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Michigan

Michigan is a wine region in United States, home to 9 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.

Michigan at a glance: roughly split white/red.
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Michigan's 9 wineries make roughly equal white and red wine; Pinot Grigio is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry AVA designation.

About the Michigan region

    Location
    Michigan wine refers to any wine that is made in the state of Michigan in the United States.
    Climate
    NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance encodes a 1991–2020 statewide mean annual temperature of 45.2 °F for Michigan.
    Soils
    In USDA NRCS Soil Data Access results for Michigan survey areas, Alfisols have the largest weighted component acreage, approximately 11,307,410 acres.

Region facts sourced from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance statewide time series for Michigan, retrieved 2026-07-11. (U.S. Government work / Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Data Access query for Michigan (MI survey-area prefix), retrieved 2026-07-11. (U.S. Government work / Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)), Wikipedia contributors, "Michigan wine", Wikipedia, revision 1357184016, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).

Most common single-grape wines

When Michigan wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Michigan is roughly split, making substantial white (52%) and red (44%) wine.

25 distinct Michigan wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • White13 · 52%
  • Red11 · 44%
  • Rose1 · 4%

Types: Still.

Representative Michigan wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Chateau Grand Traverse — Reserve Merlot
  • Chateau Grand Traverse — Late Harvest Riesling
  • Peninsula — Reserve Chardonnay
  • Chateau Grand Traverse — Block Twelve Riesling
  • Chateau Grand Traverse — Gru Vin Gruner Veltliner
  • Chateau Grand Traverse — Semi-Dry Riesling
  • Mari Vineyards — Bel Tramonto
  • Brys Estate — Cab - Merlot

Quality designations

Wines here carry AVA status — a controlled quality designation.

  • AVAAmerican Viticultural Area — a defined US grape-growing region, marking where the grapes were grown.

United States wine designations

AVA
An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

How to choose a good Michigan wine

Look for the AVA designation — it signals a controlled-origin Michigan wine.

FAQs

Where is Michigan?
Michigan wine refers to any wine that is made in the state of Michigan in the United States .
What do the designation terms on Michigan wines mean?
AVA: An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
How are wineries and producers selected for Michigan?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Michigan wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Michigan?
The current regional catalogue contains 25 linked wines from 9 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.