Silver Leaf Vineyard & Winery — Attraction in Suttons Bay Township

We had been so busy doing weddings that we thought we would try to get away for a couple of days and rent a cottage up north with our two bearded collies, Winchester and Angel Annabelle Rose. We found a place that sounded really nice, a private secluded cottage in a vineyard on Suttons Bay that excepted dogs, wow, What could be nicer, right? (WRONG). After driving about five hours to our destination, our hosts Patti and Mark Carlson, had left the key in the cottage with a note to call them when we got there and they would be right over. After leaving a couple of messages, we didn't hear back, which was no big deal. The cottage was very cute. We layed out a blanket and sat outside just enjoying being away for a couple of days. We were greeted by a big friendly black dog. Seemed nice enough. Well about one hour later someone pulls up, and says are you staying here. We said yes and introduced ourselves. The was one of the host's (Patti). The very first words out of her mouth were, "ARE THESE THE DOGS", I thought they were little and not so shaggy. Clearly she was not happy and she was not very nice. I tried to engage in conversation with her and her answers we either yes, no, or no response. She asked if we could leave the dogs outside during our stay. We were horrified. What were we going to do now. Five hours away from home with our two dogs and feeling very unwelcome. I got the yellow pages out and called every rental and no one excepted dogs. We finally lucked out and found a great a cottage in Maple City called Paul's Paradise. This cottage was great. The owner couldn't have been nicer, the location was great, a few yards from Little Traverse Lake, with it's own row boat, and kayaks. What a find, We will be going back next year. But I would never recommend Silver Leaf to anyone. This was a terrible experience. That could have ended...

So really winery and vineyard is right along the lake Leelanau wine trail. We got to visit while we were doing the harvest stampede in 2019. We tried a lot of different ones but nothing really tickled our fancy. I don’t know if you could call the woman who was pouring the wine a sommelier. It seemed like she was the person who drew the short straw and had to be there that day. The tasting room is quaint but not something I would...

This is one of our favorite wineries to go to! The staff is incredibly friendly and the tasting room has amazing views of the vineyard. The sangria is amazing and something we have returned for multiple years in a row to take home. The late harvest Riesling...