Luedke Winery in Minn. Closes
The Princeton Union Eagle reported today that the owners of one Minnesota’s first vineyards have closed their winery. Luedke Winery and Berry Farm closed this month, but the vineyard, which has been producing wine...
Monthly Archive: November 2011
Wisconsin’s Vetro Expands
Vetro Winery celebrated its new facility in Jefferson, Wisconsin with a grand opening Nov. 12-19 according to a recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal. The winery was founded by LaVerne and Bill Vetrano...
Illinois Grape Growers Association Hosts Cold Climate Grapes Meeting
On November 18, approximately 30 grape growers and winemakers met at Fox Valley Winery in Oswego, Illinois to discuss growing cold climate grapes Northern Illinois. Moderating the meeting was Jeff Pankow, the Northern Region Chair of the...
Brick Arch Winery Rises Again in Iowa
When Ilene Lande, owner of Brick Arch Winery, received a call from the mayor of West Branch, Iowa saying, “Get into town, you’ve got a problem,” she suspected that something might have gone wrong...
Butler Au Courant with Currant Wine
Butler Winery just released its Black Currant wine, the only Indiana grown currant wine on the market. Due to planting being moved this year, the winemaker, Jim Butler, reports that there may not...
Are Kids Taking Over the Region’s Wineries?
It may not be a corked bottle or a spider seeking refuge in the tasting room that sends visitors running from the region’s wineries— it might be unruly kids. Bill Skvarla, owner of Harmony...
Patty Held: Wine Trail Marketing Ideas
The wine trail concept is exploding! From California to Maine there are 251 wine trails across the USA with 1878 wineries making up these trails in 43 states. Wine trails are made up of...
Indiana Will Continue Traminette Program in ’12
Despite losing grant dollars from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, the Indiana Wine Grape Council will continue the succesful Indiana’s Signature Wine Campaign “Try on Traminette” during 2012. According to Jeanette Merritt, Marketing Director of the Indiana Wine Grape Council...
Wine is Healthy. So Why the Sin Tax?
The Buddha said long ago that salvation lies in the Middle Way. That is something that, as an interventional cardiologist, I and many colleagues within the medical community have also been saying for years...
Domaine Berrien Rolls Out Kegs at Chicago’s Farmhouse
The first Illinois restaurant to offer Michigan wine by the keg is Farmhouse Tavern in Chicago which opened in September. Wine from Domaine Berrien Cellars in Berrien Springs, Michigan is brought to Farmhouse by Chicago based...