Beginning Of A Midwestern Regional Beverage Community--Michigan By The Bottle And Midwestern Whiskey

There are very hopeful signs of a beginning Midwestern Regional Beverage Community.

 

Check out this fabulous blog on Michigan wine:

 

http://www.michiganbythebottle.com/

 

This is a great tour of Michigan's great wine resources and it's look like a lot of fun.

 

Crain's story on the fabulous collaboration of 4 distilleries to make a Midwestern Whiskey is also a wonderful story of Midwestern coming together:

 

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140411/BLOGS09/140419924/midwest-distilleries-collaborating-on-new-whiskey#

 

These are both fabulous stories about what's beginning a real trend: Midwestern food and beverage as a "real" cuisine that can stand on its own merits.  Maybe the days of the green bean casserole and Rhinelander Beer as the highest expression of Midwestern food and drink are passing away.

 

Bout time, it's time for a Midwestern brandy too.