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Door County truth or myth............................. 3 Galleries busy in autumn............................... 4 Fall festivals................................................. 6 The wineries of the Peninsula......................... 8 Calendar of events..................................... 10

Door County Advocate 235 North Third Avenue 54235-2417 P.O. Box 130, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-0130 (920) 743-3321

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THIS YOUNG LADY decorates her balloon during a recent Harvest Festival in Sturgeon Bay, which takes place this year Sept. 18. For more on this and other autumnal celebrations in Door County, see the story on Page 6.

Winner, winner

Donna Pliner of Pittsville won a Door County Gift Package when her entry was drawn in a contest that appeared May 2 in the “Spring Greetings from Door County” section.

Winners of a one-year subscription to Door County Magazine were Bruce Kedrowski of Plover and Bonnie Quimby of Stevens Point.

An entry blank for a new contest, also with a Door County Gift Pacakge as the grand prize, is on Page 4 of this publication.

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Fact or myth? T he truth about the Door Some of the many claims attributed to Door County are quite true, while some — well ... By Jon Gast

numerous labels and made claims which have attempted to enhance its reputation as a one-of-a-kind tourist destination.

Some are fact and others myth. Yes, for better or worse, some don’t necessarily hold water, but one of Door County’s long-held contentions has not sprung a leak.

• Door County has more shoreline than any other county in the United States.

By all accounts, that appears to be a fact. According to Jon Jarosh, director of communications and public relations for the Door County Visitors Bureau, the most recent U.S. Geological Survey mapping indicates the county has as much as 310 miles of shoreline. That’s significantly more than the 250 miles which had been used for decades in the county’s promotional material.

Contributing to that, according to Jarosh, is the county’s significant number of islands. Jarosh puts the number of islands at 42, of which 34 are officially named.

Door County has not laid claim to having the most islands of any county in the country, but it’s hard to imagine any of the remaining 3,140 counties in the country with that many. Let’s put a claim on that one and see if it sticks. Years in journalism have taught me, you’ll eventually find out if you’re wrong even if you aren’t.

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• Door County is the Cape Cod of the Midwest.

This may be the most popular promotional tag ever associated with Door County. Trying to determine if it is fact or fiction is nearly impossible, since it’s subjective. Besides, you have to travel to both locations to qualify to cast a vote. I have and, frankly, don’t see a lot of similarities. Cape Cod would do itself well to profess to being the “Door County of the East Coast.”

I’m prejudiced, but two recent encounters support that contention. I recently talked with a couple from Massachusetts making their first trip to Door County.

They had heard of the comparison and it was one of the reasons for the trip. “(Door County) is nothing like Cape Cod,” they told me. “It’s much prettier.”

It sparked the memory of an interview I did with former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman, a Boston native who spent a fair share of time on the Cape.

“If you ever want someone to work for the Door County Visitor Bureau, my parents, who have been living on the Cape for 25 years, would say Door County does not take a back seat to Cape Cod in any way,” Sherman told me in 2005. “They think the county is much prettier, less populated and more natural.”

I rest my case. It’s a myth.

• Oh, yes, then there’s the one about Door County being Wisconsin’s Cherryland.

That’s a fact. I haven’t heard of any big orchards going up in Rock, Shawano or Dane counties.

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This brings us to the next claim: • Door County has more lighthouses than any other county in the country.

That, my friend, is a myth. One of Door County’s longest held pieces of promotional scripture has been inaccurate all along. After all, they don’t build many new lighthouses these days, so the folks in SufJon Gast is a folk County on Long Island, New York, deserve contributing the title. To the Door Couneditor for Door ty Visitor Bureau’s credit, County Magazine. they packed up that tent a while ago and went home.

By my count, Suffolk has 15 existing lighthouses to the 11 which grace Door County’s shoreline. And, no, a range light does not count as two. Even if it did, tossing in one more each for the Baileys Harbor and Plum Island lights isn’t enough.

As one insistent writer on an Internet chat page responded to another pleading Door County’s case: “15 is still more than 14.”

Most importantly, it doesn’t diminish Door County’s remarkable collection of lights.

“Door County has the most lighthouses of any county on the Great Lakes,” said Jarosh. And as has also been promoted, “Door County has the most lighthouses in the country – except for one.” As far as I can tell, Avis — No. 2 but trying harder, remember — is still in business.

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Falling into fall arts

Fine art exhibits don’t disappear as the days grow shorter in Door County — Resorter Reporter

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tercolor and egg tempera paintings. sidered a seasonal “Sturgeon Bay: arts haven by many Past and Present” who spend summer days perusing runs through Nov. artworks at the dozens of galler9 at the Miller ies, museums and artist studios Art Museum, inacross the Peninsula. side Door County But a number of these galleries Library, 107 S. stay open at least through OctoFourth Ave., Sturber, several with new exhibits in geon Bay. Hours place or on the way. are from 10 a.m.What follows is but a small list 8 p.m. Mondays of galleries one can check out in and 10-5 Tuesthe fall. For comprehensive listdays-Saturdays. ings, go to www.doorcountyadAdmission is free, vocate.com, click on the arts and and the musuem is entertainment link, then click on ‘A RAINY DAY’ by Aaron Holland, part of “Sturgeon Bay: Past and handicapped acthe “Wherefore Art” link.

Present” at the Miller Art Museum. cessible. For more • The Guenzel Gallery at the information, call Peninsula School of Art is showing The invitacontemporary sculptures are a sharp 920-746-0707 or “The Book as Sculpture” through tional exhibcontrast to Thomas Allen’s pulp fiction go to www.miller Sept. 25. it features a vignettes. artmuseum.org.

The exhibit brings together the works large group Peninsula School of Art is at 3900 • The Hardy of sculptors from throughout the United ‘NEW MODERN MAJOR Medical Counselor” by of artists who County F, Fish Creek.

Regular hours Gallery’s final exStates to explore the contrasting styles Brian Dettmer, part of “The Book as Sculkpture” at the were asked are from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Mondayshibit of its 2010 of this three-dimensional art form. MePeninsula School of Art. to choose Saturdays.

For more information, season is “Dimenlissa Jay Craig’s 50-foot-long installaand create call 920-868-3455 or go to www. sion in Door Countion displays the art in grand scale, peninsulaartschool.com. their own way of interpreting the title. ty: Form Transcending Function.” while the delicate jewelry of Francesca • Open year-round, the Miller Art The inspiration came from local artThe exhibit will feature three-dimenVitali offers possibilities in the smallest Museum continues its 35th anniversary ists Mary Bosman and Aaron Holland, sional work by 17 Door and Kewaunee applications. The “book autopsies” of celebration with a theme exhibit, “Sturwho thought many artists would be inCounty sculptors and craftsmen.

It is Brian Dettmer carve through the congeon Bay: Past and Present,” which terested in participating in a show with one of the first solely three-dimensional tent within, while Michael Stilkey paints runs through Nov. 9. such a theme. They were right — 36 shows in recent gallery history. the outer spines. Andrew Hayes’ sleek, artists responded, from as near as Participating artists are metal sculpDoor County and as far away as West tor Robert Anderson, furniture builder A Door County Gift Package Bend and Plymouth.

Michael Beaster, glass artist Deanna Name What did you find the most interesting in this section (including advertising)?

“Sturgeon Bay has every possible Clayton, bronze artist Patty Degen(If needed attach a additional sheet for answering) subject for the painter,” Bosman said.

Address hardt, potter and clay artist John “Buildings and churches with character, Dietrich, craftsman Michael Doerr, orchards, farms, wildflowers, bridges, ceramic artist John Hansen, classiHave you ever been to Door County and if so what did you enjoy most about your trip? Phone the bay, state and local parks, the lake cal sculptor Bren Sibilsky, textile artMust be 18 years of age to enter, clip and its beaches, sunsets, freighters entry out and mail to: ist Gloria Hardiman, concrete artisan Door County Publishing and sailboats.”

Dylan Lauger, ceramic artist Chad P.O. Box 130 Given to Door County by Ruth and Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Luberger, mixed-media artist Robert Are you planning a trip to Door County anytime soon?

Deadline: Sept. 24, 2010 Gerhard Miller in 1975, the Miller feaMerline, limestone sculptor Jeff Olson, tures changing exhibitions as well as glass artist Jeremy Popelka, bronze works from the permanent collection, 235 N 3rd Ave. See ‘ARTS,’ Page 5 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 including the late Gerhard Miller’s wa-

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artist Jim Sargent, metalsmith Paul Spanbauer, and jewelry artists Sylvia Youell and Jen Hough.

The Hardy is on historic Anderson Dock in Ephraim. It is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 920-854-2210 or visit www. thehardy.org.

• The Link Gallery, which literally links Gibraltar School with Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek, will host the 24th annual Juried Exhibit for the Door County Art League from Sept.

9-Oct. 12.

This show features the best works by DCAL members, who number close to 300 and cover a huge range of media and styles.

Also, the opening reception, from 13 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, will see Emmett Johns named Door County Master Artist for his art and community involvement in promoting art. Three Awards of Excellence, six Honorable mentions and a People’s Choice award for the juried exhibit will be announced at the reception.

The Link and Door Community Auditorium art at 3926 State 42, Fish Creek. Hours are during regular auditorium box office hours: noon-5 p.m.

Mondays-Fridays and noon-showtime on show dates. For more information, call 920-868-2728 or visit www. dcauditorium.org.

• Speaking of the art league, it has its own gallery which has a weekly rotation of featured member artists.

The Gallery of the Door County Art League is open through Oct. 12. It is located in the Top of the Hill Shops, State 42 and County F, Fish Creek. For more information, call 920-868-2288 or go to www.doorcountyartleague. org.

• Well-known abstract painter Maragret Lockwood’s Woodwalk Gallery is currently showing its third exhibit of the season, “Within the Surface,” through Oct. 12.

In this show, the work of painters Nan Helscher and Tom Sargeant and ceramic artist Simon Levin invites viewers to consider the depths of texture and line expressed in the works of

a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, and 10-4 Sunday, Oct. 5.

More than 5,000 people attend this juried fair, which features the work of more than 85 professional artists from across the Midwest, rain or shine in tents on the grounds.

Paintings, photography, glass art, pottery, metal sculpture, woodworking and fiber art are among the genres to be seen.

Fine Line is at 10376 State 42, on the north PAINTING BY Nan Halscher, part of “Within the Surface” at side of Ephraim. It is ‘DIZZY’ by furniture maker Michael Beaster, part Woodwalk Gallery.. open from 10 a.m.-6 of “Dimension in Door County: Form Transcending p.m. Mondays SaturFunction” at the Hardy Gallery.

Harbor and Fish Creek. It is open days and 10-5 Sunfrom 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more days through December, then on each artist. The artists invite viewers information, call 920-868-3579 or weekends until May. For more inforto think about the depths of surfaces go to www.edgewoodorchard.com. mation, call 920-854-4343 or go to — Where does the surface start and • Fine Line Designs Gallery holds www.finelinedesignsgallery.com. stop, begin and end? What is texture its annual Townline Art Fair from 10 and what is body? What is revealed and what is obvious?

“Within the Surface” runs through Oct. 10 at Woodwalk Gallery, 6746 County G, one-half mile northwest of State 42, five miles south of Egg Harbor. The gallery is open through Oct. 31. Regular gallery hours are from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 920-868-2912 or go to www.woodwalkgallery.com.

• In its 40th season, Edgewood OrThe edible gift from Door County ntyy chard Galleries currently has its Exhibit IV up, featuring the artwork of paintGreat selection of premium Door County Cheese, ers Gretchen Klug, George Shipperley available in gift packs! and Rozanne Hubbard; glass artist Mark Sudduth; and jeweler Regina Imbsweiler through Sept. 21.

Then, Edgewood puts on its nowtraditional final exhibit of the season, “Gifts From the Heart,” from Sept. 25Oct. 31. It features artwork especially good for gift-giving, and the main gallery will offer nocturnal interpretaemail: renards@renards.com tions by participating artists in “Into the Night.” The season closes with a Two locations: reception from 1-5 p.m. Oct. 31.

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Autumn and harvest festivals keep the weekends hopping through the season on the Door Peninsula — Door County Advocate

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here’s no shortage of fall festivals to keep visilong sturgeons painted and artistically decorated by • Also taking place Sept. 18 is Autumn Fest, Baitors busy over the next month throughout Door area artists go on the auction block at 6 p.m. the leys Harbor’s traditional celebration of the season.

County. sturgeon have been on display at locations in downAutumn Fest offers an arts and crafts show, live mu• The Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center will host its antown Sturgeon Bay throughout in summer. During sic, a raffle, bratwurst and hot dogs (among other nual citywide Harvest Festival concessions) and more in a and Harvest Moon Celebrasmaller hometown type of tion Saturday, Sept. 18. festival. For more informaDowntown Third Avenue tion, call 920-839-2366 will be filled with a car show or go to www.baileysharand art and craft vendors durbor.com. ing the day. There’s also plen• Orchard Country Winty of children’s activities and ery holds its Fall Harvest a meet-and-greet with retired Fest from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. racing greyhounds.

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Live music during the day The family-fun festival ofwill include Inkapirka, light fers tours of the winery and rockers Hot Off the Grill and grounds, free wine and country band Centerline. beer tastings, live music, Area nonprofit organizations horse-drawn wagon rides and vendors will sell brats, and activities for the chilburgers, booyah, chili, steak dren such as face painting, sandwiches, Italian sausages, pumpkin painting, pumpPHOTO BY CHRISTINE NESHEIM pulled pork, walking tacos, kin bowling and inflatable roast corn, kettle korn and ARTIST-DECORATED, eight-foot-long strurgeons — this one is games. Visitors can pick “Green and Gold Forever” by Dave Mailand — will head to auction beverages. their own apples from the Sept. 18 in Sturgeon Bay after spending the summer on display Then, from 5-9 p.m., the trees and shop for baked throughout the city’s downtown.

FILE PHOTO Harvest Moon Celebration goods. Food will be availTHIS YOUNG LADY seems to enjoy the fruits of the will take place outside the able. harvest at a Door County fall festival.

Ladder House bar and grill, 36 S. Third Ave. It will the day, visitors can check out Orchard Country is at feature an evening of entertainment and dancing, the sturgeons and take part in 9197 State 42, Fish Creek. with more food and beverages available.

“Chalk the Walk,” a community art event.

For more information, call 1-866-946-3263 or go to Taking place simultaneously in Sturgeon Bay is the For more information, call 1-800-301-6695 or go www.orchardcountry.com.

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• One of the largest festivals all year in Door County is Egg Harbor Pumpkin Patch, taking place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10.

Pumpkins are celebrated here, of course, but the festival offers much more, starting with a large arts and crafts fair from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. both days.

Live entertainment is provided by classic hits group Deja Vu from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, a Jimmy Buffett tribute band from 2:30-5:30 Saturday and two incarnations Sunday of popular R&B group Big Mouth: the Big Mouth Quartet plays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., then it’s joined by the Power Tool Horns for a set from 1:30-4:30.

Other live entertainment, this for the younger set, features storyteller Carol Johnson from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. both days and children’s musician Randy Peterson, performing from 11-1 Sunday. Youngsters also can get their faces painted from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days and jump around in the Badger Bouncer inflatable games from 9-5 both days.

The older kids at the event can challenge their skills in a Best Putt contest, held form 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and bid for items in a silent auction from 9-4:30 Saturday.

Restaurants in Egg Harbor will be open, and street vendors are offering brats, roasted sweet corn, caramel apple sundaes, chili, turkey legs and more.

For more information, call 920-8683717 or go to www.eggharbordoorcounty.org.

• The Washington Island Farm Museum hosts its annual Fall Fun Fest and Cider Party Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10.

Those making the trek to the Island can squeeze their own cider and make their own caramel apples, using the museum’s private caramel recipe.

Visitors also can tour the authentic Icelandic farm

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THESE RED HATTERS get into the spirit of the parade (left) at last year’s Fall Fest parade in Sister Bay, while others wait for, and try to catch, thousands of white objects that aren’t snowflakes to fall from the sky at the Fall Fest pingpong ball launch (below left).

home and buildings filled with original tools and equipment, including the blacksmith shop, where demonstrations will take place. Fire grilled bratwursts and bowls of chili are available.

Also taking place Oct. 9 on the Island is its fire department’s open house and raffle, with live fireman demonstrations, and the farm museum’s Fall Harvest Dinner.

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The open house runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with the raffle at 3. The dinner, featuring turkey, is served by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, and reservations are required.

The farm museum is located at Airport and Jackson Harbor roads, and the firehouse is at Airport and Townline roads. For more information, call 847-2179 or go to www.washingtonisland-wi.com. For schedules and information on ferry service to the Island, contact the Island Clipper at 854-2972 (passengers only) or Washington Island Ferry Line at 1-800-223-2094 or www.wisferry.com.

• Wrapping up the season of autumn and harvest festivities is the granddaddy of them all, Sister Bay’s Fall Fest, this year celebrating its 65th anniversary Friday through Sunday, Oct. 15-17.

What began as a celebration and reward for Door County tourist workers after a busy season has evolved into one of the largest weekend celebrations on the Peninsula.

As with many of the other fall festivals in Door County, Fall Fest features an arts and crafts fair, live entertainment, food and other concessions and children’s fun and games.

But two highlights make this festival stand out: a parade at 11 a.m. Saturday; and one of the fest’s oldest traditions — the famed pingpong ball launch, which takes place Sunday afternoon. Ten thousand pingpong balls are fired into the air for spectators to catch or retrieve, with one in 10 good for a prize from a participating Sister Bay business.

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Something to go with the cheese

It’s not just cherry any more, as Door County vintners produce grape wines, blends and varietals — By Heather Steinberger, for Door County Magazine

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new on the Door Peninsula, which was home to two Door County wineries by the 1980s. These businesses tapped into Cherryland fervor by producing Montmorency cherry wine, and the association between fruit wine and the Door remains powerful.

But it’s no longer the whole story. Five wineries now operate in Door County, and they aren’t the cute mom-and-pop shops of our collective imagination. Today’s wineries employ talented, world-class winemakers who offer unique experiences in a distinct wine country.

A tour of Door Peninsula wineries begins in Sturgeon Bay at Red Oak Winery. Andy Wagener founded Red Oak Vineyard in 2002, bottled his first wines a year later and opened a tasting room in the city’s historic district.

Wagener said his goal is to produce pre-

mium wines using traditional processes.

“We’ve finally developed our vineyard and look forward to making an ice wine, a red wine from the Marquette grape and a new semisweet wine from the St. Pepin grape,” he said.

Roughly 15 minutes north of Sturgeon Bay, Door Peninsula Winery makes its home in the 1868 Old Carlsville Schoolhouse. The school, discontinued in 1963, became a winery in 1974, and the Pollman family purchased it in 1984. Known for its award-winning fruit and grape wines, the winery is one of the Midwest’s largest.

Winemaker Paul Santoriello, a native of Palo Alto, Calif., worked in a dedicated wine lab and then went to world-famous E.&J. Gallo Winery in Modesto.

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Santoriello came to Door County for one simple reason — it fascinated him.

“I wanted the chance to do something different — to grow grapes in Wisconsin, make a sustainable Wisconsin grape wine and make the best fruit wines on the market,” he said.

This year, Santoriello has crafted three new wines: Plum Loco, a plumcherry blend; Sweet Survivor, with donations benefiting Door CANcer; and Chaos Red, a cherry, red grape and plum blend. The winery also is planting new grape varieties each year from 2011 to 2015.

East of Carlsville in rural Egg Harbor is Simon Creek Winery. Founded

by Tim Lawrie, Lance Nelson and Tom Payette in 2003, it features an 11,000square-foot facility and 30-acre vineyard, among the Midwest’s largest.

Payette, Simon Creek’s winemaker, was named the 1999 Winemaker of the Year by Vineyard and Winery Management magazine.

The winery produces a mix of traditional grape wines, as well as semi-traditional fruit wines such as Door County Cherry and Door County Apple, and it currently cultivates 25 acres.

“We have 22 different varieties of French/American hybrids,” Lawrie said, “and we’re producing wine from our own grapes for the second year.”

“We buy all our vines from a vineyard in upstate New York, and originally we

ry the high-end varietals to Door County in 33 to 36 hours.

“We try to harvest only at night, when the grapes are coolest, and then we keep trucks at harvest temperature or cooler,” Turco said. “Freshness is our absolute top concern. Within 36 hours of harvest, the grapes are in the tanks.”

“My ongoing focus is Italian-styled varietals — wines the American public hasn’t seen much of,” Turco said.

“That’s what makes winemaking fun.”

Just south of Fish Creek, Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Winery and Market, which this year is celebrating the 25th year since the 100acre family farm was converted into a winery. Bob Lautenbach owns and runs the business, with duThe wineries of Door County are open yearaghters Carrie and Erin taking round, although hours vary by season in so care of day-to-day operations. me locations. To learn more about the Door Peninsul Jim Bowers has served as winea wineries, go to: maker for 19 of those. Almost www.redoakvineyard. com 100 percent of the winemaking www.dcwine.com is done on the premises, includng www.simoncreekwines.c om bottling and labeling. www.stonesthrowwine ry.com.

This year, Orchard Country www.orchardcountr y.c om launched a new, semi-dry white grape estate wine, Lauren Elizabeth, named after one of Bob Lautenbach’s grandchildren. It Stone’s Throw has made a commitDCM FILE PHOTO has released grape estate wines since ment to winemaking’s old ways, includPAUL SANTORIELLO, winemaker at Door 2003. Orchard Country also offers ing replacing its stainless-steel tanks Peninsula Winery, checks his work. wines with apple and cherry, including with wooden tanks and barrels customits well-known Cherry Blossom. built in France. were told we couldn’t grow grapes due to the climate and soil,” he continued, laughing. “Well, there must be pineapples growing out there.”

Next, east of Egg Harbor, is Stone’s Throw Winery, started by owner and wine master Russell Turco in 1997.

The winery brings in fresh, premium grapes from high-end growers in California and crafts its wines using traditional practices. Refrigerated trucks car-

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Kewaunee County, just to the south of the Peninsula, hosts two prize-winning wineries.

The venerable Von Stiehl Winery, Wisconsin’s oldest, is housed in the 1868 Ahnapee Brewing Company building in Algoma. Founder Dr. Charles Stiehl opened the doors in 1967 and produced the first Door County cherry wine. Today, two-thirds of Von Stiehl’s 25-plus varieties are grape wines, supporting 40 acres of vineyard in Washington, New York and Michigan. It is run by Brad and Aric Schmiling.

Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery was founded in 2005 in Kewaunee by husband-and-wife team Steve Johnson and Maria Milano.

The winery brings in grape juice from California’s Napa Valley, Washington State and upstate New York; it also grows 10 acres of its own French hybrids, ideally suited to the regional microclimate, as well as four rows of wild grapes.

For more information, go to www.vonstiehl.com or www.parallel44.com.

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Your Door County calendar of events

A what, when and where of fall activities on the Peninsula — Door County Advocate

SEPTEMBER Daily through Oct. 31 — CORN MAZE, Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy, Carlsville. Check for times. Maze runners (and walkers) help find out who kidnapped Farmer Denny. Three optional games are inside, based on finding specific checkpoints. About two hours; wear appropriate clothing and footwear. $7.50 ages 13 and older, $5.50 ages 6-12. 920-743-9779 or www.dairyview.com.

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week culinary tour from Southern Door to Washington Island. Celebrate foods in this exploration of locally produced food prepared by regional chefs. Visitors can participate in multilevel culinary adventures. 1-800-527-3529.

Sept. 11 — JAZZ ON JEFFERSON, Sturgeon Bay. 1-8 p.m. Live jazz on Jefferson Street, featuring special events in the stores plus food and beverages.

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Sept. 11 — TASTE OF THE DOOR/ PESTO FESTO, Peninsular Research Station, Sturgeon Bay. 1-4 p.m. Many samples will be available throughout the afternoon. The “Pesto Festo” con-

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test allows visitors to taste pesto recipes, with entries being judged. 920746-9026.

Sept. 11 — CORN FEST, Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy, Carlsville. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Events feature a walk through the 20acre Corn Maze, children’s games, bakery items, food, raffle and silent auction, plus corn and pie eating contests. Proceeds benefit Sunshine House, Inc., a resource for people with disabilities in Door County. 920-7437943, Ext 204.

Sept. 12 — BELGIAN KERMISS CELEBRATION, Southern Door Family Center, 1400 County DK, Brussels.

11a.m.-4 p.m. Old-time celebration of the harvest known as the Kermiss.

Authentic Belgian food for sale: trippe, booyah and Belgian pies. Belgian history display, card tournament, live music, and children’s activities. 920-8251430.

SEPT. 18 — HARVEST FESTIVAL/HARVEST MOON CELEBRATION, Sturgeon Bay. Citywide celebration of autumn’s bounty featuring an art and craft show, car show, food booths, music and entertainment plus children’s activities. The day concludes with a Harvest Moon celebration from 5-9 p.m.

The city also has an Old World Craft Fair on Jefferson Street from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and the auction of its community street art project, artistdecorated sturgeons, that evening. 1800-302-6695.

Sept. 18 — AUTUMN FEST, Baileys Harbor. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Arts and crafts, entertainment, food. 920-839-2366.

Sept. 24-26 — INSIDE/OUTSIDE SALE, Fish Creek. Special treats and delights. 1-800-577-1880.

OCTOBER Oct. 9 — SPOOKTACULAR HIKE, Peninsula State Park, Fish Creek. 57:30 p.m. Self-guided hike on a onemile candlelit trail for all ages. Refreshments. State park vehicle sticker required to enter the park. 920-8683258.

Oct. 9-10 — PUMPKIN PATCH FESTIVAL, Egg Harbor. Arts and crafts, rides for the kids, scarecrow and pumpkin decorations, free concerts and more.

920-868-3717.

Oct. 10 — FALL FUN FEST AND CIDER PRESSING PARTY, Washington Island Farm Museum. 920-847-2179 or www.washingtonislandchamber.com.

Oct. 15-17 — FALL FESTIVAL, Sister Bay. Parade, arts and crafts, food booths, live music, pingpong ball launch. Parade 11 a.m. Saturday.

920-854-2812 through October; 920854-2127, November-May. Oct. 30-Nov. 1 — JACK O’LANTERN JAMBOREE, Fish Creek. Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes throughout the village during Halloween weekend.

Festivities will include trick-or-treating, a pet parade and costume contest.

920-868-2316.

NOVEMBER Nov. 7 — SOUTHERN DOOR BOOSTER CLUB ARTS and CRAFTS FAIR. Southern Door Middle School, Brussels. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 30th annual version of Door County’s largest craft See ‘EVENTS,’ Page 11

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show under one roof. $2. 920-825-7330.

soups, sandwiches and more, while supporting the Door County YMCA Youth in Government Program.

920-743-4949.

sonport. Noon. 920-823-2075.

Nov. 27 — CAPTURE THE SPIRIT, Sister Bay. Tree lighting at Waterfront Park, St. Nick, is $7.50 for adults, $4 ages 5-17. For more information, call music, art 920-743-5958 or go to www.dcmm.org. fair in Village • Also, Door County Trolley offers three ways to learn about Hall.

920the frights of the Peninsula, all running through Oct. 31.

854-2812 “Ghost Tours of Door County” is a two-hour ride aboard through Octhe “Trolley of the Doomed” at 7 p.m. nightly in September, tober; 9206 p.m. October, from Orchard Country Winery, 9197 State 854-2127, 42, Fish Creek.

NovemberThe “Haunted Olde Sturgeon Bay” departs at 7 p.m. MonMay. days, Wednesdays and Fridays in September, 6 p.m. October, from Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N. First Ave. Cost is $23 for adults, $17 ages 2-12 for each tour.

Nov. 26-27 Finally, for a different type of “spirits,” a Haunted Trolley Pub — EGG HARCrawl visits four haunted pubs at 7 p.m. selected weekend BOR HOLLY nights from Carrington Pub and Grill at the Landmark Resort, DAYS, Egg Egg Harbor. Cost is $35 for ages 21 and older only.

Harbor. OldReservations are recommended. For more information, call time caroling, 920-868-1100 or go to www.doorcountytrolley.com. breakfast with

REALLY, REALLY SCARY

Nov. 19-21 — CHRISTMAS BY THE BAY, Downtown SturWith Halloween approaching faster than one might think geon Bay. Starts with — just like a creepy ghost or a good scare — Door County tree lighting on Friday has no shortage of ways to find out what’s chasing after you. night. Parade at 10 First is “Ghosts! Haunted Lighthouses of the Great Lakes” at a.m. Saturday, folthe Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay. lowed by children’s acThis is the third major exhibit created in-house by the mutivities, hay rides and seum. Its intention is to be educational and fun, not haunted trolley rides. Brunch house-like scary. For believers and skeptics alike, it features with Santa Sunday the stories of nine haunted Great Lakes lighthouses, including morning. 1-800-301three (Chambers Island, Sherwood Point and Pottawatomie 6695. on Rock Island) from Door County and the science behind the

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Nov. 21 — 24TH Several displays have interactive features and special efANNUAL ART FAIR, fects, such as an “ESP test” and a costume area where chilDoor County YMCA, dren can dress up like a lighthouse keeper or a keeper’s wife State 42/57 and or child, with period dresses, hats, aprons and uniforms.

Michigan Street, SturThe Door County Maritime Museum is at 120 N. Madison geon Bay. 9 a.m.- 3 Ave., Sturgeon Bay. Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Admission p.m. Displays of fine art; bid on silent auction items and enjoy baked goods, Nov. 25 — THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, Jack-

Santa, horsedrawn wagon rides, Christmas tree lighting and elf hunt for the kids. 920-868-3717.

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