We’re still number one! At least when it comes to wine drinking. According to Jon Fredrikson as quoted in the Winston Salem Journal, the United States is the number one wine consuming country in...
The Cold Climate Conference Midwest Wine Stroll took place on Friday, February 22nd as part of the 2013 Cold Climate Conference. The Midwest Wine Stroll is the largest indoor wine tasting in the Midwest...
The 9th annual Cold Climate Conference was held from February 21st to 23rd, 2013 in St. Paul Minnesota. This year’s focus was on collaboration. According to conference coordinator Missy Machkhashvilli, “As the industry...
Harbingers of spring are arriving in the mail. Seed and plant catalogues arrive weekly and friends eagerly page through them circling flowers, tomatoes and vegetables – revisiting memories of spring days in their garden....
As reported in the Detroit News, Michigan’s Laurentide Winery’s 2011 Riesling won the prestigious Riesling Challenge at the recent International Eastern Wine Competition. Laurentide opened in the Leelanau Peninsula during September of 2012. See: http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2013/02/22/leelanaus-new-laurentide-winery-wins-riesling-challenge/
The Hermann Wine Trail in Missouri hosted their first event of 2013 this past weekend. “Chocolate Wine Trail” sold out, as it does every year, with 1,200 wine and chocolate lovers participating. The...
Earlier this month, Midwest Wine Press attended the Midwest Grape & Wine Conference in St. Charles, Missouri. We’ve already posted a story preview and some photos here: See related article: 2013 Midwest Wine Conference: Photos...
The Michigan Grape and Wine Conference took place February 13th to February 15th at the Kellogg Conference Center on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing. Seveneteen presentations were packed into two...
Who says that French royalty cannot breed with ordinary native Americans? Crimson Cabernet’s parentage combines the Bordeaux King of Grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, and the State Grape of Missouri, Norton. The result is a disease...
The oldest bottle of wine I ever consumed was a 1928 Bordeaux purchased by a friend at auction. Besides the price tag; the bottle came with a unique history. It had been passed down...