As mentioned, your Staub Cocotte will develop nonstick properties with regular use.

Call ahead or visit the website to check the availability of Fenn Valley's one-hour and 45-minute tours, one of the region's most extensive introductions to winemaking, with time in the cellar and the vineyard and tasting along the way.In the western part of the state, on the shores of Lake Michigan, the winery also offers various events year-round — including the June festival of wine and local food.

Sparkling wines and whites are the core, but there are also estimable reds, dessert wines, and fruit wines.. fennvalley.French Valley Vineyards.Courtesy of French Valley Vineyard.

Stephen and Pam Kozelko are the entrepreneurial couple that opened the Vineyard Inn on Suttons Bay, which includes both Corky's Wine Bar and the waterfront tasting room for their winery venture in the French Valley (an onsite tasting room is planned).The Inn is a comfortable base for exploring the Leelanau scene and does a thriving wedding business.

The Kozelko's 75-acre farm is planted both to vines and cherries — along with their Rieslings and Cabernet Francs, the adventurous may want to sample the cherry wines.. frenchvalleyvineyards.

45 North Vineyard & Winery.Set your board on top and chop away.

The wet towel causes just enough friction to keep the board stable and in place..The Best Cutting Boards, According to Our Tests.

Finally, clean up.When you’re done cutting, just lift up the board and use the towel to wipe down the counter, and wipe off the board.