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The Daily Michigan: 2 Tickets to the 2012 Traverse City Wine & Art Festival

Today on The Daily Michigan we have a pair of tickets to the 2012 Traverse City Wine & Art Festival held on June 30th at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons.

The festival is now in its fourth year and will feature 25+ wineries along with a selection of some of northern Michigan’s finest artists & restaurants backed by outstanding music and performances.

The interplay of food & wine is a big part of the festival, and also of the popularity of Traverse City as a culinary destination. Recently in Bon Appetit, superstar chef Mario Batali touted Traverse City and the Leelanau Peninsula, saying “The food scene has really exploded in the region. It’s very cool. The chefs involved in the scene celebrate what’s here; they’re not trying to be anything they’re not.”

What they are is definitely gathering notice: Livabilty.com has ranked Traverse City their #1 Foodie City in America, the James Beard Foundation tapped three chefs from the area as semi-finalists for their Best Chef: Great Lakes award, and USA Today, Wine Enthusiast and Trip Advisor have all tagged the area as one of the hottest wine regions in the country.

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