Midwest Wine Programs in Transition
Michael Moyer didn’t hesitate to leave Walla Walla, Wash., for greener pastures this spring. After all, the job offer was huge. Could he launch the Midwest’s first — and only — commercial teaching winery...
Author: Kristine Hansen
Regional Wine Tasting Rooms Gain Foothold Across America
Northern Michigan Black Star Farms‘ tasting room manager, Chris Lopez had his hopes pinned on an Ann Arbor tasting room, 240 miles from the winery’s main tasting room. This college town has a proven...
Chicago and Wisconsin Restaurants Warming to Midwest Wine
Local wines on a Chicago or Milwaukee restaurant’s wine list used to get the cold shoulder. Despite affordable prices, diners didn’t bite, but some wine directors put Midwest wines on the list anyway, in hopes...
Wisconsin Restaurant’s Serving Wisconsin Wine
Wisconsin restaurants Serving Wisconsin Wines Apple Holler, Sturtevant Arctic Springs Supper Club, Galesville Balzac, Milwaukee Bandung Indonesian Restaurant, Madison BB Jacks, Antigo Beans and Barley, Milwaukee Bellini Restaurant, Madison The Black Sheep, Whitewater Buck...
Outlook Bright for 2012 Midwest Wine Tourism
Record-high gas prices this spring threatened to deflate plans for tasting rooms to welcome a steady stream of visitors coaxed by unusually mild temperatures. But, according to tourism officials in wine regions throughout the...
March Warm Spell “Dark Cloud” for Midwest Grape Growers
Spring-like temperatures so soon in the year may be swell for joggers, but vineyard managers aren’t so thrilled. With June level temperatures forecast for the Midwest during the week of March 12, there are...
Millennials Favoring Midwest Regional Wines
The Millennial Generation — those roughly between the ages of 21 and 35 — has a strong interest in developing community ties. Supporting businesses near their homes makes them natural customers of local wines....
Are Kids Taking Over the Region’s Wineries?
It may not be a corked bottle or a spider seeking refuge in the tasting room that sends visitors running from the region’s wineries— it might be unruly kids. Bill Skvarla, owner of Harmony...