2024 Entertainment & Events at Laleure
Music on Friday Nights starts at 6:30 pm



Event Details for the following topics are listed below

Vertical Tastings
Art Show at Laleure
Parachute Drop at Laleure
Talks in the Chapel
Live Music Friday Nights
Saturday Afternoon Music Series
External Wine Events for Laleure


Art show Saturday July 20 12-5pm

Emphasizing local artists with unique talents.

Lots of room to peruse many different art forms: welded stainless steel sculptures, paintings, stained glass, grapevine art, specialty cards, nature photography, honey & maple syrup, and more. See art in the new "Chapel in the Vines" multipurpose building

Parachute Drop at Laleure August 3

Cleveland Diving Center will be dropping in at Laleure! See the plane, see the divers, see the landings!

• Saturday August 3 – Parachutists drop our of plane at 1:00 pm
• Gather at the drop site at Laleure from 12-12:45
• Hay ride or ATV ride to the site
• Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the view from the Walnut Grove at Laleure
• Tickets $20 (wine club members get discount), $10 for underage children
o Includes short hayride or ATV to the site (and back if you don’t want to walk)
• DON’T BE LATE – plan to be at Laleure by 12 so there is time for everyone to get to the landing site
• There will be water & craft sodas available for purchase at the drop site. Bring your won snacks or purchase at the winery ahead.
• Meet with the Cleveland Parachute Club staff & some divers at the winery after the drop
• Glass of house wine included for each participant (or craft soda) along with complimentary cheese and crackers on return to winery after the jumps

GET TICKETS at LALEURE BEFORE THE EVENT TO CONFIRM YOUR SPACE

Wine & Cheese Pairings

We have partnered with Marchant Manor Cheese of Cleveland Heights to offer a fantastic opportunity to learn about the various cheese and wine pairings with Laleure wines and Marchant cheeses. There will be two events, the first at Marchant Manor Cheese and the second at Laleure Vineyard

• Pairing at Marchant Manor Cheese with Laleure wines – Thursday August 8, 5-7 pm
Tickets through Marchant website at Tickets for pairing

• Pairing at Laleure Vineyards with Marchant cheeses – Thursday November 14 (tentative date), 6:30 – 9:00
Tickets will be available later this summer at Marchant Manor or Laleure.

Vertical Tastings for 2024

Check out the progression of Laleure wines over many years. These events include tasting quite a few wines of the same varietal, but made from early days of Laleure to the most recent releases.

• Pinot Noir Vertical - Friday November 29 - 6:30 -8 pm- includes vertical tastings, and complimentary local cheese, meats, & snacks. $50 – ($45 for wine club members)
o Tickets can be purchased in advance at Laleure

• Afternoon with Riesling - Saturday August 31 - 1:30-4 pm includes tastings of many former, current, and in-process vintages. Tickets $30 ($25 for wine club members). Includes complimentary locally made cheese and crackers in addition to tasting many vintages of Laleure Rieslings
o Tickets can be purchased in advance at Laleure


Talks in the Chapel

Thursday evenings we will have guest speakers present some interesting topics. The talks will be held in our newly refurbished corncrib building. There will be a charge for some of these talks that will be held in the “Chapel in the Vines.” Please note - Wine will not be served in the chapel during these special events. Participants can gather in the winery afterwards to talk with the speakers. Check website for program additions and any date changes

• Growing Grapes
o Planting, nurturing, climate, terroir, disease prevention, pitfalls - Rich Hill
o Thursday August 1 6:30 pm, $20
o Tickets purchased in advance at Laleure

• Fermentation

o Beer & wine basic chemistry
o Dr. Nick Greco
o Thursday August 29, $20
o Tickets purchased in advance at Laleure

• Magic in the Bottle

o Tale of Arnie Esterer, the pioneer bringing vinifera grapes and wine to prominence in Ohio
o Cliff Annis – wrote the book about Arnie entitled “ Magic in the Bottle”
o Thursday September 12, 6:30, $20
o Tickets purchased in advance at Laleure

Live Music Friday Nights
* Starts at 6:30

July 26 The Hickory Rockers are a roots rock quartet based in Geauga County. Their sound qualifes as Americana, a broad-based genre that includes elements of early rock-n-roll, rockabilly, traditional and alt.country, folk and blues. Their upbeat set list includes originals as well as rare gems mined from the rich veins of American music traditions.

August 2 Mark Freeman enjoy the beautiful words written by Mark, A wonderfull & full gravelly voice, and fantastic guitar work. One of Rich’s favorite acts at Laleure, Mark returns once again to entertain and relax us, yet make us think!  Mark Freeman

August 9 Steve Madewell and Mark Dershaw - Wow, getting these two great musicians together to perform at Laleure is quite an honor. We will see howthe folk, Americana, and incredible guitar will synergize with the Pedal steel, or many other instruments Mark may bring out (along with his voice! A very special muical evening at Laleure

August 30 Hey Mavis - We are happy to have Hey Mavis return to Laleure this summer. This well known group has quite a bio. Eleven years ago, banjoist/songwriter Laurie Michelle Caner and violinist/fiddler Eddie Caner formed Hey Mavis while serving as artists-in-residence in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Since then, this Northcoast Americana band has been weaving a musical tapestry and igniting a following of d edicated fans. Their duo shows are full of traditional fiddle tunes, heartfelt originals that we love to offer at Laleure. Hey Mavis has appeared on NPR’s Mountain Stage, NPR’s Whad'ya Know?, PBS’s Applause and PBS's Songs from the Center. The group has performed standing-room-only shows at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival as well as nine consecutive sell-out concerts in their hometown of Akron Ohio. In 2018, Melissa Etheridge hand-picked Hey Mavis to be one of the headliners for her music cruise. We look forward to a very special evening. Hey Mavis

Sept 6 Hiram Stumblers Friday at 7:00 "The Stumblers, a group of highly accomplished bluegrass musicians, and as a band have been playing all over NE Ohio for the last 15 years. They bring high energy music you can dance and sing along to" The Hiram Stumblers

Sept 13 Pickle Milk Old Time String Band This band from NE Ohio brings tunes reminiscent of Appalachia with a strong energy and emotion. "Pickle Milk Old Time String Band

Sept 20 - Swap Meet - A 3-part harmony acoustic band punctuated with driving rub board rhythms and intricate solos." Come on down and party with us... we'll play a special song just for you. Gypsy music and everything in between. Swap Meet

Sept 27 Three Guys and a Gal - Jeff & Glen with several others including strong vocals will be playing many of your favorite tunes from 60's 70's, 80's and more. Acoustic/light rock, and beyond. Always a pleasure to have this local band perform at Laleure.

Saturday Music Series
In addition to Friday entertainment we will have our Saturday Music Series again, with Ed Gorse on classical guitar, Rick Spinks (classical & mix), Jay Wiegand (eclectic), Rick Music (soft rock and more) Mark Ostrander (easy acoustic) and others. Saturday series starts around 2:00.

Most Saturdays we will have entertainment starting at 2:00 pm

Saturday July 6 Rick Music
Saturday July 13 Rick Spinks
Saturday July 20 Ed Gorse
Saturday July 27 Jay Wiegand
Saturday August 3 Rick Music
Saturday August 24 Mark Ostrander


External wine events for 2024

You will find Laleure represented at the following wine events this summer. Please look us up and say hello!

• Art on the Hill & Wine Tasting, Mantua, OH Saturday July 13

• Sip N Shop - Garrettsville OHio Saturday July 27

• Wine & Walleye Festival July 27-28