According to The Southern Illinoisan, 2013 is shaping up as a fine vintage in Southern Illinois. Rainfall in Southern Illinois has been near normal this season. Also, the highest temperature recorded in Carbondale this...
The 2013 Missouri Wine Competition concluded on July 24th, 2013 and the winners are: The triple award of Best of Class Dry Red, C.V. Riley award for Best Norton and the top award for...
Wine and charity make a good pair. Barefoot Wines, the biggest wine label in the U.S., does all its promotions with non-profit organizations. Now a new wine company in Chicago has created a business...
Over the past ten months, the Midwest Winery Gals website has grown to become one of the leading travel blogs about Missouri and Illinois wineries. The “Gals”- Chrissy and Lynn- are Southern Illinois residents...
Electrical engineering meets enology in the following article from the Academicwino.com. Putting “5kV to 1kA” of electrical juice into a bunch of grapes sounds dangerous, but it supposedly makes the wine darker. See:...
Midwest Wine Press has received many reports of herbicide misapplication recently from all over the region. Today’s mishap near Springfield, Illinois is an example of the careless way agricultural chemicals are often being applied....
It has not been a good week for two big Midwestern cities. Detroit is filing for bankruptcy. Chicago could be the next major city to seek protection from creditors with Illinois not far behind....
The Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA) is launching a new brand identity and supporting advertising campaign to be rolled out at the Illinois Wine Experience during the Illinois State Fair, August 9-18,...
At its peak, Northern Ohio farmer Bill Baken’s operation included 150 Holsteins, one half million bushels of grain storage and 6,000 acres of crops. But during the 1990’s, Baken and his wife, Michelle, saw that family...
Many Midwestern winery owners work multiple jobs, but few can surpass the routine that Nicole Dietman of Buffalo Rock Winery maintained until last year. After getting her two pre school children in bed, she...