Ideas For Bringing Midwest Wine Together
I have now visited over 100 wineries throughout the Midwest. All our Midwest wineries have their own special qualities and I can honestly say that each visit was memorable in its own way. Looking...
Author: Mark Ganchiff
Dow, Monsanto Respond to Herbicide Drift Damage
Midwest Wine Press has written and reprinted a number of herbicide drift damage stories. Herbicides that travel from corn and soybean fields into vineyards are a significant problem for Midwestern grape growers. In addition...
References: Effects of Cold Soak and Phenolic Extraction
Busse-Valverde, N., Gomez-Plaza, E., Lopez-Roca, J., Gil-Munoz, R., Fernandez- Fernandez, J., Bautista-Ortin, A. 2010. Effect of Different Enological Practices of Skins and Proanthocyanidins in Three Varietal Wines. J. Agr Food Chem. 58:11333- 11339. Gao,...
Two EE’s Wins at Int’l Wine Channel TV Awards
Two EE’s Winery in Huntington, Indiana won two Best of Class Awards at the recent 2013 International Wine Channel TV Awards. The winners were both 2011 vintages; a Tannat for $24 a bottle and...
Fresh Coast Makes Michigan Wine Happen in Chicago
During 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession, Kelly Kniewel was laid off from her data base marketing job. At a wine tasting soon after, a friend commented about the difficulty of finding...
Midwest Apple Crop Up Dramatically for 2013
Fruit Grower News reports that the apple crop for the Midwest is up 472% over 2012 when a spring frost to forget hit orchards in Michigan and other areas hard. Great quote from Fruit...
Wisconsin Herbicide Damage Report
WisconsinWatch.org ran an excellent story this week about herbicide drift damage to grape growers in Wisconsin. This is a topic Midwest Wine Press has been following closely. Soon we hope to have a counterpoint...
Great Lakes Cider & Perry Guild Hard Cider Tasting
The Great Lakes Cider and Perry Guild Hard Cider Tasting took place on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Uncle John’s Cider in St. John’s Michigan. More than 100 different hard ciders and perrys from...
Northern Minnesota Vineyard Trial Results
Data from the first phase of a major Minnesota vineyard trial has been tabulated, according to Dennis Emslie Drummond, VESTA Coordinator at Central Lakes College in Staples, Minnesota, about 130 miles northeast of the...
What’s Grown at Brys Estate Stays at Brys Estate
There are not many Midwest wineries consistently producing 100% estate grown wines. That’s because growing wine grapes in the center of the U.S. can be a risky proposition. When grapes fail to ripen or...