Midwest Wine Press

Tepid Report From Michigan on Recent Crop Damage

by · January 29, 2014

Understandably, most grape growers are cautiously optimistic in public about how regional grapes are surviving this winter.  However, we have heard decidedly negative news from Ohio, Minnesota and the Finger Lakes.

These reports would lead one to believe that the 2014 Midwest grape harvest has already been seriously damaged.

However, the Traverse City area has been a blessed area for growing grapes, escaping many freezes and frosts.  We can only hope this violent tempered winter has left some vineyards untouched.

Good riddance to the Polar Vortex of 2014!

From the Capital News Service:

Will Cold Kill Grapes? Only Time Will Tell

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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