New Michigan Wine Bar Coming to Ann Arbor
As reported in the Mlive website, Black Star Farms, L. Mawby and Good Harbor Vineyards are joining forces to open a joint tasting room and wine bar in downtown Ann Arbor. See: Michigan Wineries...
Monthly Archive: April 2014
St. James, Stone Hill and Les Bourgeois Estimate 10% to 60% Bud Loss
Missouri’s three biggest wineries estimate winter bud loss for their grapevines at between 10% and 60%. With bud break poised to begin across the Midwest, the extent of winter damage is becoming clearer. There...
Whistler’s Knoll Vineyard Ready for Wisconsin Summer
< On the night of August 6, 2013, the weather forecast for Neenah, Wisconsin called for the possibility of storms, but not severe weather. To the surprise of local residents, in the middle of...
Lower Midwest: Winter Impact on Vines and Budding Progress
Many growers of French hybrid and vinifera grapes across Kansas and parts of Missouri are confident that the long, cold winter has had little effect on their vines. However, generally the cold weather has...
Midwest’s Biggest Wine Tweeters in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Research by geographers based in the United States and the United Kingdom suggests that the Midwest’s biggest wine drinkers could live in the Upper Peninsular area of Michigan. The geographers used what they call “an...
Between Two Bottles (B2B): Norton versus Diet Coke
Not everyone visiting a local winery wants to drink wine. Beverage drinkers divide into a number of categories. A large number choose beer or mixed drinks. Non-drinkers ask for soda or water. Among the...
Mawby’s Masterpieces of Michigan
This article is sponsored by MI Wine Barrel, makers of durable and economic stainless steel wine barrels. Larry Mawby isn’t only one of Michigan’s wine pioneers, he’s also one of the funniest people you’ll ever meet....
Midwest Wine Featured on “Parks and Recreation”
The most recent episode of NBC’s Park and Recreation is about Midwest Wine, in a manner of speaking. The vineyards and winery don’t exactly look like Indiana, but the send up of wine snobbery...
Wine Price: No Impact on Midwest Tasting Room Sales
A team of researchers, led by Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota, has found that the price of wine in Midwest winery tasting rooms does not impact on sales. The research particularly...
Forgotten Fire’s Callow to Lead Wis Winery Association
Read all about Joe’s new role at the Wisconsin Winery Association courtesy of the Wisconsin Ag Connection: http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=411&yr=2014