Category Archives: Beer, Wine & Beverages

From the Vine: Beyond the trails

April 28, 2008 – 8:16 am

As part of our celebration of Michigan Wine Month, we'll be featuring excerpts on each of Michigan's five wine trails (and one taking you beyond the trails) from the Michigan Notable Book award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries.
Beyond the trails
Like all endeavors of the heart, starting a winery outside well established viticulture regions requires [...]

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From the Vine: Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail

April 24, 2008 – 9:40 am

As part of our celebration of Michigan Wine Month, we'll be featuring excerpts on each of Michigan's five wine trails (and one taking you beyond the trails) from the Michigan Notable Book award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries.
(Lake Michigan Shore and Fennville AVAs)
The Lake Michigan Shore viticultural area, with its blend of northern continental [...]

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From the Vine: Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail

April 22, 2008 – 8:32 am

As part of our celebration of Michigan Wine Month, we'll be featuring excerpts on each of Michigan's five wine trails (and one taking you beyond the trails) from the Michigan Notable Book award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries.
(Old Mission Peninsula AVA)
The meso-climate of Old Mission Peninsula is unique not only in the state of [...]

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April is 'Michigan Wine Month'

April 3, 2008 – 12:07 pm

Wine takes center stage this month with Governor Granholm proclaiming April 'Michigan Wine Month'. Having received numerous awards and adding hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's coffers each year, Michigan produced wines have become an important addition to the economy and connoisseurs alike.
The 2008 edition of Michigan Wine Country is now available. The [...]

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Michigan Books: From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries by Sharon Kegerreis and Lorri Hathaway

January 10, 2008 – 7:09 am

Today's Notable Michigan book is From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries by Sharon Kegerreis and Lorri Hathaway published by the Ann Arbor Media Group. The 192 page, coffee table book does a great job of taking both those new to Michigan wines and those who know a lot about them closer to the wineries and [...]

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Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

December 20, 2007 – 8:54 am

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof
Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan's shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you're probably going to have to finish up offline.
Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with hundreds of [...]

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Five Things You Need to Know for Tuesday, November 6 2007

November 6, 2007 – 7:35 am

It's an off-year Election Day edition of Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan. Despite the lack of big name offices to decide, there's a lot of the nuts and bolts decisions to make about schools and local government. The Secretary of State reminds you to bring your photo ID to the polls for [...]

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Michigan Pumpkins

October 4, 2007 – 9:56 am

About this photo, Larry the Biker writes "Linus may have found his spot in Bruce Township, Michigan. A farmer told me once that Macomb County, Michigan is one of the largest producers of pumpkins in the United States."
I couldn't find confirmation on that fact, but I did find a some pumpkin & fall harvest information [...]

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Michigan's Wine Grape Acreage Continues to Grow

September 28, 2007 – 7:54 am

the fruit by artsy_T
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that Michigan's wine grape acreage grew 12% from 2003 to 2006. Wine grape acreage in Michigan has increased 60% over the last 10 years.
"This updated data confirms the steady growth of the wine industry in the last decade," said Michigan Department of [...]

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Shop Michigan: Hummingbird Nectar Tea (and Chew) from the Light of Day

September 24, 2007 – 9:57 am

Hummingbird Nectar Tea is a delicious blend of local fruits; organic Montmorency Cherry, organic Hibiscus, organic Blueberry, organic Grape, organic Currant, organic Elderberry. Hummingbird Nectar also includes organic Maple Syrup bits. The tea has become so popular and is so delicious that people have started chewing it as Hummingbird Nectar Chew.
Light of Day is [...]

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