As announced in the most recent “Wine Grower News,” The Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute at Iowa State University hired Dr. Stephanie Grove to work on program that will offer wineries testing services....
Normally, it would be happy news to announce the Midwest Wine Press Midwest Winery Dog of the Year winners. Sadly, two of the winning dogs passed away recently. So the Winery Dog of the...
Sometimes people ask “Why did you start Midwest Wine Press?” The answer is because the story is so good. Our Midwest wine industry was left for dead after Prohibition and it stayed moribund for...
Thinking about attending the 2013 Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Conference and Winter Wine Festival February 1st and 2nd in Springfield? If you live in Chicago, Amtrak’s new “high speed” rail service will...
Homepage photo: John Thull and Katie Cook of the University of Minnesota. Visiting the University of Minnesota Research Center, I was surprised to see vinifera growing in the vineyard. What are all those old...
The Ohio Wine Producers Association (OWPA) announced in a January email to members that a “Premier” ticket will sold for the annual 2013 Vintage Ohio Wine Festival which will be August 2nd and 3rd...
The winners of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition were announced on Friday. The San Francisco competition bills itself as the largest American Wine Competition in the world. Again, Michigan Riesling was a standout...
Two projects are underway in the Midwest to test and expand the use of mechanical grape vine pruning. One project in Wisconsin will evaluate mechanical rough pruning for cold climate hybrids. Another research project...
Midwest Wine Press spoke recently with Linda Jones, executive director of The Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council, about the upcoming Michigan Grape and Wine Conference in East Lansing from February 13th to 15th. One...
According to Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave, Christine Skandis of Kalamazoo is on a rescue mission for rare European grapes that are at risk of going the way of Durif and Malagousia. Christine is the...