Michigan By The Bottle

Verterra: New wines from old traditions

Northwestern Michigan is already home to a bounty of wonderful wineries. Do we really need another one? The short answer is yes, when the winery is Verterra. This brand-spanking new winery just opened a tasting room this fall in downtown Leland.

What's with that unusual name, Verterra? It's a combination of two ancient Latin words. Veritas was the Roman goddess of truth. You may have heard of the phrase "in vino veritas," or "In wine there is truth." Terra is Latin for land. So we have Verterra meaning the truth of the land; unusual, but it sings.

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Some love for one of our favorite new wineries!

Podcast #37: Verterra Winery 2010 Unwooded/Reserve Chardonnays

Two for the price of one today, and still in three minutes! (Yeah, how long can we keep THAT up?) Today we do a side-by-side sampling of Verterra Winery's 2010 Unwooded Chardonnay, a Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition gold medal winner, and their newly released, French-oaked 2010 Reserve Chardonnay. Warning: This episode, with it's not-so-subtle nod to Detroit sports pride, may or may not contain Cort's ill-advised foray into U of M headwear.

Viva Verterra

As fall colors explode in full splendor, and freshly picked grapes begin their metamorphosis into fine wine, what better time to enjoy a weekend excursion to one of Michigan’s fine wine trails? And there is no better time for an introduction to Michigan’s newest winery and tasting room, Verterra Winery.

The village of Leland, bordering Lake Michigan on the western shore of the Leelanau Peninsula, has long been a destination for wine country venturers, sailors, fishermen and enthusiasts of the M-22 circuit along Lake Michigan. Leland is surrounded by nearby wineries and tasting rooms, but it has always lacked its own.  Not anymore: Verterra (loosely a contraction of Latin words for truth and earth) is tucked away in an historic building that is vintage on the outside and oh-so-clean and modern on the inside.

 

 

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Good press on Verterra

Video Feature: Verterra Winery

Meet the newest addition to the Michigan wine scene, Verterra Winery in Leland! Take a peek as partner Geoff Hamelin discusses the winery's origins and goals on their first full day open last month. (Please note: You may need to adjust your sound. I didn't realize how much background noise there was until I imported the footage, and as much as I tinkered, I couldn't get it properly balanced.) Have you been to Verterra? Which wine was your favorite there?

Who's Opening Wineries Now

by Tom Carr

Five wineries have just opened or are set to open within the next 18 months in the Traverse City area. The boom is not only good news for Doug Matthies, a consultant who helps launch commercial wineries, it’s also good news for the region.

“[The area’s] wine reputation is growing, so there’s more demand,” says Matthies, who has advised wannabe winemakers from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and downstate Michigan on the ins and outs of winemaking Up North.

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Check out the latest on some new and upcoming Northern Michigan wineries!