Some southwest Michigan wineries have come out on top in a statewide contest. Held in Lansing on August 9 was the 2018 Michigan Wine Competition. Kathy Sturm with the Lake Michigan Wine Trail tells WSJM News out of 415 wines entered, wineries of the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail received a good deal of medals.
“125 medals were awarded to the wineries right here in the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail,” Sturm said. “We were certainly well represented there.”
Sturm says southwest Michigan wines also took some Best of Class categories.
“Eight categories, and we hit three,” Sturm said. “I think we did pretty darn good.”
Among the winner were St. Julian Winery in Paw Paw, which took home the top honors in the categories of Dessert Wine and Fruit Wine. Winning in the Semi-Dry Red Wine category was Lawton Ridge Winery out of Kalamazoo. Sturm says the results are just more proof that the region’s wine industry is growing in strength and esteem. You can find out more at MIWineTrail.com.
