The website Salon, which gets over five million unique viewers each month, named Wisconsin as one of its” Four Unexpected Wine Regions.” Fruit wine is mentioned as a specialty. It’s about time fruit wine gets...
The owners of Internationally recognized Kinkead Ridge Estate Winery and Vineyard, Ripley, Ohio are retiring. Both properties are for sale and priced aggressively. The 5 acre vineyard is located on a 126 acre parcel...
Homepage photo: Archana “Ana” Dave and her husband Sushil Rege of Healy’s Winery. If you think mangoes are everywhere recently, you are not mistaken. There’s now a mango brand of J.C. Penny clothing, a...
From Great Lakes Echo, a website produced by Michigan State University, comes news about climate change and the Midwest Wine Industry. Since it’s getting warmer in our region, the news is mainly positive. See:...
The headline for this story comes from Tom Wark’s Fermentation Wine Blog, which is one of nation’s largest wine blogs. (Popular wine blogs like incendiary headlines.) Tom’s story about corkage fees in Michigan is...
A recent study by Morgan Stanley predicting an impending “global wine shortage” has attracted a lot of attention. The study reports that global wine demand exceeded supply by 300 million cases during 2012. Reasons...
The Traverse City Ticker reports that Bonobo Winery – a joint venture of Todd and Carter Oosterhouse- will be opening late spring/early summer 2104. See related story: Oosterhouse Traverse City Winery to Called Bonobo
According to the most recent Vineyard and Winery Management magazine, Larry Mawby of L. Mawby Vineyards in Leelanau, Michigan is one of the “20 Most Admired People in the North American Wine Industry.” The...
This column contains items of interest regarding Midwest Wine. There is no information about health care reform, budget deficits or celebrities. Humidity and Wine Antioxidants Academic Wino posted an article on resveratrol which is...
According to the Ottawa Times, Mark Wenzel, owner of August Hill Winery and the Illinois Sparkling Company, has been named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Illinois Small Business Development Center. As reported...