Michigan By The Bottle

Meet Your (Wine)maker: Nancie Corum-Oxley of St. Julian

Ever wonder about the person behind what's in that bottle? Welcome to our latest periodic feature, Meet Your (Wine)maker, which introduces you to the winery folks responsible for crafting that vino you so adore. Today, we get up close and personal with Nancie Corum-Oxley, winemaker for Paw Paw-based St. Julian Winery. Once part of a team of three, Nancie is now the last woman standing at the Michigan wine giant. Take a peek at her story.

Feedback Friday: Round Barn, Peninsula Cellars, J. Trees

You may have at least heard of or seen our Michigan wine app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android — hopefully, you own it, use it and love it! Now, you have a chance to be IN it.

Welcome to Feedback Friday, our weekly feature that works like this: We solicit comments about a specific winery or wineries. You supply them. We pick some to include in our app. You become famous (at least in the Michigan wine community). The end.

Today's featured wineries:

Round Barn Winery
Peninsula Cellars
J. Trees

Send your comments on these wineries to cort@michiganbythebottle.com or post them as a reply to today's Feedback Friday thread on Facebook. We'll be accepting Feedback Friday comments for these featured wineries until next Friday, when we'll introduce a new set. (Of course, feel free to come chatter on Facebook about the wineries you love just for fun any old time. We dig that.)

Read on for complete details...

Chateau Chantal, the Rattlesnake and the Garden Party usher in summer - Wine - The Detroit News

It’s summer according to the thermometer, and Michigan wineries and Metro Detroit restaurants and event planners are busy at work. Following Memorial Day the wineries shift into longer summer hours and restaurants are preparing their patios. Here’s a taste of what’s happening, along with a nice honor for Michigan wineries.

via blogs.detroitnews.com

Great events coming up!

This Weekend in Michigan Wine (May 31-June 3)

 Welcome to the latest edition of This Weekend in Michigan Wine, a listing of what's happening now, what's coming up and what's ongoing in the world of Michigan wine!

Wineries, if you'd like your event listed, please email us with all of the pertinent information, and we'd be happy to post it. MBTB fans, we hope this serves as your weekly "go-to" guide for finding the best options for getting your Michigan wine on! Cheers!

Video Feature: 2012 Great Lakes Wine Fest

Engines were revving and wine was flowing during the 2012 Great Lakes Wine Fest at the Michigan International Speedway May 19. Winemakers and winery reps declared it a huge success, with cooperative weather and bigger-than-ever crowds. Take a peek at the action, and if you were there, see if you made it into the footage!

The Daily Tribune - Uncork the facts about Michigan wines

Did you know:
Wineries attract more than 1 million visitors annually to the state, with the industry contributing $300 million each year to the Michigan economy.

via www.dailytribune.com

Michigan Wine Trivia!

Traverse City Events: 2012 Traverse City Wine and Art Festival

Traverse City Events: Events like the 2012 Traverse City Wine and Art Festival remind us why Traverse City was voted "Number One Foodie City" this past year- to put it  quite simply, we have got the goods! Celebrate some of the best that Northern Michigan has to offer at the 4th Annual Traverse City Wine and Art Festival, Saturday, June 30th from 3:00-10:00 p.m. at the Village at Grand Traverse Commons.

via www.mynorth.com

Are you going?

Podcast #62: Domaine Berrien Cellars Marsanne

Rhone-irific! In today's podcast, Cort lets Shannon take a turn at yammering as we taste through two vintages of Domaine Berrien Cellars' Marsanne — 2010 and 2011 — side-by-side to evaluate the effects of oak versus tank. Plus, a stern admonishment to check out the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail, if you haven't already. (Or even if you have ... do it again!)

Feedback Friday: Brys Estate, Sandhill Crane, Verterra

You may have at least heard of or seen our Michigan wine app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android — hopefully, you own it, use it and love it! Now, you have a chance to be IN it.

Welcome to Feedback Friday, our weekly feature that works like this: We solicit comments about a specific winery or wineries. You supply them. We pick some to include in our app. You become famous (at least in the Michigan wine community). The end.

Today's featured wineries:

Brys Estate Winery
Sandhill Crane Vineyards
Verterra Winery

Send your comments on these wineries to cort@michiganbythebottle.com or post them as a reply to today's Feedback Friday thread on Facebook. We'll be accepting Feedback Friday comments for these featured wineries until next Friday, when we'll introduce a new set. (Of course, feel free to come chatter on Facebook about the wineries you love just for fun any old time. We dig that.)

Read on for complete details...

And the winner of The Garden Party tix is...

We asked readers to share which Michigan wines they'd include on the menu at their own garden party for a chance to win a pair of tickets (valued at $300!) to The Garden Party, a June 10 charity event at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester, courtesy of the event's organizers. Today, we turned to the trusty random number generator at Random.org to select the winner. 

And the winner is ... GRETA MOSHER! Greta, please email us at cort@michiganbythebottle.com to claim your prize!

Greta said she'd be turning to the Leelanau Peninsula to supply the beverages if she were throwing a garden party. "Blanc de Pinot Noir from Forty-Five North because this is the time of year for a gorgeous pinot! Fruit forward with a dry finish it’s beautiful with dinner," she wrote. "Cremant Classic from Lawrence Mawby, I’ve been drinking his method champagne for years, and it never fails to delight me. I would use this particular wine for pre or post dinner. Stands alone or with dessert or apps!"

Congratulations, Greta! For more information on the event and how you can purchase tickets of your own, read on...

This Weekend in Michigan Wine (May 24-27)

 Welcome to the latest edition of This Weekend in Michigan Wine, a listing of what's happening now, what's coming up and what's ongoing in the world of Michigan wine!

Wineries, if you'd like your event listed, please email us with all of the pertinent information, and we'd be happy to post it. MBTB fans, we hope this serves as your weekly "go-to" guide for finding the best options for getting your Michigan wine on! Cheers!