Petoskey Wine Region planner / Walloon Lake and Boyne area wineries
Walloon Lake and Boyne area wineries
Which wineries are near Walloon Lake?
Walloon Lake Winery, Rudbeckia and Boyne Valley Vineyards are the local tasting-day starting points. They are different enough to make a varied afternoon without driving to the farthest edge of the region. Start from the village, choose only the stops with workable hours, and reserve time for a proper lunch.
The wider Petoskey wine trail includes wineries much farther away. The closest three are a suggested geographic cluster, not a promise that all are open. Select your date and use the trip planner below, then verify any call-ahead stop directly.
Walloon Lake is the quiet one. Lake Charlevoix gets the boats and Little Traverse Bay gets the crowds, and Walloon sits in between with a rebuilt village at the foot of it, a Hemingway story attached, and three tasting rooms within about fifteen minutes.
Walloon Lake Winery on Intertown Road is the anchor: a third generation farm about a mile off the water, seven acres of cold hardy vines on thirty six acres, and a stacked cordwood tasting building that looks out over the vineyard. Rudbeckia on Lake Grove Road is the other side of the coin, the one stop on the trail pouring wine, beer, cider and spirits, with firepits and winter igloos. Boyne Valley Vineyards sits on US-131 between Walloon Lake and Boyne Falls and leans hardest into Michigan grown cold hardy fruit.
That is a genuine three stop loop with short drives, which is rare in this region. Start or end it in the village of Walloon Lake, and if you want a fourth thing in the day, the stair climb at Avalanche Preserve above Boyne City is the best earned view for miles.
The realistic tasting day
Which stops can actually fit your day?
Petoskey's tasting rooms can be far apart, and published hours are uneven. This view rejects published-hours conflicts, checks your time window, and flags anything you still need to confirm by phone.
An intentionally tight tasting day, not a drive all the way to Vanderbilt.
- 11:00 AM to 11:45 AMWalloon Lake WineryA third-generation family farm a mile off Walloon Lake, with seven acres of cold-hardy vines on 36 acres. The stacked-cordwood tasting building is built from local wood and looks out over the vineyard. They work the soil organically, and the list runs cold-hardy estate wine, a sparkling peach, and hard ciders.Hours unconfirmed - call wineryOfficial winery site · Map stop
- 12:09 PM to 12:54 PMBoyne Valley VineyardsMary Ann Mahaney's place on US-131 between Walloon Lake and Boyne Falls. Cold-climate wine, hard cider and mead, tastings up in an elevated treehouse, heated igloos once it turns, and live music most weekends.Based on posted weekly hoursOfficial winery site · Map stop
Travel between stops is a conservative geographic-distance planning buffer of approximately 24 minutes, not a road-route ETA. This excludes driving to the first winery, food and extra activities. Recheck winery hours, seasonal changes and tasting reservations. Choose a designated driver or a tour operator.
Hours for the Walloon Lake and Boyne stops
- Boyne City Taproom (Boyne City): call ahead for current hours Plan about 50 minutes.
- Boyne Valley Vineyards (Petoskey): Mon-Thu 11am-7pm, Fri 11am-7:30pm, Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 12pm-5pm Plan about 45 minutes.
- Muskrat Distilling (Boyne City): call ahead for current hours Plan about 45 minutes.
- Stiggs Brewery & Kitchen (Boyne City): call ahead for current hours Plan about 55 minutes.
- Vanderbilt Vines (Vanderbilt): Mon 12pm-7pm, Wed-Sat 12pm-7pm, Sun 12pm-5pm Plan about 40 minutes.
Hours checked September 18, 2026. Call ahead where a stop does not publish a weekly schedule.