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Category: Festivals
The Global Influence of Midwest Wine
Dionysus (also called Bacchus) is the well-known god of grapes. What’s not so well-known about Dionysus is that he had a tough time fitting in with the other gods. His mother was a mortal...
Chandler Hill Vineyards Takes It Up A Notch
Chuck Gillentine’s Chandler Hill Vineyards aims to take the wine and food at Missouri wineries up a notch. ‘The state has marketed the wineries as a fun place to come and I think we’ve...
Wollersheim Breaks Ground on New Distillery
Wollersheim Winery made an exciting announcement on August 5th regarding adding a new distillery which will open during 2015. The 25,000-square-foot distillery will be attached to the winery’s existing wine fermentation buildings and will feature...
Weston Wine Company Pairs Cupcakes and Wine
Entering the doorway to Weston Wine Company, the “pink” hits you all at once. (We’re talking about the color, not the musician.) Between the pale red colors on the walls and the way the...
Cold Hardy Grape Documentary Debuts
The short-form documentary “Cold Climate Grapes Uncorked” premiered Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Sovereign Estate Vineyard and Winery in Waconia, Minnesota. The husband-and-wife team of Marcus and Emily Taplin launched a Kickstarter campaign to...
New Frontiers for Midwest’s Biggest Winery
Next to Oliver Winery’s Creekbend Vineyard is a small graveyard where the original 19th century homesteaders were laid to rest. These pioneers came to Indiana when it was a virtual wilderness. Sometimes I wonder...
Old 502 Winery: Urban Winery in Bourbon Country
No city in the Midwest supports locally made beverages like Louisville Kentucky. There are at least one hundred establishments pouring local spirits in downtown Louisville, but there’s only one tasting room in town that...
Ardon Creek Winery: Heinz Tomatoes to Hybrid Grapes
159 years ago, an Irish family made its way to Southeast Iowa and settled between the rivers Cedar and Mississippi. The descendants of that family reside there still, and display their ancestral pride through...
Loess Hills AVA Wine Trail Will Require Local Grapes
One advantage of the American Viticultural Area (AVA) designation is that under federal law, any wine with an AVA name on the label must be made from grapes at least 85% local grapes. Any wine...