Kansas In-State Grape Requirement Reduced
LJ World reports that a bill passed in Kansas during May contained a provision reducing the amount of Kansas grown grapes that wineries based there must use in their wine from 60% to 30%....
Author: Mark Ganchiff
Doug Frost in KC Star on MO Wine Winners
In today’s Kansas City Star, midwest wine expert Doug Frost admits that it’s hard to keep track of all the wineries from Missouri that are winning national awards. Wineries in the western part of...
Gill’s Pier Corn Maze Opens In Leelanau Peninsula
On September 1st, Gill’s Pier Vineyard & Winery opened the only corn maze on the Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan. Recently, Midwest Wine Press spoke with Gill’s Pier co-owner Kris Sterkenburg about how and why...
Prairie Berry Winery in SD Expanding to 135,000 Gallon Capacity
The Rapid City Journal in South Dakota reports that Prairie Berry Winery in Hill City, SD will soon begin a multi-million dollar expansion. Prairie Berrry is South Dakota’s largest winery with current annual...
Leelanau Harvest Stompede: Messy and Fun
On September 8th, runners raced through Leelanau Peninsula Vineyards followed by a self guided wine tour of Leelanau Peninsula Vintner’s Association (LPVA) member wineries. The tour, which included 19 wineries, highlighted local foods and...
Minnesota Farm Winery Association Launches Website
The Minnesota Farm Winery Association (MNFWA) just launched its first website at www.MNWine.org according to MNFWA Secretary Amy Abt. According at Abt, the primary goal of the Minnesota Farm Winery Association website is to inspire year-round...
Midwest Wine Press Celebrates One Year Anniversary
As of September 1st, Midwest Wine Press has been publishing for one year. However, very few people have been reading Midwest Wine Press for a year. That’s because during our first month, September 2011,...
Missouri Wine Tourism Feels the Heat
On August 3oth, The St. Louis Business Journal reported that three Missouri wineries had substantial decreases in summer tourist traffic due the severe heat wave. Stone Hill, Augusta and Mount Pleasant all reported declines....
Midwest Wine Press’ First and Only Recipe
From Coyote Moon Vineyards in New York comes this delectable creation made with Brianna wine: Tropical Bacon Covered Pineapple. It’s made with a cup of Brianna. (Coyote Moon does not say what to do...
Wollersheim Harvests As Harazthy Turns 200
Wisconsin wine pioneer Agoston Haraszthy is having a 200th birthday celebration in Sonoma, California this week. Count Haraszthy, as he is sometimes called, came to Wisconsin in the 1840’s from Hungary to plant grapes...