Midwest Wine Press

Santa Rosa Writer Likes Cold Hardy Wines

by · December 6, 2015

Sonoma County wine writer Dan Berger recently recounted his favorable experiences with cold hardy wines in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.  Berger tasted some Midwestern wines at the recent Grand Harvest Awards and noted the “growing greatness” of emerging wine regions including Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana.

Berger referred collectively to Midwestern cold hardy wines as “Minnesota wine varieties.” This is a term I’ve seen applied recently to hybrid grapes that were not necessarily developed at the University of Minnesota.  Perhaps “Minnesota varieties” will evolve into the elusive catch phrase for cold hardy grapes?  Minneapolis has a great reputation as Midwestern tech hub and Minnesota is building a new, cool image as “the North.”

See: Berger: Wine Industry Style Trends

 

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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