Fireside Winery Engages Volunteers
Winery workers are accustomed to customers who say how much they would like to work at a winery. Brad Johnson, external relations manager at Fireside Winery in Marengo, Iowa, is now making his customer’s...
Monthly Archive: February 2012
2012 Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference Summary
The 2012 Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference, held January 15th to 17th at the Wilderness Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, had a record attendance of 701, according to Anna Maenner, Executive Director of the...
Deep Waiting
I have finally figured out who is buried in my backyard in Chicago. It is Robert the Bruce; I can tell by looking at the grapevines, for grapevines drink the blood of the body...
Patty Held: Your Winery Seen Through Customer Eyes
The Viticulture Enology Science and Technology Alliance (VESTA) program, in which I am an instructor, has a 21st century educational vision for grape growing, winemaking and winery marketing. In my VESTA ‘Winery Tasting Room...
Noted Breeder and Researcher Lon Rombough Dies
Lon J. Rombough, one of the foremost authorities on North American viticulture, died Monday at age 62 of an apparent heart attack. Rombough was the author of The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic...