Michigan, A Cold Climate Wine Success

Not every quality wine has to be grown in a Mediterranean climate, as it turns out. Downtown Suttons Bay on the Leenalau Peninsula in NW Michigan looking all cute and touristy from Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce Yes, there are other chilly areas that generally rely on cold climate grapes such as riesling. About 40 years ago, Michigan was still an area best suited to hybrid grapes, or so it was…