Winery Highlights

15 Years – A Short, Honest History of Vin du Lac

15 Years – A Short, Honest History of Vin du Lac

In 2001, Michaela Markusson and I climbed out of a realtor’s car into a tired apple orchard served by a 1920’s home long in need of repair and a couple of sheds with dim daylight peeking through the gaps in the siding.  It was winter, the trees were barren and leafless, the dirt driveway and...

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French-inspired Northwest fresh cuisine

French-inspired Northwest fresh cuisine

Embracing our past: French-inspired Northwest fresh cuisine Classic French winemaking has always inspired me, with its earthy, food-friendly wines, and so I took a French nom de plume – Vin du Lac – under which to make my wines. But what’s the point of food-friendly wines without food? It never made sense to me to...

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