degrees Celsius in some parts of the Champagne region on the night between 3 and 4 April, with minus seven reported in areas around Bordeaux and minus six in Chablis. Some winemakers lit candles and fires between vineyard rows to help protect young buds. Yet while scenes were reminiscent of the devastating frosts that struck French vineyards in April 2021, ...

Sales of English and Welsh wine soared in 2021

That represents a 69% increase on the 5.5 million bottles sold in 2019, highlighting the exponential growth the industry has enjoyed in recent years. Brits account for 96% of the sales, but demand is increasing in export markets too. English and Welsh wines have proved particularly popular in Scandinavia, with exports to Norway rising by 85% year-on-year in 2021. In the UK, more than half of the sales are direct-to-consumer, either via the cellar door or a winery’s website. However, sales in sup ...

The word of the wine: Late harvest

A name historically used in Alsace, late harvest refers to grapes harvested during over-ripening for the production of sweet and syrupy wines.