Michael Drash has been hired as winemaker at Chankaska Creek Winery in Kasota, MN. Drash has extensive winemaking experience in California, including assistant winemaker at Far Niente Winery and at his own winery, Tallulah...
The Kansas Grape Growers and Winemakers Association has rolled out a new website for consumers called Kansas Wineries. The website has a state map with 26 wineries and links and addresses for all...
The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about the damage cold weather has done to Eastern vineyards, particularly in New York and Pennsylvania. (Cornell University is reporting damage to Riesling and Merlot on Seneca Lake.) ...
An expanded Midwest Grape and Wine Conference was held from February 4th through 7th at the St. Charles Convention Center near St. Louis. According to Robert Merletti, the publisher of Vineyard and Winery Management,...
Leaders of the Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska provided current overviews of their state’s wine industries on Thursday, February 6th at the 2014 Midwest Grape and Wine Conference in St. Charles, Missouri. Here’s what...
A greatly expanded Cider Summit Chicago took over the far end of Navy Pier in Chicago on February 8th. Thirty six cider producers from all over the world, including 14 from the Midwest, poured...
If you’ve been at Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or any of the new upscale grocers recently, you’ve probably noticed that the food is expensive, but the wine is often cheap. In a recent article...
For wine lovers, The Illinois Winter Wine Festival and Annual Conference in Springfield, Illinois was the wine conference to attend. Wine was in abundance not only during the three days of educational sessions but...
Photos from the 2014 Illinois Winter Wine Festival and Annual Conference, January 30-February 1, 2014. ...
From Nebraska’s VineLines, which is produced by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, comes a positive report about grape vine freeze damage. The University recently checked buds and canes and found no significant damage....