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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
4 hours
Number of Guests
1 - 14 guests
Language
English
Digital Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Enjoy a unique Traverse City wine tour without the hustle of buses. Relax with luxury SUVs and VIP service, visiting iconic wineries and an optional distillery at sunset.
For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
10 meals
Experience Details
Yellowstone Style Meets Traverse City Wine Country - check out our group discounts - Tiered pricing❤️
Stunning views, NO BUSES, NO Rush, Iconic wineries-wines and 5 star Celebrity customer service
Leave the driving to us! Sip and savor as you sample wines of 3 wineries and an optional distillery.
VIP treatment with Magic Mike formerly of Magic Shuttle Bus. True wine connoisseurs - wine tour guides. NOT basic transportation to the wineries, this is a WINE EXPERIENCE, real wine recommendations. NO-ONE knows the tour and the wines better than Magic Mike and staff- 7 years experience on Old Mission Peninsula. We don't have 20 buses and random drivers- we pick up in luxury SUVs. ROLL LIKE A MOVIE STAR!
Tours are flexible, pickup and drop off from downtown Traverse City .
Tastings, wines and food are not included in the price of the tour there may be other groups on the tour - semi private.
What You Get
Wine Samples/Splashes ARE available on our tour- flights, bottles, food are extra
Luxury SUV - GMC Yukon/Chevrolet Suburban - coming soon Cadillac Escalade
NON PARTY BUS - semi private, we combine couples, groups of 6-7 most likely have their own vehicle
Food, flights, bottles, glasses available at extra cost
Good To Know
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What You’ll Experience
1
Hawthorne Vineyards
Tour guests can buy flights, wine by the glass, bottles or join the wine club during the wine tour.
One of the best vineyards in Traverse City, guest can sip, savor and taste some of the best reds and whites on the peninsula. Red wine drinkers can sample Merlot / Cab Franc blend and for the white drinkers try the Auxerrois or Dry Riesling. Guests can get a popcorn flight and even a charcuterie board. One of the newest up and coming wineries on Old Mission Peninsula.
The Hawthorne Vineyards site is arguably the most secluded Old Mission Peninsula tasting room site. The tasting room is location on a high bluff with views of both East and West Grand Traverse Bays. Our visitors will be seeing nature– no view of traffic, no close neighbors -- just vineyard, woods and water.
Guests can see both bays from the tasting room. An outdoor patio area will provide a relaxing environment with stunning bay views and a cozy outdoor fireplace.
55 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
2
Bonobo Winery
Tour guests can buy flights, wine by the glass, bottles or join the wine club during the wine tour.
A place where guests feel like Movie Stars, with wines you cannot wait to brag about and share...
Bonobo Winery was founded by brothers and longtime Traverse City natives, Todd and Carter Oosterhouse. Stunning views, excellent wines and top notch customer service!
Guests on our tours can sample expert level red wines like the BDX and a top shelf Pinot Noir. White drinkers can sample a bubbly Blanc de Blancs, top notch chardonnays and a Fume Blanc. This is the only winery on Old Mission Peninsula where our tour guests can sample a glass of whiskey! Frozen drink lovers can get a frozen lemonade lavender vodka based frozen drink. Guests can also get some amazing pretzel bites, an expert level charcuterie board or fried goat cheese (food depends on availability). This winery is one of the most memorable locations on our wine tour- it's quite an experience.
55 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
3
Old Mission
Tour guests can buy flights, wine by the glass, or bottles.
OLD MISSION DISTILLING
Our tour guests will be welcomed to Old Mission Distilling with open arms, nestled in the heart of the picturesque Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City, our guests will be able to sample one of the newest hip locations on Old Mission Peninsula. Our guests will be able to purchase mixed drinks and wine.
At Old Mission Distilling, the crew believes that the soul of a spirit lies in its ingredients. Our tour guests will learn that ingredients are sourced locally, tapping into the abundance of farms and orchards that grace the peninsula. From the luscious orchards bursting with sun-ripened fruits to the fertile fields that yield grains of the highest quality, the staff brings the essence of Old Mission Peninsula directly into every bottle.
Our tour guests will be impressed by the selection of very unique mixed drinks, wines, food and even a mixed drink flight all offered for purchase.
55 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
4
Bowers Harbor Vineyards
This is a seasonal stop-ALTERNATE STOP
Tour guests can buy flights, wine by the glass, bottles or join the wine club during the wine tour.
Bowers Harbor Vineyards stablished in 1991 is one of the original wineries in the area. Initially a horse farm, the estate now boasts 20 acres of vinifera vines. An inviting tasting room is a former horse stable, and a friendly staff will welcome and introduce our tour guests to an extensive selections of top wines by the glass, bottle or by the flight.
Bowers Harbor Vineyards is nicknamed the "dog winery" and guests might see various dogs at the winery.
Bowers Harbor grows Riesling, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Grigio, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The real show stopper is the Pinot Secco (bubbly Pinot Grigio) and a Pinot Secco Rose (Magic Mike's pick).
Guests can order wine flights and head to the patio, fire pit, pavilion, and tables tucked alongside the vines on the property.
55 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
Grand Traverse Bay (Pass By)
Grand Traverse Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan. The bay is separated from the rest of Lake Michigan by the Leelanau Peninsula. The bay is some 32 miles long, ranges from 7 to 10 miles wide, and up to 620 feet deep in spots. It is the second-largest bay of Lake Michigan, behind Green Bay.
Grand Traverse Bay earned its name from 18th-century French voyageurs who made "la grande traverse" or a long trek or crossing, across the mouth of bay.
The most famous feature of the Grand Traverse Bay is the division into East and West arms by the Old Mission Peninsula.
During this tour, on the way from Traverse City to Hawthorne Vineyards, our tour guests will see stunning views of the East Bay. Tour guests will be driven right along the shoreline at times. On the drive from Hawthorne to Bowers guests will see views of the West Bay. Tour guests will see views of both East and West Bays during the rest of the tour as well. A very large part of this award winning tour are the views!
Meeting & Pickup
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THE MOVIE STAR EXPERIENCE
Pickup is at Hardy Street Parking Structure, east side of the structure near the State Street entrance next to Middlecoast Brewery, look for some luxury GMC Yukons/Cadillac Escalades. Hardy Street Parking Structure is across the street from Park Place Hotel. For groups, we also pick up at some local downtown Traverse City locations- email or text us your location. Our guests don't have to walk miles to a far-away park to get on some old run-down bus! OR worse, our guests won't have to drive to some park only to drive back to Traverse City after a day of drinking wine! Don't come here on vacation and leave on probation! Movie Stars Wine Tours guests get picked up and dropped off in Downtown Traverse City. Book the Movie Star Experience!
Guests from outside of downtown-
Day tours- we can sometimes pick up before tours at local area hotels, however, traffic gets heavy in the afternoon, so drop off after the day tour would be downtown Traverse City. Day tour guests are strongly encouraged to go downtown Traverse City to eat until rush-hour is over, catch an Uber or hotel shuttle later in the afternoon. Guides have dinner recommendations for guests.
Guests on the afternoon/sunset tours- Plan ahead, get downtown early via hotel shuttles/Ubers- traffic gets heavy in the afternoon. Get to the pickup point (Hardy Street Parking Structure), and we can usually drop off at local hotels/motels after the wine tour.
Bought a box of wine? No problem, after the wine tour, go out and experience downtown Traverse City, and pick up your wine the next day.
Meeting Point303 E State St, East State Street, Grand Traverse County Michigan, United States, US, 49684
Open in Google MapsEast side of Hardy Parking Structure near the State Street Entrance next to Middlecoast Brewery, look for some Yukons. Staying local? Let us know, We may be able to get guests back to local hotels after the tour depending on location. Sunset times do vary, sunsets are dependent on weather and times
End PointThis experience ends at the meeting point.
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