The Kentucky Vineyard Society has been approved for $515,000 in state Agricultural Development Funds to maintain the Viticulture Extension and Research Program through fiscal year 2014, which includes an extension viticulture specialist, enologist and...
The last day for accepting entry applications and wines for the Consumer Wine Awards Competition (CWA) is February 24th, 2012. “Our evaluators are every-day wine consumers that represent a complete spectrum of wine lovers...
Winery workers are accustomed to customers who say how much they would like to work at a winery. Brad Johnson, external relations manager at Fireside Winery in Marengo, Iowa, is now making his customer’s...
Lon J. Rombough, one of the foremost authorities on North American viticulture, died Monday at age 62 of an apparent heart attack. Rombough was the author of The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic...
As reported by Carl Feather in the Ashtabula Star-Beacon, Ohio recently passed legislation that will increase micro-distillery permits and allow liquor to be sold in tasting rooms. According to Feather, it was area winery owners...
Many wine enthusiasts are wondering about the he 2011 Honorary Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition Award that went to “2008 My Three Sons Norton” from Missouri. We can report that the wine was...
An interesting read from our friends at Gannett despite repeated assertions that Chambourcin, Seyval and Traminette are pure vinifera. Who will be the first in the Midwest to move in this direction? http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/story/2012-01-03/Vineyards-give-grape-juice-a-chance-before-turning-to-wine/52368148/1
Katie Cook left the Minneapolis suburb of Prior Lake after graduating from high school in 2000. What followed was a world-wide wine adventure that included a Masters of Enology degree from the University of Bourgogne in...
The Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA) has won a USDA grant to conduct a census of the state’s vineyards and wineries according to Megan Pressnall, the IGGVA’s Director of External Relations. The...
The trend of Midwestern farmers diversifying from row crops to grapes is growing. For the Vogt family in Southern Minnesota, the motivation for starting the Four Daughters Winery, which opened December 15th, has much...