The Traverse Wine Coast has more than 2,000 acres of vineyards spread across nearly 40 wineries. And it’s only going to get more popular.
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“Sunlight glints off the water with a Mediterranean shimmer. Rolling hills cascade toward this cobalt bay, their slopes quilted with neat rows of grapevines. The pine-scented air carries the rustle of leaves and clink of glasses. Inside a hilltop tasting room with water views, a bottle of crisp white is poured.
It could be Sonoma on a fogless morning, or perhaps the coast of Italy just after the harvest. But this is no European enclave or Californian postcard. This is northern Michigan, which is quietly becoming one of the world’s most intriguing viniculture destinations.
The area is known as the Traverse Wine Coast. Here you’ll find more than 2,000 acres of vineyards spread across nearly 40 wineries on the Leelanau and Old Mission peninsulas, which together provide 105 miles of wine-soaked lakeshore.”
