In The grape escape: Michigan wines impress at Leland festival, wine writer Michael Brenton shares some thoughts on our annual festival and the wines of our region. He begins...

I was curious to see if there would be many wines from the challenging 2009 vintage, and how they would show, but most of the wines continued to be 2007 and 2008 juice. It was impossible to taste all the wines, or even evaluate wines from all the wineries (especially while enjoying cuisine from the area’s finest restaurants), but a representative sampling suggests that lovers of Michigan wines will not be disappointed by current offerings, including the 2009 whites starting to hit the market.

Read on for notes about some of Mike's favorite wines and definitely come out to the Leland Wine & Food Festival in 2011!