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Michigan Wine Making Getting National Attention

Michigan wine making is getting national attention. Michigan may seem like a strange place to find some of the finest wines in the country, but it is. With Michigan leading the nation in the worst economic state, wineries are booming. Charlie Gibson of ABC World News has just done a segment on Michigan Winemaking.

Northern Michigan or anywhere along the Lake Michigan shoreline have sprung up with some of the best vineyards around. Michigan now has a $300 million wine industry. Fifteen years ago there were only about 17 wineries throughout Michigan, now today there are nearly seventy. These wineries together product around 1 million gallons of wine a year.

Michigan’s location is what makes this the ideal place to have the best wineries. Michigan’s best wineries are near the 45th parallel. The same location as some of the best wine found in France, Italy and Oregon. The closer the wine is made to the 45th parallel, the better the wine. It is expected that Michigan wines will be as great as wines in any other country.

Even in this bad economy wine sales are going up. Also bringing revenue to Michigan is the wine tasting tours that have risen along the lake shore of Lake Michigan. Northern Michigan’s burgeoning wine industry has taken a front row seat and has the respect of some of the best wine tasting experts in the country. This is some pretty exciting news for the state of Michigan and its economy. It is no wonder that Michigan wine making is getting national attention.

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