From the Iowa Grape Growers Association comes confirmation that the economic impact of the state’s wine industry has grown rapidly in the past five years. Wine tourism is the primary reason for the increase...
Midwest wineries have won a considerable number of top medals at this year’s 2014 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, the second largest wine competition in the country. Compared to last year, our region more...
Duke Elsner and Paolo Sabbatini of Michigan State University (MSU) published the results of recent bud sampling at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center in Leelanau County. Considering the lowest temperature in the Traverse...
No big surprises in this story from the Ashtabula Star Beacon, but we’re starting to see some quantification of the losses in the Lake Erie growing area. See: Ashtabula Growers Prepare for Huge Losses
One of the reasons we produce Midwest Wine Press is because we love Midwest Wine. Another reason is because we love to write. Midwest Wine Press publisher Mark Ganchiff and managing editor Danny Wood...
80% of the wineries in the Northern and Upper Midwestern USA registered and opened for business since the year 2000, new data shows. A team of researchers, led by Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota’s...
Iowa Decanted has a report and video from this year’s Iowa Wine Grower’s Association Conference in Des Moines. See: Iowa Decanted
159 years ago, an Irish family made its way to Southeast Iowa and settled between the rivers Cedar and Mississippi. The descendants of that family reside there still, and display their ancestral pride through...