News & happenings.

Readers voted Vincent William among Cleveland’s best in four categories: Best Winery, Best Boutique Hotel, Best Patio and Hot Spot. Here is what each one stands for.

Celebrate Anniversary Year #2 at Vincent William Wine with live music by Valerie Marini, and a chance to win a Spring or Summer overnight stay.

A Wednesday-night speakeasy in the cellar, all winter. Candlelight, a featured chef menu, and a rotating list of Prohibition-era cocktails, built on Lake Erie's run as a liquor route in the 1920s.

Cleveland Restaurant Week is here, and for independent restaurants like ours, it means a lot more than a promotion or a discount menu. It’s a reminder of the work, the people, and the daily challenges that go into creating a space where guests feel taken care of.

Our neighbors in the valley are worth the detour, the wineries we send our own guests to, and what to pour at each.

The Wood Room, strung with lights, set for a private holiday dinner over the water.

Christmas on the lake: a fire in the dining room, dinner, and a room upstairs.

What autumn looks like on the estate: harvest in the vineyard, the fall menu in the dining room, and a fire going.

The Grand River Valley is known for its vineyards. It is worth the drive for the food too.

A winery, a restaurant and eight rooms on one stretch of the Lake Erie shore.

Book a charter out on Lake Erie and come back to the inn for dinner.

Where to watch the Browns around the Grand River Valley, starting with the wine bar.

The game on, the fall menu out, and a fire going in the dining room.

A table by the north windows, a private room that seats the whole family, or a night upstairs: how celebrations work at Vincent William in Madison, Ohio.

Only a handful of Ohio wineries have rooms. An honest guide to all of them: Gervasi, the Lakehouse, Buccia, Vineyard Woods and Vincent William, and how to pick.

Why serious wine grows in Northeast Ohio: a 40°F lake in May, a 64°F lake in October, 31 wineries, and the federal AVA that sits 45 minutes east of Cleveland.

Why picking runs late on this shoreline, why the Cabernet Franc comes off by hand, and what happens in the hundred yards between the rows and the cellar.

Nineteen covered bridges, including the longest in America, plus the October festival, the valley's tasting rooms, and a lakefront room at the end of it.