The new logo for the Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association (NWGGA) recently received a Prism Award from the Lincoln chapter of the American Marketing Association in the category of Corporate Identity-Logo for non-profit...
Midwest wineries have been winning medals at California wine competitions with such regularity that it’s hardly surprising any longer. However, the way St. James Winery in Missouri dominated the recent Pacific Rim competition in...
The Missouri Wine and Grape Board and the University of Missouri’s Grape and Wine Institute are partnering with the University of Georgia and the Vineyard and Winery Association of West Georgia to help rebuild...
Evaluating wine is no easy job. Many art forms – like music and painting- continually develop new genres to accommodate new influences. But wine is different. Even today, wine appreciation is based on the proposition that a...
Several recent media reports have focused on how the winter we are all trying to forget has affected the Michigan Merlot crop. There’s only about one hundred acres of Merlot in Michigan, so it’s...
As reported in the Mlive website, Black Star Farms, L. Mawby and Good Harbor Vineyards are joining forces to open a joint tasting room and wine bar in downtown Ann Arbor. See: Michigan Wineries...
< On the night of August 6, 2013, the weather forecast for Neenah, Wisconsin called for the possibility of storms, but not severe weather. To the surprise of local residents, in the middle of...
The most recent episode of NBC’s Park and Recreation is about Midwest Wine, in a manner of speaking. The vineyards and winery don’t exactly look like Indiana, but the send up of wine snobbery...
Read all about Joe’s new role at the Wisconsin Winery Association courtesy of the Wisconsin Ag Connection: http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=411&yr=2014
From the Iowa Grape Growers Association comes confirmation that the economic impact of the state’s wine industry has grown rapidly in the past five years. Wine tourism is the primary reason for the increase...