Got some cool feedback on the old Pumpkin Wine entry from some folks at the University of Minnesota’s Enology program. I had no idea that there was a group out there with the daunting (but tasty!) task of trying to coax a viable wine grape industry out of the frozen Minnesota soil.
All kidding aside, I’d love to see how things go for them… Some of the Michigan wineries have had to overcome the poor weather conditions, and they produce some really good stuff.
Personally, I like the idea of having hundreds of locally brewed wines. It’s just really cool… I ran into that in Switzerland at the Transplant Games a couple of years ago. One of the hospitals cafeterias served wine from grapes grown on the premises…
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