page_title: Chateau Chantal
section_title: Blossom Days
hierarchical_section_title: Chateau Chantal / Annual Events / Blossom Days
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Chateau Chantal Vineyard
context_page_description: Chateau Chantal is a winery located on the Old Mission Peninsula, only a few miles north of Traverse City, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. The chateau sits atop one of the highest points on the Old Mission Peninsula and has views of both East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay. The winery is a European style chateau on a 64-acre estate. Chantal is in an official American Viticultural Area, one of only four in Michigan, a state that specializes in vinifera, hybrid and native grape varieties. The Chateau has a tasting room, an eleven-room bed and breakfast, and a hospitality room where cooking classes and Jazz at Sunset are hosted.
context_section_description: The Original Traverse City Cherry Festival began in 1925 as the Blessing of the Blossoms Festival.  This Festival was originally an event held in early may to attract tourists to Northern Michigan to view the cherry blossoms.  In 1931 the Michigan Legislature renamed the festival the National Cherry Festival, and moved the event to the summer.  The Wineries of Old Mission Peninsula restarted this tradition in 2004 by hosting the Blossom Days Festival.  The festival is a two-day event.  The Blessing of the Blossoms is a non-denominational ceremony that takes place at Chateau Chantal.  The 2011 Blossom days event took place on May 14–15 and the Blessing of the Blossoms was performed by Bishop Bernard Hedba.
caption: Vineyard on a fall day
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