Traverse City Wineries With Food: 30 Mapped Stops

Looking for a wine day that includes an actual meal? This list separates wineries with kitchens, pizza, bistro-style food, raclette, and other substantial options from rooms that only offer tasting snacks.

Best bets for more than a snack

• Dune Bird Winery (Northport): pizza. Relaxed Northport spot with wood-fired pizza and pond-side pergola seating. Dog and kid friendly, with room to spread out.
• Bel Lago Vineyards & Winery (Cedar): pizza. Lake Leelanau estate known for dry Gewurztraminer and aromatic whites, with Market 22 pizzas on site. Sister winery to French Valley.
• Gilchrist Farm Winery (Suttons Bay): kitchen. Farm-to-table kitchen and winery in one. Rare-for-the-region Albarino and Gruner, a real lunch and dinner menu, and gluten-free friendly.
• Brengman Family Wines (Traverse City): kitchen. Hillside estate west of TC (formerly Brengman Brothers at Crain Hill) on the Leelanau trail's Grand Traverse Bay loop. Pours by the glass rather than flights, with an acclaimed on-site restaurant, Cafe Exalt.
• French Valley (Cedar): raclette. Dressy-casual Cedar estate known for its raclette experience and vineyard picnics by golf cart. Sister to Bel Lago; a special-occasion stop.
• Black Star Farms (Suttons Bay) (Suttons Bay): bistro. Flagship destination with an inn, bistro, distillery, and tasting room. Polished and family-friendly; can get busy.

Wineries with tasting snacks

Green Bird Organic Cellars & Farm (Northport), Amoritas Vineyards (Lake Leelanau), Chateau Fontaine (Lake Leelanau), Cherry Republic Winery (Glen Arbor) (Glen Arbor), Good Harbor Vineyards (Lake Leelanau), Laurentide Winery (Lake Leelanau), Left Foot Charley (Traverse City), Rove Winery at the Gallagher Estate (Traverse City), Shady Lane Cellars (Suttons Bay), The Barrel Room (Traverse City), Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery (Traverse City), Chateau Grand Traverse (Traverse City), MAWBY Sparkling Wines (Suttons Bay), Tabone Vineyards (Traverse City), Aurora Cellars (Lake Leelanau), Blustone Vineyards (Lake Leelanau), Chateau Chantal Winery and Inn (Traverse City), Mari Vineyards (Traverse City), 2 Lads Winery (Traverse City), 45 North Vineyard & Winery (Lake Leelanau), Bonobo Winery (Traverse City), Bowers Harbor Vineyards (Traverse City), Black Star Farms Old Mission (Traverse City), Soul Squeeze Cellars (Lake Leelanau).

For a peninsula-first plan, open the Old Mission winery map or the Leelanau winery map.