INTERIM PUBLISHER'S LETTER

We are already experiencing unseasonably warm days and the incomparable beautiful evenings that signal early summer. For me, this has always been a season of industrious home improvement projects---this year it’s windows, every single window in the house to be exact---followed by a race to g…

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, February 7, 2013

Silver Beach in St. Joe for wine, dancing and ice-carving this weekend; pre-Valentine's Day couples' painting in St. John and legendary John Records Landecker at Bartlett's in April...and BB King too.---Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine.

Wineries add some hip to their sip

The tiki tasting hut in the barrel room of the Judd's Hill winery is a tipoff: This isn't your old-school faux chateau.

New Buffalo, Harbor Country's festival-friendly town, blends fun with relaxation

Wherever you are in New Buffalo, it's where you want to be. That's because this charming town at Lake Michigan's shore has it all, within easy reach. Whether you exit the interstate or alight from Amtrak, you're barely a minute from New Buffalo's tantalizing attractions: amazingly diverse do…

My perfect Mother's Day postponed, only temporarily

Mothers of the middle ages, who have their own mothers to cherish and daughters and daughters-in-law with children to celebrate, do not necessarily get to have their own selfish way on the day the greeting card proclaims. --Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore magazine

Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail adds a couple newbies

The group of more than a dozen wineries in Southwestern Michigan has added Founders Wine Cellar and Gravity to the roster just as the season kicks off. --Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore magazine.

Evanston Cellars brings North Shore to the South Shore

My friend Dileep Gangolli is a very interesting guy, part professional musician and part professional communicator and, as I learned recently, he has been making his own wine too.--- Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore magazine.

An Afternoon of Michigan Food and Wine

Saturday, April 21 from noon until 7 p.m., Food Dance Market in Kalamazoo hosts a special tasting of three Michigan wines.

Round Barn and Free Run Winemaker Takes Best in SW Michigan

Overdue congratulations to Matthew Moersch, winemaker at Free Run Cellars and Round Barn Winery, who took first place for Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer and Riesling in a recent SW Michigan competition. --Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore magazine