Lake-facing patios, west-shore tasting rooms, the dock at the right time of year. Bring a sweater after seven, even in July.
Tie up on the Narrows and walk straight into the tasting room — the lake's actual boat-up winery, family-owned since 2009 and organically farmed. The covered deck sits at the water's edge, with live music some weekend afternoons through summer. Bring the boat instead of the car if it's an option; the dock is the whole reason to choose this stop over the Horn Road wineries inland.
A family farm and winery on the peninsula's high ground above Suttons Bay, working estate-grown grapes with a view that reaches toward both bays on a clear day. Summer hours run late — to 9 most nights — which makes it the sunset stop rather than the first one on a wine-trail afternoon. Wine club membership is how regulars skip the tasting-room line in August.