Quote Originally Posted by Spartan View Post
It's my understanding that North Dakota (my former place of residence) is one state without wineries. It's a climate thing. On the other hand it's great for sugar beets, potatoes, flax, barley (for beer), wheat, sunflowers, rapeseed (canola), and many other grains. It is absolutely beautiful to see acres of flax in bloom next to fields of rapeseed in bloom!

There are some nice wineries that we've visited on the west side of Michigan, my birth state.
They don't have many, no doubt due to the climate, but there is at least one - Maple River Winery. At least it was still in business a couple of months ago. They were announcing the release of Lilac wine on November 1st, 2008.

It's a shame I don't live near there. That is a wine I would like to try.