US: Wine industry succeeds in recession-weary Michigan
US: Wine industry succeeds in recession-weary Michigan
Dec 5, 2011 6
(USAtoday) - A state thirsting for good economic news is toasting the success of an up-and-coming industry: winemaking.Vineyards and tasting rooms are springing up rapidly in Michigan, where fertile hillsides near the Great Lakes provide ideal settings for cool-weather varieties such as riesling, pinot grigio and chardonnay. Grape growing and wine making still have only a fraction of the muscle wielded by the automobile industry, but their success is striking given the economic downturn, which hit Michigan years before the rest of the nation.
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