Category Archives: Beer, Wine & Beverages

Delicious Michigan: Favorite Summertime Fruits & Sips

July 28, 2011 – 9:28 am

Delicious Michigan is a regular column by Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis, authors of the award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries and The History of Michigan Wines. Learn more and get autographed books at deliciousmichigan.com and read some of their past articles on Absolute Michigan at Michigan Uncorked! Strawberry season wrapped up in southern Michigan? [...]

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Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival on June 18th

June 2, 2011 – 7:41 am

Awesome report from the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival by our friends at Michigan By the Bottle! The Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival takes place on Saturday, June 18th from 1-10 PM at Weko Beach on Lake Michigan in Bridgman. It’s a showcase event that allows you to sample locally grown and produced varietals and [...]

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Sponsor Feature: Great Northern Beer Tour

May 27, 2011 – 10:24 am

Tour designer & leader Bob Lovik writes for Absolute Michigan and we’re featuring this in appreciation for his work and also because we think it’s a great chance to drink a little deeper of Michigan’s craft brew scene! Join us on Sunday June 26th from 12 – 5pm for  the first ever tour of its [...]

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Taste the Local Difference encourages you to Spend 10

May 23, 2011 – 8:30 am

Absolute Michigan sponsor and local food partner Taste the Local Difference has released their 2011 Local Food Guide. The pocket-sized guide is packed with information about more than 300 businesses that feature local food: local farms, wineries, breweries, distilleries, farmers markets and retail businesses and food artisans in the 10-county region stretching from Manistee to [...]

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Driving Michigan: Jeremy Kosmicki of Founders Brewing Company

May 16, 2011 – 7:26 am

In our latest Driving Michigan episode, we visited Founders Brewing Company in Grand Rapids and got a tour from head brewer Jeremy Kosmicki. Click the 320p at the bottom right and choose 720p HD for the best quality or watch on YouTube. Driving Michigan is Absolute Michigan’s new show that explores the state of Michigan [...]

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Women in (Michigan) Brewing

April 21, 2011 – 8:27 am

It’s somehow fitting that on the day after St. Pauli selected their new St. Pauli girl, Jennifer England from Lansing, we have a feature about women in brewing & beer in Michigan from Amy Kuras at MetroMode entitled Beer’s Better Half. Amy writes that from the beginning, it was women who made beer (and made [...]

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Michigan Uncorked: Chardonnay Bares All – A New Trend on the Rise

April 19, 2011 – 4:44 am

Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis are writers who are passionate for Michigan and the authors of the award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries. Learn all about Lorri & Sharon and their work at www.michiganvine.com and read more Michigan Uncorked on Absolute Michigan! Not a Chardonnay fan? It’s time to give the popular wine another [...]

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April is Michigan Wine Month

April 6, 2011 – 6:00 am

Ready for the Harvest by lpwines While Governor Snyder has made a lot of changes in his first few months in office, he joined his predecessor in proclaiming April Michigan Wine Month. Sales of Michigan wines in the state rose nearly 12 percent in 2010, while total wine sales increased just 4 percent. Michigan wine [...]

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Michigan Uncorked: Wine and Chocolate

March 17, 2011 – 7:22 am

Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis are writers who are passionate for Michigan and the authors of the award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries. Learn all about Lorri & Sharon and their work at www.michiganvine.com and read more Michigan Uncorked on Absolute Michigan! The perfect pairing. Peanut butter and jelly. Tom and Jerry. William and [...]

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Michigan Culinary Tourism

February 21, 2011 – 9:44 am

Mack-in-touch Apples by ( Jennifer ) A month ago, Absolute Michigan participated in the the Creating Michigan Culinary Destinations conference (read our live blog) where the Michigan Culinary Tourism initiative was launched. For the video below, we spoke with Melody Johnson of the International Culinary Tourism Association, keynote speaker Ari Weinzweig of Zingerman’s, Linda Jones [...]

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