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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: The Heart of Man: Grape Growing and Winemaking in the Great Lakes | North Coast Chronicles
Description: Join Helen as she talks with Lorri Hathaway, award-winning co-author of The History of Winemaking in Michigan about 150 years of winemaking in the Great Lakes, along with Edward Heineman and his son Dustin from Heineman's Winery - one of the oldest operating family-owned wineries! First launched in the 1800s by savvy businessmen as well as immigrants from German wine country, winemaking began with the use of native grapes such as Concord, Delaware and Niagara. Nineteenth century vintners around the southern Great Lakes enjoyed the good life until the temperance movement heats up and forces many out of business while oth...