Making Ice Wine in Northern Michigan
Ice wine harvest requires very specific circumstances. The wine must be harvested in below-freezing temperatures and pressed quickly to avoid letting the grapes unfreeze. Northern Michigan is one of the few states in the U.S. (along with New York) that can sustain...
Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail: A History
Before there was wine, there was a peninsula. When the glaciers receded from the Great Lakes region over 10,000 years ago, they exposed a uniquely carved bay measuring 32 miles long and 10 miles wide – Grand Traverse Bay. In the middle of this bay the glaciers left a...
