Doug moved to Bordeaux, France, to earn aMasters of Science in Viticulture and Enology from bothBordeaux Sciences Agro, a Grande Ecole (part of theFrench elite equivalent of the American Ivy League), aswell as from the Institute des Sciences du Vigne et duVin, one of the country’s leading wine research centers.

The winery, located on East Amore Road in Lake Leelanau, is an 8000+ square foot facility that features state of the art processing, production and aging equipment.

Winery equipment is all connected wirelessly for remote monitoring of winemaking activities including pressing and fermentation aging.

The lab features a virtual cellar to monitor the progress of fermentation as well as rapid (under 2 mins /sample) chemical analysis of juice and wine samples. Color and sulfur levels are also monitored in the lab.