How can we expand promising wine grape varieties across the Midwest? Dr. Paolo Sabbatini of Michigan State University and Dr. Bruce Bordelon of Purdue University, recently discussed the potential for specific cultivars in the...
We’re still number one! At least when it comes to wine drinking. According to Jon Fredrikson as quoted in the Winston Salem Journal, the United States is the number one wine consuming country in...
The Cold Climate Conference Midwest Wine Stroll took place on Friday, February 22nd as part of the 2013 Cold Climate Conference. The Midwest Wine Stroll is the largest indoor wine tasting in the Midwest...
The 9th annual Cold Climate Conference was held from February 21st to 23rd, 2013 in St. Paul Minnesota. This year’s focus was on collaboration. According to conference coordinator Missy Machkhashvilli, “As the industry...
As reported in the Detroit News, Michigan’s Laurentide Winery’s 2011 Riesling won the prestigious Riesling Challenge at the recent International Eastern Wine Competition. Laurentide opened in the Leelanau Peninsula during September of 2012. See: http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2013/02/22/leelanaus-new-laurentide-winery-wins-riesling-challenge/
The Michigan Grape and Wine Conference took place February 13th to February 15th at the Kellogg Conference Center on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing. Seveneteen presentations were packed into two...
The Second Annual Northern Grapes Symposium featured first-year results from the USDA-funded Northern Grapes Project, which began in October 2011. Approximately 120 people attended three sessions of the Symposium, held on February 6, 2013...
On February 4th, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued a press release announcing the establishment of a new viticultural area in Indiana. On February 5, 2013, TTB published a final...
According to m.live.com, a new winery is opening in downtown Jackson. The new winery and brewery, Grand River Marketplace, is being developed by John Burtka, the owner of Cherry Creek Vineyard and Winery and Sleeping...
Cornell University just released two new wine grapes; Arandell, a red, and Aromella, an aromatic, muscat white wine grape. Dr. Bruce Reisch, professor in the Cornell University Department of Horticulture, developed the grapes with his...