Chicago Tribune: “Michigan Wines are Exceptional”

In a forceful article this week, Bill St. John, wine writer of The Chicago Tribune,  suddenly became decidedly  in favor of Northern Michigan wines.  St. John, who has mostly avoided Midwest wines in his Tribune columns writes, “From my experience and perspective, the degree of pooh-poohing done by none Michigan wine-erati over the wines of Michigan is inversely proportionate to the progression in quality of those same wines.”

Thank you Bill for issuing a wake up call to Chicagoans.  The Midwest’s biggest market needs to retire old stereotypes about Michigan wines and taste what’s going on now in the state across the Lake.

See:  Say Yes to Michigan Wine Country 

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.

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