Grand Rapids Walking Wine Tour

08/30/2023

FRIENDS 📣 📣 📣

Next Tuesday, it's Modales night at Littlebird!

• Special, one-night-only menu, à la carte!!
• No tickets, come when you want
• 4 Vegan dishes, 1 Vegetarian, with additional plates for the meat eaters & vegans
• Optional Modales wine pairings (half-glass, full glass, by the bottle, or special bottles!)
• Resos recommended, walk-ins welcome, anytime 4:30-8:30, up to you!
• Winemaker Andrew Backlin, in house!
• Hot hot heat!!! 🔥 🥵

08/26/2023

Hi!!!! Hi!

Friendly PSA for tonight: we will be CLOSED for dinner this evening for a private wedding party.

Check out Return to the River or grab some pies from our sister spot .gr — and we'll be back for brunch at 8am tomorrow, & dinner on Tuesday.

Apologies for any inconvenience. :-)

Also, don't forget to reserve your spot for our Modales night on 9/5!

08/23/2023

The time is fast approaching!

On Tuesday, September 5, we’re celebrating the wines of Modales, from nearby Fennville, Michigan! 🧡 🧡 🧡

The wines are set (swipe, swipe), and our chefs are putting the finishing touches on a very special menu (stay tuned!). 📯

We last hosted Modales + winemaker Andrew Backlin (aka ) in November of last year, hot on the heels of harvest. This year’s dinner is a celebration of that vintage (2022!) as we help kick off 2023! 🗓️

If you’ve been following Modales, you know that something very special is happening right here in our own backyard. If you’re new to Modales, save the date, and treat yourself to an unforgettable evening of scratch cooking, and the finest produce West Michigan has to offer. DID WE MENTION THIS DINNER IS (HEAVILY) VEGETARIAN?!*

The format is à la carte, with flexible reservation times. There will be 5 special dishes paired with 5 special wines, but feel free to dip in, dip out, and let us help you choose your own adventure (do the whole thing, or pick & choose your pleasures as you like!). 🪭

If a 🍔 is what you need, cue up the Cab Franc and quickly learn who’s making the finest red wines in Michigan. Yep, we said it.

Reservations are now open; Andrew is super geeked to hang with YOU; and we’re elated to help see this exciting new chapter in Michigan winemaking into tomorrow & beyond.

See link in bio for resos, and thank you for all the support!

*The menu will be vegan-friendly, though we will also have a few additional plates, with non-vegetarian options as well. 😉

08/11/2023

is back for a summer-edition veggie-heavy dinner!!

We're switching things up on this one, so here's the deets:

Tues 9/5
À la carte m o s t l y VEGETARIAN menu
Reservations & walk-ins
Flexible seating times
All-Modales wine list

Winemaker Andrew Backlin aka will be here, looking forward to hanging out with YOU. And he's promised some very special wines for this very special night.

So let's make this happen Grand Rapids! 🥂

06/26/2023

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TOMORROW IS THE DAY!! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

This Tuesday, we'll be popping up in our own spot, with a very special, ONE-NIGHT-ONLY dinner menu.

We will not be offering our regular menu tomorrow, though we will have a few of your favorites. 🍔 🍟

The menu will consist of our 5-course tasting menu for our upcoming dinner at Frame, ENTIRELY À LA CARTE, as well as some very special treats just for YOU.

**See preceding posts for menu teasers!**

Seating is flexible, 4:30-9pm, and happy hour kicks off at 4. Resos highly recommended; walk-ins are welcome, pending availability.

This is a double chef's kiss to ENDLESS SUMMER, a celebration of RIGHT NOW, as well as our rotating fermentation program, as we extend summertime to infinity (well, almost, ha).

SEE YOU THERE!
🧡 🧡 🧡

03/24/2023

🚨 🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! 🗓️ 🚨

We're excited to announce our next wine dinner at Littlebird ❗️❗️

On Tuesday, April 11, we're highlighting show-stopping wines from Eastern Europe, including Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia, & Slovenia. These may not be household names in the world of wine, but they are easily amongst the most exciting regions to experience RN. Grapes grow in almost every culture, and these are amongst the oldest, and most fascinating. We know you'll be just as much in love as we are!

Not only are these countries deeply historic, pioneering, and culturally rich, they're also incredible comeback stories, with newfound autonomy & independence gained between 1991 & 2006.

Gone are the days of collectivist homogenization. Diversity of plantings and new ideas is the way of the day, and the soul of these ancestral lands is exploding forth through a new generation and a highly promising future. 🇷🇸 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 🇸🇰

Our chefs will be taking a modern, seasonal, ~Littlebird~ approach to the traditional flavors from these areas, presenting unique, delicious, and whimsical pairings (this ain't your baba's goulash!). We can't imagine a more soulful welcome to Spring, as we prepare for a bountiful year ahead.

Menu + pre-sale ticket details coming soon. You seriously don't want to miss this one. 👀

03/02/2023

Friends! Littlebird is excited to welcome back our friend & biodynamic farmer/winemaker David Bos for our second annual Bos Wine Dinner!

Dave & his family opened their own tasting room in Elk Rapids a little over a year ago, and their wine has continued to make waves from the Old Mission Peninsula, to Lake Michigan Shore, and beyond.

We can think of no better way to welcome the beginning of spring than with a spirited evening of amazing food, wine, & conversation. We'll be taking a closer look at Dave's most recent vintages, including a brand new, winery-exclusive Chardonnay. Our chefs have created a show-stopping menu, available for one evening only.

If you've been following or attending these dinners, you know we have a very exciting evening in store.

Dave will be in-house for the dinner, sharing his love and devotion for Michigan's soil, climate, potential for world-class wine, and most of all, the people who are helping to bring this crucial next chapter to life. Don't sleep on this one, as we do expect to sell out quickly.

**Ticket price includes dinner + wine pairings, exclusive of tax and gratuity. 6% Michigan Sales Tax and 25% gratuity will be included during the check-out process.

Please contact us directly in advance regarding any allergy/dietary restrictions. Thank you!

https://www.exploretock.com/littlebirdgr/event/400436/bos-wine-dinner

02/21/2023

🍷 WINE DINNER ALERT! 🍷

We're excited to welcome back our friend & biodynamic farmer-winemaker David Bos for a Littlebird mashup wine dinner, volume 2!!

The specs:
Location: Littlebird
Tuesday, March 14
Reception + Bar: 6pm
Dinner: 6:30pm
Menu + Pricing: Coming soon!

By now, you know the name, you know the wines, and you should definitely know that Michigan is back & better than ever, with a heightened emphasis on agriculture, new grape varieties for the region, and world class quality.

Dave will be here to walk us through his approach, the challenges and benefits of making wine in the Mitten State, answering every question you didn't know you had, & raising many glasses with us all.

As much as these dinners are educational, they are meant to be a PARTY. Our chefs have hit crazy stride, and this will definitely be our best dinner yet. We're big fans of what Dave & his teams are doing for the state, and we know you will be too, so stay tuned for menu specs and reso details, coming soon. Cheers! 🥂

12/23/2022

Stop by and taste some wine on this wintery December afternoon!!

11/21/2022

5 reasons you do NOT want to miss Small Business Saturday and our 1 year anniversary celebration:

1) Sparkling Wine tasting - Champagne proper and some other favorites 🥂🥂🥂 (this would be enough for us 😉)!

2) SNACKS! We’ll have snacks on Saturday! Rumor is that Tom has recruited the world famous to help curate the snacks. If you know Tom and Evan, you know that they snack like bosses.

3) 15% off EVERYTHING! Ya, that’s right. Everything. In. The. Store. Buy ALL your gifts this weekend! Stock your “cellars”! Plan for your holiday parties! This is the time to buy your wine!

4) ALL of our neighborhood stores have fun specials going on as well. A few of our faves to check out include:

5) We love you and we want to see you! And we appreciate each and every one of you and we want to say “thank you!” for all your support over the last year.

11/17/2022

Free wine tasting today at Grand Vin

If you missed Part 1 of our Thanksgiving Wines, fear not, Part 2 is just as great (if not better)! We're excited to be pouring another round of some of our favorite wines that will be sure to compliment your Thanksgiving Feast: a Sparkling, a White, and a Red. For those of you did make it out last week - you HAVE to come back and tell us which lineup was your favorite as Tom and Kim have a little wager on who picked out the better lineup!

This week's lineup:

NV Marie Copinet "Caractére" Brut Rosé

2021 Champalou “La Cuvée des Fondraux” Vouvray

2018 Bitouzet-Prieur "Grange le Duc" Bourgogne-Passetoutgrain

11/08/2022

It’s !! Go vote 🗳 and then stop in for a bottle of wine! 10% off when you show us your sticker!!

11/03/2022

A great afternoon to taste some Italian wine Grand Vin!!

Well, it’s been a week and we are a little late with this news - Tomorrow (Thursday) we’re stoked to be showcasing 3 wines from an iconic producer, Tiberio. Tiberio is a family owned estate hailing from Italy’s Abruzzo region, specializing in wines made from native grape varietals. Stop in from 4-6pm to hear more about why we’re so honored to carry these incredible wines in the shop!

Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
Fresh aromas of apricot, grapefruit, jasmine, and orange blossom.

Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Intense aromas and flavors of sour red cherry, blueberry, violet, and flint.

“Archivo” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Intensely aromatic, powerful and elegant with dark cherry, spice, roses and licorice.

09/13/2022

09/13/2022