You can find Chateau Grand Traverse wines all over the state, and any wine store worth its salt in Michigan carries a wide variety of Old Mission and other northern wines. But there are some wines that can't be had from store shelves or even restaurant wine lists. For these small, select batches, head straight to the wineries.
Excerpt: Whether it's luxury items, small-batch products, unusual blends or a winemaker's experiment, some unique items await visitors to Michigan tasting rooms--even in the winter.
Oftentimes, these obscure wines are saved as plums for subscribers to the vintner's wine club, or special events, or simply to raise eyebrows.
"These are items we are doing that are of interest to us, where we don't have sufficient quantities for large production, like our Sirius Maple Dessert Wine," said Lee Lutes, winemaker at Black Star Farms. "And that's because the maple syrup is so limited."
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Source: The Detroit News
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