MWC gathered up some members and their wines and headed to the Finger Lakes last month to invade the inaugural FLXcursion Riesling Summit. This event brought together Riesling authorities, professionals, and aficionados together in Geneva, NY to collaborate on the special grape. The event consisted of 2 days of seminar/sessions focused on Riesling production and…
MWC was honored and excited to be involved in this year’s Michigan Wine Competition. We were absolutely stunned at the quality of teamwork we experience with the Kellogg Center, MSU School of Hospitality Business, Chris Cook, MDARD, and the MI Craft Beverage Council. The event was arguably the most successful yet with over 430 wines…
Last month Wine Enthusiast dropped a huge haul of Michigan wine scores. The lineup featured several 90+ scores and a landslide of 85+ scores. Michigan wine made a huge step forward with the exposure received from being featured in a major publication. Looking forward to seeing the next round of Michigan wine scores! To see…
MWC produced our first independent Twitter tasting in June 2019. This event featured MWC member wineries and was opened to the public on Twitter. Twitter participants ordered wines from the producers at a discount and tasting the wines as we discussed Riesling production in Michigan. St. Julian Winery, Fenn Valley Vineyards, Chateau Chantal, Bowers Harbor,…
MWC New Board Members At our 2019 MWC Annual Meeting the organization voted on our Southeast Michigan Winery, Tourism, and Southwest Michigan Grower seats. Bob Utter of Flying Otter Winerywill be taking over the Southeast Michigan seat, Ed Peabody of HOUR Detroitwill assume the Tourism seat, and Todd Robbins of Glenn Vineyards is our new Southwest…
2019 Michigan Wine Competition Awards By Medal BEST OF CLASS Dry Red: Youngblood Vineyards Marquette Estate Grown 2018 Semi-dry Red: Chateau Fontaine Winery Big Paw Red NV Dry White: Verterra Winery Pinot Blanc 2018 Semi-dry White: Amoritas Vineyards Mary’s Folly White Wine Field Blend 2017 Sparkling: Mawby Sparking Wines Blanc Brut NV Fruit: Yooper Winery…
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MWC Annual Meeting FRIDAY June 7th in Traverse City! Michigan Wine Collaborative is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: May Board Meeting Time: May 7, 2019 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/802853540 One tap mobile +16465588656,,802853540# US (New York) +17207072699,,802853540# US Dial by your location +1 646…
MWC is honored to be teaming up with a strong group of collaborators to enhance and support education and hands on learning to the Michigan viticulture industry. The Michigan Wine Collaborative Pipeline will work towards the expansion of education and employment training specific to the industry, developing workforce talent to fill positions critical to the…
