According to dbusiness (Detroit’s Premier Business Journal) Michigan’s Chateau Grand Traverse Winery has found a growing export market for their Cherry wine in China. The winery believes Chinese sales of 10,000 cases per year are possible by the end of this year.
See: Grand Traverse Winery to Expand Popular Cherry Wine Export to China
Mark Ganchiff
Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines. Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.
Mark – Very interesting! And it makes me wonder if certain hybrid grapes wines, with their assertive unique flavors(think Frontenac – cherry aroma, Front Gris – apricot aroma, Labruscan types with their “labruscan” aroma) might find a ready market in other parts of the world. I realize that the most recent “buzz” around foods and wines is “buy local”, but given there are differences in flavor preferences, there may also be tremendous opportunities for hybrid wines in other parts of the world. Just a thought.