It’s said that Cabernet Franc is like your favorite comfort food dish. It’s your favorite sweatshirt… it’s home.

Cabernet Franc is a wine loved for being easy drinking. It’s medium-bodied while offering a vibrant mix of red fruits, savory herbs, and velvety tannins. Often softer and lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc features higher acidity and earthy undertones, making it a casual sipping, excellent with food or without!

One of the top performing red vinifera grapes in the Lake Michigan Shore AVA, Cabernet Franc thrives in the region’s cool climate. The 2022 Braganini Reserve Cabernet Franc is created with grapes grown in the Lake Michigan Shore and has classic “cool climate” characteristics. This means that it’s light in body, light in tannins, has nice acidity, and is bursting with red fruit and savory notes. Raspberry, currant, pink peppercorn, and tomato leaf aromas and flavors make this dry red a great choice for all your grilling moments. Casual yet with a lot going on, this wine would be excellent with BBQ, pulled pork, burgers, brats, roasted veggies, tomato-based sauces, and of course everyone’s favorite… pizza!

“I can’t wait to see what’s new this time!” We hear that all the time and we love it! Each quarter, members are treated to new styles, blends, and grape varieties, making Wine Club release so exciting. Introducing Fashionably Late, a new sweet white (8.6% RS) made with Vignoles harvested fashionably late in the season.

During harvest, Vignoles grapes were left on the vine past “peak” allowing for higher sugar concentrations and more intense, sweet flavors that were worth the wait. Vignoles is suited for a delayed harvest because it retains its acidity as the tropical sweet flavors ripen. This acidity keeps the wine balanced, leaving you feeling refreshed and sated, versus heavy and “sticky.” Perfect for spring, the vibrant fruit and floral notes mirror the transition from winter to warmer weather. Flavors of pineapple, apricot, lemon, and honey make this wine a great food-pairing partner capable of cleansing the palate while complementing a wide range of spring flavors. Spicy dishes like green curry or vegetable Pad Thai, fish and chicken tacos, buffalo wings, creamy cheese, salty snacks, spring fruit tarts, cheesecakes, and fruit pies… you get the idea. Fashionably Late evokes a casual, confident, and slightly decadent mood, perfect for celebrating your everyday moments with a cool vibe. It knows how to make an entrance, and you will want to enjoy it again and again.