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Old Nov 10, 2012 | 9:18 am
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Originally Posted by rubesl
I live in Michigan, so I can't imagine what Michigan wine she wants you to bring back - we only use it for cooking!
Julia Child was fond of saying that one should never cook with a wine one would not be willing to drink.

Originally Posted by MarkCron
This is a really uninformed post. There are many excellent wines being made in Michigan these days (mostly whites); that said, the OP's Witches Brew is not really one of them. But a lot of people love it.
And yet, for some reason they don't seem to go far beyond Michigan's borders. I'm sure they're eminently quaffable, but to me "excellent" refers to wines that travel farther from home...

Originally Posted by james318
People are usually surprised to hear MI has a wine industry. I'm an equal opportunity drinker.
Actually, there are wineries in all 50 states.
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