The beleaguered State of Illinois recently cut $142,500 in funding for the state’s wine industry, according to Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA) president Bruce Morgenstern. The lost State Department of Agriculture funding...
‘Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Like an old grapevine, the paths we follow in life are full...
Wine Riot Chicago, a giant wine tasting that will occupy the entire Great Hall at Union Station in Chicago on June 1 and June 2, has added two more regional wines according to Wine...
The best winemakers know that great wine is made in the vineyard. The quality of grapes being grown in Illinois is a part of the reason that the quality of Illinois wine is...
Recently, Midwest Wine Press spent time with Clara Orban, the author of Wine Lessons: Ten Questions to Guide Your Appreciation of Wine. Clara not only chairs the Department of Modern Languages at DePaul University...
When Acquaviva Winery in Maple Park, Illinois petitioned the Tax and Trade Bureau during 2007 to use the name Brianna for their wine labels, they found that only one other winery had petitioned for...
Illinois Sparking of Utica, Illinois will featured at Wine Riot Chicago in June. Seven “Wine Riots” (essentially a wine tasting party featuring 250 wines) will be held this year in the largest U.S...
Midwest Wine Press recently compiled current TTB data to arrive at the number of wineries in the Midwest. (This tabulation method entails acceptance of the TTB definition of a winery which is subject to debate.)...
The old Niagara vines, planted in 1980 by Owl Creek Vineyard founder and Midwest wine pioneer Ted Wichmann, still produce wine in Southern Illinois’ first post Prohibition vineyard. Owl Creek’s current owner, Brad Genung,...
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...