Tagged: John Marshall grape grower

Travel Down a River of Grapes

Homepage photo: Rocky Waters Vineyard in Hanover, Illinois, along the Mississippi River.  Since long before human settlement, wild grapes grew in abundance along the Mississippi River. The grape species known as Vitus Riparia- which...

Nipping Jack Frost First This Spring

Last year at this time the upper Midwest was riding a wave of warmth. It would last several weeks, break thousands of temperature records, and spur grape vines to bud break that turned to...