Category Archives: Breweries & Wineries

Michigan Comes Up Gold – Belgian Golden Ales that is

March 4, 2010 – 10:58 am

The New York Times Beers of the Times recently did a tasting of Belgian Golden Ales that Michigan - precisely the Leelanau Brewing Company and Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - dominated, taking home the 4th best and the top beer!
Of the 20 beers we tasted, 10 were from Belgium, nine from the United States [...]

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2010 Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival

February 15, 2010 – 11:40 am

The 5th Annual Winter Beer Festival will take place Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at the Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids. The Winter Festival is a unique opportunity to sample some of the best beers in the world, all brewed in Michigan. The organizers are expecting more than 35 Michigan [...]

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Celebrate Valentine's Day the Michigan Way

February 8, 2010 – 2:40 am

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius by Church of One
The day for lovers, sweethearts, paramours and chocoholics is drawing near. Like it, love it, or hate it, Valentine's Day has become an annual tradition. Such a tradition, that according to the Greeting Card Association, over one billion valentines will be given [...]

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Tweet & Taste Michigan: Wines of Black Star Farms

February 1, 2010 – 10:20 am

Shannon Casey is the publisher of MichiganByTheBottle.com, a blog that features original content like tasting notes, articles, in-depth winery video features and weekly video podcasts, as well as links to news stories on Michigan wine from across the Web. The site’s purpose is to educate consumers on the state’s presence in the wine industry, expose [...]

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Love & Wine in Northern Michigan

January 28, 2010 – 2:54 pm

Cabin fever taking hold? Well here are a couple of great reasons to embrace winter in northern Michigan. On Febraury 6 & 7 the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association presents "Taste the Passion ~ Wine, Chocolate & Love". The following weekend as part of the Cherry Capital Winter WonderFest is the "Traverse City Wine & [...]

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February Michigan Event Calendar

January 21, 2010 – 7:18 am

Iron Works #2 - Cranbrook by MikeRyu
Our Michigan February Event Calendar shows that the more the weather tries to keep us holed up, the more ways we find to get out and have fun!! Of course, there's still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other February events in the [...]

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Michigan Ice Wines: The chill is the thrill

January 6, 2010 – 5:36 pm

In The thrill of the chill, Michigan wine writer Michael Brenton says:
Grapes for ice wine are hand-harvested while rock-hard. Water components of the grape juice stay frozen during the pressing process. Sugars, acids and other flavor components remain concentrated in the grape nectar, which ultimately will become ice wine. The process of pressing precious [...]

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Michigan New Years Eve Happenings

December 17, 2009 – 7:31 am

We have assembled a list of some of the best New Year's Eve events from across the state including a number from Detroit & Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo's massive New Year's Fest, fireworks and more! Did we get them all? Not likely!! Be sure to add the ones we missed to the comments and be [...]

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2009 Absolute Michigan Holiday Gift Guide

November 24, 2009 – 9:16 am

Photo by Cherie S.
Think Globally, Shop Locally with our Michigan Holiday Gift Guide, designed to help you find the perfect Michigan gifts online or off. Feel free to add your Michigan based gift suggestions in the comments section below!
The photo in this post was taken by Cherie S. and is titled "Don't worry about the [...]

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Report on the Grand Rapids International Wine Festival

November 17, 2009 – 5:46 pm

Michigan By the Bottle has a great report on last weekend's Grand Rapids International Wine Festival which featured over 100 Michigan wines for tasting (and I'm not just saying that because the interviewed me):

Grand Rapids International Wine Festival by farlane
Shannon writes:
From my perspective, the show was a huge success. We had a blast tasting not [...]

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