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Tasting room open Thu–Sun 12–6 Now pouring: 2024 Dry Riesling Cheese cave tour Sat 2pm

(555) 017-3390 Trade & wholesale
Juniper Hill Vineyard & Creamery

Private events

The terrace, the view, and nobody else on the hill.

A stone terrace under a cedar pergola, a long table for forty or round tables for eighty, string lights, our wine and cheese, and the bay going pink behind you. We host a small number of private events each year, May to October, and we'd rather do a few of them very well.

The terrace at dusk: a long linen-covered table set with glasses and candles under a pergola strung with lights, the bay beyond

The terrace set for a long-table dinner, September

The space

One terrace, one tasting room, one lawn.

The terrace is 1,800 square feet of bluestone with a cedar pergola over half of it and the vineyard falling away on three sides. It seats 40 at one long table, 64 at rounds, or holds 80 standing. The tasting room opens straight onto it through three sets of doors and seats 36 inside if the weather turns. The lower lawn takes a ceremony for up to 80 chairs, looking north-east over the bay, with the old orchard as the backdrop.

We don't own a tent, a dance floor or a sound system beyond a small speaker for toasts. For a bigger wedding than this, we'll happily point you to two venues on the peninsula that do those things beautifully.

40Long table, seated
64Rounds, seated
80Standing or ceremony
12Events a season
  • Available Monday–Wednesday any time, Thursday–Sunday from 6:30pm (after the tasting room closes)
  • Catering by one of three Leelanau caterers we work with, or your own licensed caterer with approval
  • All wine and cider is ours; local beer from two peninsula breweries by arrangement; no outside spirits
  • Music until 10pm, outdoors; 11pm indoors. We have neighbours and sheep.
  • Parking for 40 cars; shuttle recommended for larger groups
  • Restrooms, step-free access, and a bridal/green room in the old farmhouse

Sample packages

Three ways it usually goes.

Every event is quoted individually, but these are the shapes most people start from. Prices include the space, set-up and clean-up, a tasting-room host, and our own glassware and linens. Food and service staff are quoted separately by the caterer.

Package A

Terrace dinner

Up to 24 guests at the long table. A welcome pour of Pét-Nat, a cheese course from the cave, and three estate wines chosen for the menu, poured by us. Four hours. Ideal for birthdays, anniversaries and small corporate groups.

From $2,400

Plus wine at member pricing, ~$55–75 per guest

Package B

Rehearsal or welcome party

Up to 60 guests, standing or mixed seating on the terrace and in the tasting room. Cheese boards and small plates, open bar of our wines and cider, and a short cave visit for the wedding party. Four hours, evening.

From $4,800

Plus wine, ~$45–65 per guest

Package C

Small wedding

Ceremony on the lower lawn, cocktails among the vines, dinner on the terrace at rounds for up to 64, and the whole farm closed to the public for the day. Includes a planning walk-through, the farmhouse green room and a case of the Blaufränkisch to take home.

From $9,500

Saturdays in Sept & Oct from $12,000 · Plus wine & catering

How booking works

  1. Send the inquiry

    The form below, or an email. Tell us the date, the size and what kind of thing you have in mind.

  2. Walk the terrace

    We'll set up a visit (or a video call if you're far away) and send a written quote within a week.

  3. Hold the date

    A 25% deposit holds it. The balance is due 30 days out. Wine is settled on the night.

  4. The run-up

    A planning call two months out and a walk-through the week before, with the caterer.

Good to know

  • Weather: the tasting room seats 36 and the pergola is covered, so a dinner for 24 is rain-proof; a seated wedding for 64 needs a tent plan, which the caterers can arrange.
  • Sheep will be in the lower pasture during your event. Guests always end up at the fence.
  • We're a working farm: harvest runs through October, and we'll tell you if a crew will be in the rows on your date.
  • Cancellation: deposit is refundable up to 120 days out for weddings, 60 days for other events.
  • We don't host events during lambing (mid-March to mid-April). Everyone is too tired.

Inquire

Tell us about your day.

Private events are handled by Dana Ruiz, who also runs the tasting room. She replies to every inquiry personally, usually within two business days, and faster in winter when the terrace is under snow and she has time to think.

If your date is less than six weeks away, please call (555) 017-3390 as well.

Event inquiry

This is not a booking. It starts a conversation.

Replies within two business days.