Michigan Wine Showcase Photos
On April 15th, the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council held the Michigan Wine Showcase at The RattleSnake Club in downtown Detroit. The purpose of the annual event is to showcase Michigan wines for...
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Defining the Midwest Wine Tourist
There’s no denying that the Midwest wine tourism phenomena is real. Visiting a regional winery is a genuine experience that consumers, especially urban consumers, savor. Identifying the exact appeal of a Midwest winery trip...
Michigan and Minnesota Wine Strategies Diverge
During February, I attended both the Cold Climate Conference in St. Paul and Michigan Grape and Wine Conference in East Lansing. The “buzz” at both shows was palpable. In both Minnesota and Michigan, the energy...
Are California Wine Production Figures Show Biz Hype?
You have probably heard that California “accounts for nearly 90% of American wine production.” The reason that the “90%” figure has become accepted as fact in the wine industry could be because that’s the...
Michigan Wine Expanding Out of State, Traverse City Eagle
Expanding on a topic covered in Midwest Wine Press, The Traverse City Record Eagle reports that Michigan wine is gradually gaining market share outside Michigan. The grape acreage table in the story...
Michigan Wine is Now Pure Michigan
Glance at the cars parked at wineries like Chateau Chantal on Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula this summer, and you’ll increasingly find plates from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and New York. Marketing director Marie Chantal-Dalese thinks...
Leelanau Peninsula’s Good Harbor Vineyards
Last summer Good Morning America viewers voted Leelanau Peninsula’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore the Most Beautiful Place in America. The significance of this national recognition reverberated through the region’s quaint villages, including the town...
How Michigan Wineries Are Expanding Sales
To comprehend Chateau Grand Traverse’s (CTG) reach beyond its home state of Michigan, you need only check out the winery’s Facebook page. One recent post: ‘Spring Break: CGT Late Harvest Riesling and Ship of...
Michigan Wine Industry on the Threshold of “Legitimacy”
The primary goal for the Michigan wine industry is “legitimacy,” according to both Linda Jones, Executive Director of the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council (MGWIC) and Dr. Brent Ross, Assistant Professor at Michigan...