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All 50 states make wine, and we’re talking to producers in two of them: the not-so-usual suspects of Virginia and Michigan. Mark Johnson, of Chateau Chantal in Traverse City, Mich., learned his winemaking skills in Germany; Lauren Bias and her husband, Jerry, own the award-winning Sugarleaf Vineyards outside Charlottesville, Va., are part of a growing number of African-American winemakers in the country; Love bourbon? Love the blues? Check out the newest culinary combination at Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak restaurant at Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club. Restaurant manager John Riccardo fills us in.