Ferrante Winery was a “Sweepstake Winner” in the 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition for its 2012 Vidal Blanc Ice Wine from the Grand River AVA in Ohio. The Sweepstake Winner title was awarded...
Understandably, most grape growers are cautiously optimistic in public about how regional grapes are surviving this winter. However, we have heard decidedly negative news from Ohio, Minnesota and the Finger Lakes. These reports would lead...
CTV-News reports that Southern Ontario grape bud mortality this winter is in “the neighborhood of 40 to 50 percent.” This quote comes from Bill George with the Ontario Grape Growers Association. In Georgian Bay,...
The Chicago Sun Times ran a story this week on wine drinking trends in Chicago and the U.S. that has implications for the Midwest wine industry. According to the article, Moscato was the third...
The USDA released the final environmental impact statement for 2,4-D ready GMO crops during January and approval during February seems likely, according to Judith McGeary, executive director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance....
This article is sponsored by Harvest Energy Solutions, based in Jackson, Michigan. Harvest Energy Solutions serves agribusiness customers in the Midwest with solar products, installation and solar assessments. The amount of solar energy reaching...
Only three Midwestern states do not allow wineries to distribute wine directly to restaurants and retailers: Kentucky, Wisconsin and Indiana. Now a bill is pending in the Indiana state legislature that would allow up...
The Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference was held this week at the Wilderness Waterpark Resort Resort- the country’s largest waterpark- in subzero temperatures. Despite the arctic weather, the atmosphere was like the Fourth of...
The Midwest’s largest cider tasting event has expanded to two sessions on February 8th at Navy Pier in Chicago. Cider Summit Chicago will feature over 90 ciders with one session beginning at 11:00 a.m....
Midwest Wine Press gets hundreds of emails from companies that make every manner of wine related stuff, and usually we just hit “delete.” But a recent press release for a single serving, stackable wine...