TROY After a year that saw the temporary, and sometimes permanent, closures of businesses across the globe, two local business owners aren’t just glad to have survived another year, but to have made it 100 or more years in business.
St. Julian Winery in Paw Paw is celebrating its 100-year anniversary with the release of six limited-edition wines.
In 1921, Italian immigrant Mariano Meconi started a wine company in Ontario. After Prohibition was repealed, he moved his company to Detroit, and eventually to Paw Paw, which sits on the Lake Michigan Shore Appellation Michigan’s premier grape-growing region.
“We have survived Prohibition, wars, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, fires, family tragedies, a pandemic and countless other challenges over our 100-year timeline,” St. Julian Winery President John Braganini said in a news release. “As we move into our next century of opportunity, we have positioned the company for an exciting journey.”