Category Archives: Beer, Wine & Beverages

2007 Michigan Wine & Spirits Best of Class

August 8, 2007 – 9:09 am

It's Best of Show day on Absolute Michigan today. Joel Goldberg over at MichWine has posted the Best of Class winners of the 2007 Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition.
Best Dry White: Left Foot Charley 2006 Pinot Blanc, "Island View Vineyard"
Best Semi-Dry White: Gills Pier 2006 Riesling
Best Dessert: Chateau Grand Traverse 2005 Riesling Ice Wine
Best Dry [...]

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Blogs We Dig: MichWine

August 7, 2007 – 8:01 am

Wine Tasting by Autumm
MichWine.com is actually more than simply a blog. Billed as the independent guide to Michigan wines and wine country, the site delivers with columns, winery listings, reviews and events.
This year editor Joel Goldberg has been tapped as a judge and will be blogging from the 2007 Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition as [...]

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Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

July 3, 2007 – 9:54 am

Watch Michael Moore's Sicko online, birdwatch (or apartment hunt) in Detroit's Brush Park, follow the growing Michigan wine industry with a new blog and head over to Fremont, Michigan - baby food capital of the world!

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Berrien County, Michigan

June 12, 2007 – 8:52 am

Berrien County is located at the southwest corner of Michigan along the shores of Lake Michigan and shares a state border with Indiana. Read on for history and links!

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Wine, food and a sense of place

May 9, 2007 – 10:05 am

Marcus Samuelsson at the Epicurean Classic by farlane
Travel writer Kim Schneider has a nice article about how Michigan's wine tourism industry is developing. David Creighton of the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council says visitors are seeking experiences that link the wine with the vineyard.
"The sense of place is, for most of us, the single [...]

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Numbers show food & wine travel a winner for Michigan

April 23, 2007 – 9:02 am

Greeny Goodness by Sarah Steffens
Sunday's Saginaw News had a brief feature on culinary tourism that says a recent survey from the Travel Industry Association found Michigan ranked in the top 15 states for food and in the top 12 for wine-related travel. The survey found that 27 million travelers (17%) include culinary adventures in their [...]

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Culinary tour of Grand Traverse County's Old Mission

April 13, 2007 – 8:01 am

Check out Absolute Michigan keyword "Old Mission" for more web sites and articles about Old Mission.

A Vintage Year? by oddzen
Lake Magazine has a nice feature by Emily Bingham on Northern Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula that focuses on the culinary attractions of this orchard and vineyard filled peninsula that divides the East and West Grand Traverse [...]

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Celebrate Michigan Wine & Michigan Wineries in April!

April 3, 2007 – 8:08 am

Blurs any ties to the beginning by Sarah Steffens
April has been designated Michigan Wine Month to honor the state's wide selection of quality wines and the wine industry's significant contribution to the economy. Michigan's wine and grape industries contribute nearly $790 million to the state's economy each year. Michigan's 50 wineries won more than 600 [...]

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Tap Some Michigan Fun with the Winter Beer Festival

February 21, 2007 – 9:43 am

Winter Beer Festival
Mock Winter. Celebrate Beer! The Michigan Brewers Guild is holding their second annual Michigan Winter Beer Festival, an outdoor celebration of barrel-aged, cask and big beers from Michigan's craft brewers on the streets of Old Town this Saturday, February 24th from noon to 5 PM. It's a chance to sample over 150 brews [...]

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Valentine's Day Fun in Michigan

February 14, 2007 – 8:57 am

We Love Detroit by Devo(lutio)n
In their Valentine's feature Detroit is for Lovers, Model D takes you on a sort of romantic and definitely whirlwind tour of the Motor City that takes you to the bar (then from the bar), around the city, moving in, moving out.
If you're in the Mid-Michigan area, think about stopping [...]

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