Midwest Wine Press

Top Seven Stories of 2013

by · January 1, 2014

2013 was a very good year for Midwest Wine Press because you, our valued readers, almost doubled the number of pageviews compared to 2012.  On top of that, during the year ending December 21, 2013, a total of 67,742 different people visited Midwest Wine Press.

Ninety-one-percent of Midwest Wine Press readers are from the U.S., but it’s worth noting that many people in other parts of the world are interested in Midwest wine and cool climate grape growing and winemaking.

Two of our top readership states are New York and California, both areas that we don’t cover.  (Makes you wonder if people from New York and California are interested in investing on our regional wine industry?)   Here are the top ten states for Midwest Wine Press readership during 2013:

1. Illinois

2. Michigan

3. Wisconsin

4. Minnesota

5. Ohio

6. Missouri

7. California

8. Indiana

9. Iowa

10. New York

Now, as promised, here are the top seven Midwest Wine Press stories during 2013.  Four of the top seven stories are about “new” wine grapes:

1. Coming Soon: A New Red Wine That’s a Pearl

2. Top 10 Tasting Room Etiquette Tips

3. Dr. Norton Had  a Baby and Named it Crimson Cab

4. Ozonated Water: Pest Control Without Chemicals

5. Promising Wine Grape Varieties for the Midwest

6. Tannin Additions in Red Hybrid Wines

7. Northern Hybrids: A New Class of Grape

 

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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