VESTA’s Enology Program Makes it Real
I had reached the moment of truth in VIN146, the Introduction to Enology course that forms part of the VESTA wine education program: it was time to bottle my homemade wine. Until now, the...
Author: Danny Wood
Alternative Grapes Center Stage at 2015 Midwest Wine Conference
Wines made from more than twenty little known grape varieties will be unveiled and tasted at the upcoming Midwest Grape and Wine Conference in St. Charles, Missouri. Among those due to tickle the palates of conference...
Les Bourgeois Norton Goes to Hollywood
Norton wine has debuted on the silver screen. For a few minutes, a bottle of Les Bourgeois Vineyards Norton, takes center-stage in the 2014 mystery-thriller movie, Gone Girl, that stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. From...
Dog Friendly Wineries
Growing numbers of Midwest wineries are going where very few bars and restaurants in the United States have gone before — encouraging customers to bring their dogs. The move is attracting visits from both dog owning, day-tripping tourists...
Chandler Hill Vineyards Takes It Up A Notch
Chuck Gillentine’s Chandler Hill Vineyards aims to take the wine and food at Missouri wineries up a notch. ‘The state has marketed the wineries as a fun place to come and I think we’ve...
Michigan’s Grape Harvest Down 50%
The Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council is anticipating approximately a 50% reduction in the size of the state’s wine grape crop compared to the record 7,600 tons reported in 2013. A Council media...
Travel Behaviors of Midwest Wine Tourists
The Northern Grapes Project (NGP) continues to advance our industry’s knowledge of the habits of Midwest wine tourists. The latest issue of Northern Grapes News, features the research of Michigan State University’s Dan McCole,...
B2B: Stone Hill Triumphs at Norton Blind Tasting
For nearly three years, a small collection of Norton wines has been aging in the basement downstairs. The diminutive gathering of five bottles, all from Missouri wineries and most from the 2009 vintage, is the...
Midwest Prepares for Reduced Grape Harvest
As vineyards around the Midwest prepare to bring in their grapes, the record cold winter, late spring and cooler summer will drastically reduce the harvest for certain grape varieties, especially vinifera, in many areas....
Omaha Crush Ticket Contest
Nebraska’s Omaha Crush festival on August 2nd was inspired by a visit to the St. Louis Wine Festival in the Midwest’s wine heartland. ‘My husband and I had taken a little trip to St....