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The result transformed Michigan’s wine industry forever.The grapes, especially.
Riesling is now the state’s most widely planted wine grape..Since then, the state’s wine industry has grown and evolved.Today, Michigan boasts more than 4,000 acres under vine.
More than 140 wineries produce bottlings from over 50 grape varieties grown within its borders.Most of the wineries sit along the west coast of Michigan’s mitten-shaped lower peninsula, especially in southwest and northwest lower Michigan.. What differentiates Michigan wine?.
Cool-climate latitude.
Michigan’s southern wine regions sit around the 42nd parallel, similar to that of Rome and other parts of Italy.Western Michigan benefits from the moderating effects of Lake Michigan, where everything from apples, pears, and peaches to sweet and tart cherries flourish.
And yes, it also produces a lot of grapes.Not only does Western Michigan supply massive harvests of Concord and Niagara grapes for juice and jelly, but it’s also grown fine wine grapes for more than a century.
In the last few decades, the state has come into its own to offer world-class wines with distinctive terroir.. History of Michigan wine.Michigan’s first commercial winery opened in eastern Monroe County, along the aptly named River Raisin, in 1868.