The 2019 Michigan Gold Medal Reception took place on August 8, 2019 at the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University. This was a culmination of half of a year’s work creating a new competition and reception program due to the transition of the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council to the Craft Beverage Council. Michigan…
The Michigan Energy Office (MEO) is offering rebates to small manufacturers in Michigan to implement energy efficiency activities that can be completed between October 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020. The maximum rebate award is $15,000 per company, with a minimum 100% match requirement. Applying for the rebates is intended to be straight forward through a…
The Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center is planning a 40th Anniversary Celebration for Friday, August 23, 2019 from 3:00PM – 9:30PM at the NWMHRC, located at 6686 S. Center Highway, Traverse City, MI 49684. This celebration will feature a live band, silent auction, grower contests, yard games, a social hour, dinner, and dancing! We will…
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,…
Please join us for our August board meeting. Click the graphic Tuesday August 5th at 10am or call in using info below. Please Contact Us with any questions. Michigan Wine Collaborative is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: MWC August Board Meeting Time: Aug 6, 2019 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)…
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…
