A Thoughtful Approach to Land and Hospitality
Bohemian Cellars exists to care for this land and share it in a way that feels genuine, welcoming, and sustainable for the long term. This farm has a deep agricultural history, and we see our role as thoughtful stewards who are committed to honoring what has come before while building something meaningful for the future.
Our focus is on responsible farming, honest hospitality, and creating a vineyard and gathering place that reflects the pace, character, and values of Northern Michigan. We are not interested in rushing growth or chasing trends, but in building a place people feel comfortable returning to year after year, whether they are longtime locals or first-time visitors to the peninsula.
Bohemian Cellars is a working farm shaped by Northern Michigan seasons, soil, and climate. The land guides how we grow, how we plan, and how we approach each year in the vineyard. We believe good farming starts with paying attention and responding thoughtfully to what the land needs.
This is also a hands-on, family-run operation. The people caring for the vineyard are the same people welcoming guests and sharing the story of the farm. Being present in every part of the process allows us to create an experience that feels personal, consistent, and grounded in real work rather than appearances.
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Our Process
behind the berries
Enjoying wine starts with the 5 - S's: Sight, Swirl, Smell, Sip, Savor. White wines generally are served around 50 degrees whereas Red wines are typically enjoyed slightly warmer around 60 degrees. Aeration allows the wine to open up releasing aromas, and drinking from a wine glass that tapers at the top to concentrate those aromas will also increase your experience. Enjoy what you like!!! Do not be intimidated by the 'rules' of wine tasting, Everyone enjoys differently.
7. Enjoy
Wine is transferred (reds: from our French oak barrels) to tanks ensuring that it is clear and stable. Wine is pumped from these tanks filling the bottles where corks or screw tops are applied to seal and prevent oxidation within the bottle. This preserves flavors and aromas. Labels are then affixed to the full bottles and foil applied if necessary.
6. Bottle
Blending wines can help with creating a more balanced, consistent, and complex wine. It is an artful experiment that is completed on a very small scale basis to determine the proper blend ratios with focus on structural components such as tannins and acidity .
5. Blend
Aging wine transforms as the tannins bond together getting heavier and fall out as sediment that is removed during the racking of the wine prior to bottling. Color is enhanced as well as the complexity of flavor revealing tertiary aromas in the wine.
4. Age
The Crushed grapes / juice are pumped into fermentation tanks to begin the fermentation process where yeast consumes the sugars in the juice producing the alcoholic percentage transforming the crushed grapes / juice into wine after fermenting. Red wine is typically is fermented with the grape skins on whereas white wines generally are produced juice only, without fermentation on the skins.
3. Ferment
The clusters are placed into non-vented harvest bins that will retain any juice that may be squeezed out by the weight of the berries. The harvest bins are lifted and carefully dumped into the crusher de-stemmer machine that, well, crushes and destems the grapes. The slurry of crushed grapes / juice is then pumped into fermentation tanks to begin the fermentation process.
2. Press
We hand harvest all of our grapes with an experienced vineyard crew, taking care harvesting the best clusters that will produce our wines.
1. Pick
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