PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – St. Julian Winery, Michigan’s longest operating and most award-winning winery, recently celebrated its Centennial at their Paw Paw location, where they’ve produced wines since 1936.
Italian-born Mariano Meconi founded the company in Canada in 1921 as the Border City Wine Cellars, later known as Meconi Wine Company, before moving to Detroit and ultimately to Paw Paw, where it first operated under the moniker of The Italian Wine Company.
It has been known as St. Julian Winery since 1941.
U.S. Congressmen Fred Upton, State Senator Aric Nesbitt, and State Representative Beth Griffin were in attendance and presented President John Braganini with an exclusive Centennial award honoring the milestone.
St. Julian, which is distributed in five states outside of Michigan, currently operates six tasting rooms within the state: Paw Paw, Dundee, Frankenmuth, Troy, Rockford, and Union Pier.
