Homepage photo: Rocky Waters Vineyard in Hanover, Illinois, along the Mississippi River. Since long before human settlement, wild grapes grew in abundance along the Mississippi River. The grape species known as Vitus Riparia- which...
Today, the New York Times ran a story about South Dakota and Iowa wineries. John Eligon, who wrote the story, is the Kansas City bureau chief for the Times and a graduate of Northwestern....
According to a ranking published today in Yahoo Travel, three of the top 10 urban wineries are in the Midwest. Congratulations to City Winery Chicago, Easley Winery (Indianapolis) and Left Foot Charley (Traverse City) for making the...
Doug Frost, the Kansas City based Master Somm and Master of Wine, is also one of our region’s best wine writers. In his latest column for the Kansas City Star, Frost talks about why...
This week, Amazon Wine announced that customers can have wine delivered to Michigan. This brings the total number of states served by Amazon Wine to 20. The other Midwestern states with Amazon Wine shipping...
The Minnesota and Wisconsin Grape Growers Associations uncovered an article in the Denver Post today about cold hardy wine grapes being planted in Colorado. The story says that Marquette, Frontenac and La Crescent, all...
As reported in Midwest Wine Press, a new wine producing area is taking root in Northern Michigan and we don’t mean the Traverse City area. The Petoskey News ran a story this week that...
One objection to buying regional wine is that regional wine costs more. One would think that a local wine producer has a built in cost advantage in the form of lower shipping costs. But in...
The State Journal Register reports that a new winery opened on September 8th in New Berlin, Illinois which is just off I72 between Springfield and Jacksonville. Danenberger Family Winery Owners Doug and Susan Danenberger...
From the Indiana Wine Grape Council comes news that Owen Valley Winery in Spencer, Indiana will be Indiana’s first winery to run primarily on solar power. Owen Valley’s Solar system will generate about 12,000...