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The Old Mission Peninsula received its AVA designation on June 8, 1987. The leading force behind AVA recognition came from Edward O'Keefe, whose Chateau Grand Traverse was the peninsula's only commercial winery at the time. Today the wine industry in the Old Mission Peninsula has expanded to include eight wineries and a thriving wine tourism ...
Chateau Chantal is a winery located on the Old Mission Peninsula, only a few miles north of Traverse City, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.The chateau sits atop one of the highest points on the Old Mission Peninsula and has views of both East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay.
On Old Mission peninsula, Rev Peter Dougherty started the first permanent settlement in 1839. This was called "Grand Traverse", [6] ... Southwest Michigan Wine Trail;
On the shore of Lake Michigan, Old Mission Peninsula bears a bounty of charms, from mouth-watering produce and flower farms to vineyards and wineries.
The Wine Origin Alliance has worked for almost 20 years to protect the integrity of wine regions, thought to be crucial to the winemaking process. 2 Michigan wine trails join worldwide alliance to ...
In the 1980s the estate was the only commercial winery on the peninsula and was the driving force behind the recognition of the Old Mission Peninsula was a wine region. In 1980, the winery produced Michigan's first commercial ice wine and the 1987 vintage of Chateau Grand Traverse Johannisberg Riesling Ice Wine was served at the presidential ...
Wine and enotourism were estimated in 2017 to have an economic impact of $5.4 billion, [6] up from $300 million in 2007. [1] Most of the quality bottled wine of Michigan is produced in the five American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) of Fennville AVA, Lake Michigan Shore AVA, Leelanau Peninsula AVA, Old Mission Peninsula AVA, and the Tip of the Mitt ...
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