Burgdorf’s Winery

We stopped by on Sunday of Memorial weekend. As always had a great time. Tasted 5 wines and bought 3bottles. The Elderberry wine is a great dessert wine. I normally as not a fan of fruit wines, but this is wonderful. Not to sweet not to dry. Do yourself a favor and try/​buy some. We also purchased Finley — red blend of Merlot, Cab and Pinot Noir. Very good. #lovelansing

I was in Lansing with two girlfriends with some time to kill, so we figured we would check to see if there were any wineries in the area, and we found Burgdorf’s. We called to ask if they have food to snack on, and the owner (I am drawing a blank on his name!) answered all of our questions, but then told us they were closed on Mondays. However, he told us to still come by and he would open for us, which was super sweet of him.
We pulled up and saw that it was just a house, and we were confused but since it said tasting room, we figured this had to be it. Once you walk in, it looks much more like a winery with a bar and some wine related gifts. We were given a sheet of all of their wines and got to pick 5 to taste for $ 5. All the wine we tasted was good, and I liked the Finlay’s Reserve the best. We all bought at least a bottle of wine to take home and all purchased a glass of wine and some cheese to enjoy out on the cute patio since it was a nice day out.
I definitely recommend you check it out, but there were two things that made me rate only 4 stars. The first is that the owner pushed me to try a white wine when I don’t like white wine. He said that all of their wine is good and I have to. I just don’t enjoy white wine as much as red, so I didn’t like feeling forced to try one when there were other reds I would have liked to try. The second is that the taste you get is very small. It’s about one kind of big sip or two very small sips. It was actually hard to taste the wine because you got so little to taste. He did give us a few extra tastes for free, which made up for it. But if he doesn’t always offer that to others, you don’t really get a lot for your $ 5.

Love the Niagara and the Morado! The Cayuga is also excellent! We always stop by when we are in the Lansing area to stock up on wine! The past few times we have been they have been out of the Niagara so it is definitely one of the most popular and goes fast.

Hello Unilocalsters…
I am happy to report that upon this visit to Burgdorf’s Winery they were open and boy did they remember my rating! I am pleased to say that I had a much more pleasant experience this time around. They were generous with the sampling portions and the wine was lovey. The Niagara and Chancellor were among my favorites. Also they offered locally made cheeses for a small fee to accompany the wines… (Stilton was well worth it). A little out of the way but very worth the trip.
Always remember Laughter, Wine and Friends make a wonderful pairing…
Till next time…

My wife and I went to this winery expecting a fun time. Unfortunately we will not be returning. Immediately we were not very well attended. We were not offered any crackers/​chocolate whereas other people were. We were given the very smallest sip, not even a sip making it hard to taste… nothing I have ever experienced from other wine tastings. It was like they were cheap. We bought two bottles of wine. We wanted to have a glass on the outside patio, only after buying the wine we were told we cannot unless we pay an additional 10.00 for cheese and 5.00 each for glass. This is after we paid 45.00 for two bottles. Overall it felt clumsy, cheap and unprofessional.

We had a pleasant time visiting Burgdorf’s Winery in Haslett during the Wine Days of Summer Picnic Tour in August. The winery is to the east of Lansing in Haslett (i would call to get directions) off of 127.
Outside the winery is in a lovely mid-​century spacious home. The wine-​tasting and buying takes place here; the wine-​making takes place in back. In the house is an excellent gift shop dedicated to all things wine: wine charms, cheese-​cutting boards, t-​shirts, Michigan dips and snack foods, and a great Michigan fudge using the winery’s Perfection wine. Of the wines we sampled, we loved the Cayuga and the Perfection. The winery just won a gold medal for their Marquette wine a red, and it will be available once the labels are made and ready for use.
The owners are gracious and knowledgeable and the wines well-​balanced and full-​flavored and wonderful!

Loved our «Moment in Wine» with the girls. Dave really taught us all about the wines in a fun, informative style. Definitely worth a visit.