Cornell Law School student and president of the Society of Wine and Jurisprudence, Bryon A. Crowe II, 25, of Rapid City, SD wrote a column in the Argus Leader that argues for wineries being able to ship directly to consumers.
See: http://www.argusleader.com/article/20130327/VOICES05/303270022/My-Voice-Freer-grapes-freer-markets
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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Really!!!!!!!!!! Don’t see South Dakota on the list or other states you have reported
We’d like to cover South Dakota more. There are excellent wines being produced there using grapes that are grown primarily in cold climate regions. The tasting room centered business model is also prevalent in South Dakota from what I understand. However, I would agree that SD is not technically the Midwest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States
It is the Midwest.