2013 Missouri Wine Competition Winners
The 2013 Missouri Wine Competition concluded on July 24th, 2013 and the winners are: The triple award of Best of Class Dry Red, C.V. Riley award for Best Norton and the top award for...
Yearly Archive: 2013
Displays of Kindness Sell Wine at Good Vines and Egalite
Wine and charity make a good pair. Barefoot Wines, the biggest wine label in the U.S., does all its promotions with non-profit organizations. Now a new wine company in Chicago has created a business...
Midwest Winery Gals Winery Reviews Rock
Over the past ten months, the Midwest Winery Gals website has grown to become one of the leading travel blogs about Missouri and Illinois wineries. The “Gals”- Chrissy and Lynn- are Southern Illinois residents...
Dr. Nichola Hall Speaks at WIsconsin Vintners Association Meeting
Dr. Nichola Hall, technical director and office manager of Scott Lab’s Healdsburg California office, recently made a visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Vintners Association, a home winemakers club, hosted a luncheon for her...
“Giving Grapes the Chair” with Pulse Electrified Fields
Electrical engineering meets enology in the following article from the Academicwino.com. Putting “5kV to 1kA” of electrical juice into a bunch of grapes sounds dangerous, but it supposedly makes the wine darker. See:...
Errant Crop Dusting in Illinois Sends 70 Teenagers to the Hospital
Midwest Wine Press has received many reports of herbicide misapplication recently from all over the region. Today’s mishap near Springfield, Illinois is an example of the careless way agricultural chemicals are often being applied....
Downy Mildew in Grapes — Secrets of Disease Management
Experienced grape growers saw it coming. New growers hadn’t a clue. Regardless, my crystal ball told me that with months of rain would come severe outbreaks of downy mildew in vineyards. Grape downy mildew...
People Are What Make the Midwest
It has not been a good week for two big Midwestern cities. Detroit is filing for bankruptcy. Chicago could be the next major city to seek protection from creditors with Illinois not far behind....
Illinois Launches New Wine Industry Logo and Advertising Campaign
The Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA) is launching a new brand identity and supporting advertising campaign to be rolled out at the Illinois Wine Experience during the Illinois State Fair, August 9-18,...
Heavy Early-Season Rains Create Potassium Deficiency
Potassium is important for grapevines to function and is one of the most frequent nutritional deficiencies of vines. A grapevine with inadequate potassium produces poor, unevenly ripened fruit and reduced yields. Severe deficiency results...