Midwest Wine Press regular columnist and Wine Consultant, Piero Spada has added two new jobs to his rapidly growing resumé. Piero will be teaching Introduction to Enology and Introduction to Viticulture for Northeast Wisconsin Technical...
A good story from Alisha Espey on the growth of Wide River Winery. Wide River recently opened a new tasting room in Le Claire. (The existing tasting room in Clinton will remain open.) According...
The Indy International Wine Awards were held on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette and concluded on August 1st. Wineries from all over the world shipped their finest to ‘The INDY”, the...
A new Lake Pepin Wine Trail has been established along the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The four wineries on the new wine trail- Villa Belleza, Maiden Rock, Flower Valley and Great River,...
From “Serious Drinks,” comes news that Michigan’s Uncle John’s Fruit House Winery Cider is the first American hard cider to be made from the “grandaddy” Malus Niedzwetzkyana apple. The story goes into a lot...
The 2013 International Women’s Wine Competition was held in Sonoma County, California July 9-10, 2013. Here are the medal winners from Midwestern wineries: St. Julian Wine Company, Inc. NV St. Julian Sweet Nancie Lake...
From the Los Angeles Times comes word of new grapes that taste like “Skittles on the vine.” But it’s no joke, this new table grape reportedly commands $6 a pound. As is often the...
July was the highest readership month ever for Midwest Wine Press. Total page views exceeded 19,500 during July and there were more than 9,500 visits to the website. According to Midwest Wine Press publisher Mark Ganchiff, readership...
Most vegetable and fruit farmers have probably experienced crop injury from glyphosate spray drift at one time or another. The most recognizable name in this class is Roundup along with several other glyphosate products such as...
According to The Southern Illinoisan, 2013 is shaping up as a fine vintage in Southern Illinois. Rainfall in Southern Illinois has been near normal this season. Also, the highest temperature recorded in Carbondale this...