In spite of the wintry weather, we had 30 attendees at the Northern Illinois Wine Growers (NIWG) meeting on Saturday, January 25, at Famous Fossil Vineyard and Winery in Freeport, Illinois, west of Rockford. In addition...
The Chicago Sun Times ran a story this week on wine drinking trends in Chicago and the U.S. that has implications for the Midwest wine industry. According to the article, Moscato was the third...
The Midwest’s largest cider tasting event has expanded to two sessions on February 8th at Navy Pier in Chicago. Cider Summit Chicago will feature over 90 ciders with one session beginning at 11:00 a.m....
This article is sponsored by VESTA, the Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology Alliance, a NSF funded partnership between the Missouri State University system, two year schools throughout America, state agriculture agencies, vineyards and wineries with...
Figures due to be released by Nielsen at the Midwest Grape & Wine Conference will show that the region’s wine industry continues to grow at an overall rate of 5%. Liz Crews, Analytic Lead for...
During 2013, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintner’s Association (IGGVA) hosted or sponsored a dozen events for the advancement of the Illinois Wine Industry. These events drew over 38,000 attendees, according to the IGGVA....
The 2014 Illinois Annual Wine Conference and Winter Wine Festival has announced a diverse agenda of speakers for this coming year’s event to be held January 30 to February 1, 2014 in Springfield, Illinois. ‘Our...
This article is the second installment of a two-part article about wine tourism along Interstate 80 in the Midwest. In the first article, we visited Ohio and Indiana. Now join us on a winery...
According to winemaker Robert Kowal, City Winery in Chicago will be bottling a Riesling made exclusively from Michigan grapes during spring of 2014. The juice for the wine came from Left Foot Charlie in...
One of the best paragraphs in the Great Gatsby is about the Midwest: “That’s my middle-west- not the wheat or the prairies or the lost Swede towns but the thrilling, returning trains of my...