FOR
MEMORIAL DAY. BUT THERE’S FOR
MEMORIAL DAY. BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THIS MONTH AS
WELL. IT IS. MICHIGAN WINE MAY
IS ACTUALLY MICHIGAN WINE MONTH
HAS DECLARED BY GOVERNOR WHITMER
HERSELF AND EVERY YEAR SINCE
1991 MICHIGAN WINE, COUNTRY WINE
AND TOURING GUIDE HAS BEEN
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW EVERYTHING
ABOUT MICHIGAN WINE, INCLUDING
WHERE TO GET A TASTE. JOINING US
NOW IS KARTINI CASEY, OWNER OF
MICHIGAN BY THE BOTTLE TASTING
ROOM AND CONTRIBUTOR FOR
MICHIGAN WINE COUNTRY. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE, COURTNEY. THANKS
FOR HAVING ME, JASON. APPRECIATE
IT. YOU’RE WELCOME. ANYTIME AS
LONG AS YOU BRING ALL THIS FINE
LANGUAGE, YOU LET’S TALK ABOUT
THE GUY AT FIRST, BECAUSE THIS
SEEMS LIKE A ONE STOP SHOPPER
FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
IF YOU’RE INTO VINO. ABSOLUTELY
ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE ARE MANY
AWESOME CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
LITTLE BIASED, BUT THERE IS ALL
DIFFERENT ARTICLES ABOUT
DIFFERENT GRAPES ABOUT DIFFERENT
REGIONS. THERE’S MAPS. THERE’S
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE
WINERY IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING
YOU NEED FOR FINDING YOUR WAY
AROUND MICHIGAN WINE COUNTRY,
ALRIGHT. AND WHAT WAS THE
ORIGIN? THIS 1991 3RD PUBLISHING
1991? YEP, SO IT’S BEEN AROUND
FOR QUITE A WHILE. IT’S
PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR IN TIME FOR
MICHIGAN WINE MONTH, WHICH IS
MAY AND YOU CAN FIND IT ALL
AROUND THE STATE AT THE MICHIGAN
WELCOME CENTERS. VISITORS
BUREAUS AT MICHIGAN WINERY
TASTING ROOMS. ALL OVER FREE.
THE GUIDE FOR FREE 99. SOCHI
OUTBREAKS MICHIGAN UP INTO
REGIONS SOUTH WEST NORTH AND
SOUTH EAST. YOU KNOW, I WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT IT BEGAN AND ENDED
WITH NORTHWEST LIKE TRAVERSE
CITY AREA, BUT NO, THERE’S MORE.
YEAH THAT’S THAT’S A COMMON
MISPERCEPTION. JASON A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH
THE TRAVERSE CITY AREA, WHICH
OBVIOUSLY IS PRODUCING SOME
FANTASTIC WINES. BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN METRO DETROIT ARE
REALLY MISSING OUT ON SOME OF
THE OTHER WINE REGIONS. THURSDAY
THE SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AREA WITH
FONVILLE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE,
THERE’S SOME WINERIES IN
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ON THE
PIONEER WINE TRAIL. THERE’S EVEN
SOME IN THE THUMB AREA, AND
THERE’S EVEN ONE IN MACOMB
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP. I KNOW
RIGHT ARE THE FLAVORS DIFFERENT
FROM REGION TO REGION, THE
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND THE
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN HAS A LITTLE
BIT LONGER GROWING SEASONS. SOME
OF THE GROUPS THEY CAN GROW LIKE
SARAH, THEY TURN OUT A LITTLE
BETTER DOWN IN SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN. UP IN NORTHERN
MICHIGAN. THERE’S A LOT OF
BEAUTIFUL RIESLINGS UP THERE,
OKAY, LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCES
IN THE TASK AREA. THEY’RE DOING
A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS WITH
HYBRID GRAPES, SO THERE ARE
GRAPES THAT CAN WITHSTAND SOME
OF THESE REALLY HARSH WINTERS UP
IN THAT AREA, SO THERE WAS A
LITTLE VARIATION FROM REGION TO
REGION. ALRIGHT NOW WE WERE JUST
LOOKING AT FOUR DISTINCT LABELS.
THEY’RE DIFFERENT AREAS THERE
AND SO LET’S GO FROM LEFT TO
RIGHT. YES SO THAT’S ROBUST
STATE. THAT’S FROM LELAND, A
PENINSULA HIGHEST POINT ON THE
LIANA PENINSULA THERE. OKAY,
THEN WE HAVE LEFT WITH CHARLIE.
THEY’RE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF
DOWNTOWN TREVOR CITY, USING
GRAPES FROM LEELA AND OLD
MISSION, BUT THIS ONE IS FROM
OLD MISSION. VARIAN THAT’S FROM
BERRIEN SPRINGS AND SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN. AND CHATEAU AERONAUTIC
THAT’S IN JACKSON AND IRISH
HILLS, MICHIGAN AND USING GRAPES
FROM SOUTHWEST, BUT THE OWNER
JUST PLAYING AT HIS OWN
VINEYARDS, SO THEY’RE HAVING
SOME MISTAKE GROWN WINES THERE
SOON. LISTEN THE JACKSON AREA
IRISH SHELLS ISN’T JUST THE
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
IT’S ALSO INTERNATIONAL IN TERMS
OF WINE FLAVORS. WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE ME TO TRY FIRST? WELL LET’S
GO WITH THE FIRST ONE. HERE WE
HAVE THE DRY RIESLING FROM ROVE
ESTATE. THIS IS ON LELAND
OPENESS. LET’S CHEERS. LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE
FACT THAT REASONING CAN BE DONE
IN SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES. WE
HAVE THEIR HAIR DRY RIESLING AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE LATE HARVEST FORMAT,
WHICH IS GOING TO BE SWEETER.
THEY’RE STILL GOING TO BE A LOT
OF FRUITINESS TO IT, BUT IT’S
GOING TO BE MORE FOR THE DRY
PALATE. SO ABOUT 45 SECONDS
LEFT. SO WHAT’S GOING TO THE
NEXT ONE? ALRIGHT, THIS IS THE
PINOT BLANC FROM LEFT FOOT.
CHARLIE BLANC USES A FILLER
GRAPE A LOT OF PLACES IN EUROPE,
BUT IT’S REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND
EXPRESSIVE IN MICHIGAN, SO
PEOPLE AREN’T FAMILIAR WITH THAT
GREAT. THERE IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT
THIS AND OUR NEXT ONE, ALSO IN
MICHIGAN WINE COUNTRY MAGAZINE.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS LIMBURGER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AUSTRIAN
GRAPE. THIS IS A STATE GROWN IN
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. IT’S
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.
FOR THIS ONE. THIS IS DOMAIN,
BERRIEN. AND THIS GRAPE IS KNOWN
IN EUROPE PRETTY WELL KNOWN, BUT
A LOT OF WINE. CONSUMERS HERE
ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS
GROUP, AND MICHIGAN DOESN’T
WONDERFULLY INTERESTING, ALL
RIGHT, AND THEN WE TRIED THE
LAST ONE HERE. TELL EVERYBODY
ABOUT MICHIGAN BY THE BOTTLE.
MICHIGAN BY THE BOTTLE. WE HAVE
THREE TASTING ROOMS IN AUBURN
HILLS, ROYAL OAK AND SHELBY
TOWNSHIP, AND WE ARE PARTNERED
WITH DIFFERENT MICHIGAN WINERIES
TO BRING A TASTE OF THE WINE
TRAILS CLOSER TO METRO DETROIT.
SO WE CAN YOU CAN DO TASTINGS
GET WINE BY THE GLASS BY THE
BOTTLE, AND WE DO LOTS OF EVENTS
AS WELL. ALL VERY DISTINCT, ALL
VERY INTERESTING. COURTNEY THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME SO I’LL TELL YOU GET