Tag Archives: Michigan

This Year’s Vintage Didn’t Begin With Bud Break

Posted on September 2, 2014 by

Harvest has begun, not just in California but also here in the East. We think of a vine’s growing season as bud break to harvest, but the 2014 vintage throughout much of the United States has been shaped and even … Continue reading →

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Michigan’s Varietal Variety

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

My recent visit to the Old Mission and Leelanau peninsulas in northwest Michigan led to me Lansing, where I helped judge the 37th annual Michigan wine competition. Michigan’s emergence into our wine consciousness seems too recent for the state to … Continue reading →

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Michigan Reels from Winter’s Fury

Posted on August 6, 2014 by

Northwest Michigan wine country — the Old Mission and Leelanau peninsulas around Traverse City — is as beautiful as you’d expect. Vineyards are interspersed among fruit orchards (yes, it’s cherry season!) and McMansions. Driving up the OMP, the Grand Traverse … Continue reading →

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Entering Michigan Wine Country, Left Foot Forward

Posted on August 4, 2014 by

I arrived Friday in Traverse City and drove straight to an insane asylum. Not to check myself in, but to check out the wines of Left Foot Charley and to chat with their creator, Bryan Ulbrich. Left Foot Charley, or … Continue reading →

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