Detroit News wine columnist Sandra Silfven, has written a retrospective piece on Michigan wines and notes the interest that is building amongst wine enthusiasts. The article heavily focuses on Northern Michigan wines.

Clearly, Michigan wines are no longer souvenirs for tourists, but unique, sought-out, artisan products. Or else Chateau Grand Traverse would not be selling hundreds of cases of Riesling in Ralph’s supermarkets, a division of Kroger, in Los Angeles. Or Larry Mawby would not be shipping cases of bubbly to Denmark. Or Bryan Ulbrich would not have the means to open his own urban winery, Left Foot Charley, alongside other artisan food producers, at the Village of Grand Traverse Commons in Traverse City.

And get this: Napa Valley vintner Scott Harvey purchased 330 cases of Riesling from the new Forty-Five North Winery in Lake Leelanau to sell under his Jana label.

Michigan supplying California with wine? Now that’s a switch.

The complete article can be found here.