The Beverage Information Group’s 2012 Handbook showed Vodka consumption with the greatest increase for 2011, up 6%. Domestic beer consumption must be falling like a Rolling Rock because consumption increases in craft and...
Evanston Cellars, LLC has started offering guided tours of the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail and the Illinois River Wine Trail. The nine-hour tours will leave from downtown Chicago and the North Shore...
The South Bend Tribune reports today Welch’s Foods is not optimistic about the harvest this year as a result of last week’s freeze. http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/wsbt-report-welchs-juice-crop-mostly-wiped-out-in-southwestern-michigan-20120415,0,351211.story
Midwest Wineries were well represented in the winner’s circle at the recent 2012 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition: Best of Competition Best Riesling– Chateau Fontaine, Lake Leelanau, MI, Don and Lucie Matthies, owners Best...
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Wollersheim Winery, Wisconsin’s largest winery and largest estate winery, sustained significant crop damage this week. The WSJ story also includes a slightly more optimistic assessment from Sara...
The Kalamazoo News ran a story Friday morning that looked various fruit crop conidtions, including grapes, in Southwest Michigan. Please also see the frost damage report on the Midwest Wine Press homepage for more...
On April 12th, fruit grower John Mann told The Holland Sentinel that he had lost 90% of the grapes in his vineyard near Fennville, MI. http://www.hollandsentinel.com/topstories/x1157748870/Farmers-don-t-yet-know-effect-of-recent-frosts More information on Michigan frost damage can be accessed...
Matt Nissen owner of Prairie Moon Winery in Ames, IA and Dr. Paul Domoto from Iowa State University explain the effect of recent crop losses in Story County Iowa to KCCI reporter Angie Hunt http://www.kcci.com/weather/Frost-damages-Iowa-s-grape-crop/-/9358602/10660576/-/7wywtyz/-/index.html
Midwest Wine Press reported on conditions in Midwest vineyards throughout April 2012. The information below was compiled from conversations with grape growers across the Midwest between April 11th and April 26th, 2012. Updates...
150,000 copies of the debut edition of “Exploring Ohio Wine Country” will be distributed starting on May 23rd according to Christy Eckstein, executive director of the Ohio Grape Industries Committee. The 40 page,...