Midwest Wine Press

Chicago Wine Tour Company Expanding

by · September 28, 2012

Evanston Cellars president and Midwest wine tour guide Dileep Gangolli

Evanston Cellars is expanding its guided Midwestern wine trail tours leaving from Chicago because of increased demand according to company president, Dileep Gangolli.

“We started with tours of wineries in and around the The Illinois River Wine Trail this summer,” Gangolli said.  “Those tours sold out, so we began excursions to North and West Suburban Chicago wineries.  Now, we’re expanding to take wine tourists from Chicago to the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail in Michigan.”

See related story: Wisconsin Wine Tours Company Expanding for 2013

The nine-hour and half day tours leave from downtown Chicago. While large bus companies do currently offer regional wine excursions from Chicago, Evanston Cellars is the first Chicago company to provide smaller, educational wine tours; similar to the types of tours that are popular on many Midwest wine trails.

The Chicago wine tours are the brainchild of Evanston, IL resident Dileep Gangolli and his wife Janice MacDonald.  “People from Chicago don’t think of the Midwest as a wine producing region,” Gangolli said, “and when they get to the wineries,  our guests are surprised by the quality of the wine and the beauty of the countryside.”

For more information visit http://www.evanstoncellars.com/

 

 

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Mark Ganchiff

Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines. Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.

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