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Hello!
I'm also from Michiana (South Bend). This is my third year making wine. My grandfather/grandmother are both from this area, and both their families made wine - both table wine and "the good stuff".
I wanted to pick it back up and keep it in the family again.
Picked up 75lbs of cab sauv and 75lbs of cab franc last weekend from a local winery. Also made my own 6-ton press, which I plan on breaking in here in a couple weeks.
 
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Welcome. Which winery you get your grapes from? We get our concord up in Lawton, Mi from a farm that supplies Welches. Nice diy press!
 
I go to Lemon Creek in Berrien Springs, MI. They usually have two rounds of delivery each season. They're touting the cab sauv and cab franc this year. They also have a few different whites, but they're not as much fun!
 
Our family has a place on the lake in Stevensville, I've been to Lemon Creek!

Seems like Southwest Michigan is producing some nice wines.
 
Between the lake effect snow dumping Lake Michigan nutrients and the sandy/clay soils from glaciers, we have very good fruit stock here in the region. It's really nice.
 
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