Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 480: The Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan (US) - Portrait of an Emerging Region

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This episode is all about the Leelanau Peninsula AVA of Michigan (a state in the midwestern US, on the Canadian border). Drew Perry, head of Production for Simpson Family Estates, a family business located on the peninsula, joins to educate us about this very unique area, which has been making wine since the 1970s. We discuss the land, the climate, and the history of this region, which is an essential part of the terroir here.

Photo: Drew Perry of Good Harbor Vineyards & Aurora Cellars. Credit: Simpson Family Estates

Drew tells us about his time in the industry and about being head of Production at Simpson Family Estates, which owns the award-winning brands Good Harbor Vineyards and Aurora Cellars. They make delicious sparkling, whites and reds from this unique terroir. These are great wines and definitely worth checking out (they ship!). I mention my favorites in the show!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:13.2	I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider author of the Wine for Normal People book and
0:19.6	certified wine dork and I'm MC Ice just a wine-loving normal person. Normal wine people. wine
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0:32.6	If you want to support this show, support them and also support your wine collection because
0:37.2	they have amazing wines.
0:39.0	Go to wine access.com slash WFP, listen in the middle of the show and I'll give you the full
0:45.3	details don't miss out on this 10% off your first order. Drew Perry is the
0:50.6	head of production for Simpson Family Estates, a family business located in the
0:54.9	Lelanau Peninsula of Michigan that's been around since the 1970s. Simpson Family Estates owns the
1:01.9	award-winning brands
1:03.0	Good Harbor Vineyards and Aurora Sellers,
1:05.2	which make delicious sparkling whites and reds
1:09.0	from this really unique terraue.
1:11.2	Drew graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in
1:14.5	viticulture and analogy. He worked in Napa for a brief stint before moving back
1:19.6	to Northern Michigan to take on the challenge of cool climate
1:22.9	viticulture in this region that I am now very excited about
1:27.2	learning about and visiting Drew welcome thank you so much for coming on to
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