This has always been about the fact that the Michigan wine industry has been so successful that (distributors) consider it competition. But there really isn't anything else out there creating that kind of interest for tourism.

And now they're looking at having the rules change.

I know for a fact that most of our smaller wineries would have to close up under provisions of that bill.

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

WINE! Because these problems aren’t going to forget THEMSELVES!