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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 inauguration of George H. W. Bush. By 2009, Chateau Grand Traverse was producing over 80,000 cases of wine a year and is one Michigan's largest wine producers. [3]
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.
Lagina and his family started Mari Vineyard in 1999 in Traverse City, Michigan. The winery is named after his Italian grandmother and features an enclosed tower atop walls of Upper Peninsula dolomitic limestone. [5]
Traverse City is nicknamed "the Cherry Capital of the World", as the area surrounding Grand Traverse Bay is a hotspot for cherry production. [6] [7] The city hosts the National Cherry Festival, attracting approximately 500,000 visitors annually. [8] The Traverse City area is also known for its wine production. [9]
If we mean that Traverse City has a mosque, Buddhist or Hindu temple, say so. If we mean that Traverse City (gasp) has agnostics, athiests, Druids and Wiccans, say so. But no one wants to be referred to as a "various" person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.245.123.94 02:02, 6 February 2011 (UTC) Agreed.
As of the 2020 census, the Traverse City metropolitan area had a population of 153,448. Nearly one in three residents of Northern Michigan (with a population of 506,658 in 2020) reside within the Traverse City metropolitan area. Grand Traverse County holds about 62% of the population of the metropolitan area, with a population of 95,238 in 2020.
Rene di Rosa was born in Boston and graduated from Yale University where he was editor of the Yale Daily News. He took a job in 1950 as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle after serving in World War II and then spending some time in Paris. [1] [2] Di Rosa married artist Veronica McDonald (1934-1991) [3] in 1974.
Di Giorgio was the largest wine producer in the country at that time though wine became a minor part of the corporation later. By 1946, the company occupied 33 square miles (85 km 2 ) of the San Joaquin Valley as well as land as far north as Washington state, in Marysville and south to the Mexican border.