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Jazz Up Father’s Day with this Cake and Late Harvest Wine Recipe

June 12, 2010 – 10:32 am

Treat your Father  this Father’s Day with this special cake baked right at home. The recipe is from Chateau Grand Traverse and uses a Late Harvest wine. You can read a review of the winery at http://winetrailtraveler.com/michigan/chateaugrandtraverse.php. Category: Dessert Title: Late Harvest Cake Ingredients 18 oz yellow cake mix (without pudding) 1 pkg vanilla pudding […]

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Riesling Styles – Michigan or New York

April 15, 2010 – 7:00 am

Terry and I have an ongoing debate. He prefers the Riesling wines that we discovered on Leelanau and Old Mission Peninsulas in Michigan, while I favor Rieslings from around Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The Riesling wines from Michigan tend to have a hint of minerality on them. […]

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April is Michigan Wine Month!

April 5, 2010 – 9:22 am

In late March, Governor Granholm called for April to be Michigan Wine Month. Wineries in Michigan are becoming increasingly known from the Leelanau and Old Mission Peninsulas to the west section of the state where Lake Michigan influences the climate. Currently the state has four wine trails including Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Trail, Wineries of Old […]

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Recipe from St. Julian Winery, Michigan

February 27, 2010 – 1:05 am

St. Julian Winery is the oldest winery in Michigan. They have four additional tasting rooms in the state. Be sure to include enough time during your visit to enjoy the winery tour where you will discover a large collection of “antique” wine making equipment. We visited St. Julian in 2009. St. Julian provided the recipe for […]

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Contessa Wine Cellars – Red Wine

January 9, 2010 – 10:42 am

Last night we enjoyed handmade pizza with toppings of onion, cheese, mushrooms and tomato sauce. The crust was also handmade. It was perfect and we enjoyed the wine, Tre Tenores, from Contessa Wine Cellars.It is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The wine was a dark purple with a ruby rim and […]

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Blossom Days on Old Mission Peninsula

May 4, 2009 – 9:20 am

A couple of weeks ago, I received an email with a press release about a special event in Michigan this month. Blossom Days is an event sponsored by the Wineries of Old Mission Peninsula. On May 16 and May 17 the public is invited to the wineries to celebrate Blossom Days. According to the press […]

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Michigan Wines in Restaurants

February 8, 2009 – 2:37 pm

Michigan’s official wine industry website at http://www.michiganwines.com/offers an easy to use website filled with information. One great aspect is a list of restaurants that serve Michigan wines. As we travel visiting wineries, we stop at a variety of restaurants. If it is a restaurant with a wine list, we like to peruse the list to […]

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