Midwest Wine Press

Meramec VIneyards for Sale

by · June 23, 2014

Some 33 years after Phyllis Meagher left the corporate world in Chicago, purchased a vineyard in Missouri and almost 15 years after starting the winery, Meramec Vineyards, she is looking to find a successor. ‘While running a winery is a blast, there comes a time when the birthdays keep adding up and can’t be ignored. I know Meramec Vineyards would do well with a younger and newer set of hands to guide her,” she said. ‘It’s time for me to retire.” Learn More

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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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