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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.
Note the East and West arms of the bay, divided by the Old Mission Peninsula. The Grand Traverse Lighthouse at the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula , which anchors the bay to the west. Power Island is the largest island in the bay, seen here from Chateau Chantal on the Old Mission Peninsula
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 ...
The Old Mission Peninsula extends about 17 miles (27 km) from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan into Grand Traverse Bay, itself a bay of Lake Michigan.The peninsula separates Grand Traverse Bay into its West Arm and East Arm. Additionally, the peninsula is adjacent to Bowers Harbor and Old Mission Harbor, smaller inlets of the West Arm and East Arm, respectively.
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Old Mission, Michigan, and unincorporated community; Old Mission Peninsula, a peninsula within Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan; Old Mission Peninsula AVA, prominent region for the Michigan wine industry; Old Mission Point, the cape of Old Mission Peninsula; Old Wing Mission, a historic structure in Holland