What’s the first thing a visitor usually sees at a Midwest Winery? Dogs are the unofficial greeters at many Midwest wineries so Midwest Wine Press is having a contest for the Midwest Winery Dog...
Danzinger Vineyards was awarded Best of Show for their Mississippi Mist at the 2012 Wisconsin State Fair Professional Wine Competition held on Thursday, June 21 at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West...
The Detroit News Reports that the State of Michigan is working to provide low-interest loans to farmers who were impacted by devastating spring freezes. A bill, which passed both state houses and is...
Award winning Miletta Vista Winery in St. Paul, Nebraska was completely destroyed by fire last Saturday. According to the independent.com, owners Nick and Loretta McDowell don’t know how the fire started. More information at http://www.theindependent.com/news/local/miletta-vista-owners-focused-on-rebuilding/article_7b0e8576-a509-5c67-8638-3bb0c2ac514e.html
From Fresh.plaza.com comes confirmation of the news we expected: Michigan’s 2012 apple and cherry crop is almost a total loss. This quote from Lee LaVanway, manager of the Benton Harbor Fruit Market, sums it...
Recently, a former winemaking student asked me, ‘How do I win more gold medals?” I responded by saying ‘Enter more wine competitions.” We laughed and changed the topic. This conversation, although brief, had...
The 2012 Fenn Valley Wine Fest and Open House on June 23rd featured not only wine and entertainment but also some serious education for the inquisitive wine consumer. Throughout the day, a wine tasting...
As reported in the Traverse City News, Hawthorne Vineyard will open on the Old Mission Peninsula this summer. Hawthorne Vineyard will be planted with 26 acres of vinifera. Brian Hosmer from Chateau Chantal will...
Results have been posted for the Wisconsin State Fair Professional Wine Competition. Danzinger Vineyards in Alma, WI won Best of Show and Best White for two variations of LaCrescent, a University of Minnesota grape...
The regionally-themed Paris wine bar Le Reserve de Quasimodo has been serving clients continuously since the 1200’s. But the concept of a regionally-themed wine bar in the Midwest has almost no history. Now, Tom...