This story and the list of Restaurants and Retailers offering Illinois wine was updated during May of 2014. Illinois wine is being sold at over 40 restaurants and 177 retailers in Northern Illinois, according to a recent...
Midwest Wine Press has written and reprinted a number of herbicide drift damage stories. Herbicides that travel from corn and soybean fields into vineyards are a significant problem for Midwestern grape growers. In addition...
During 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession, Kelly Kniewel was laid off from her data base marketing job. At a wine tasting soon after, a friend commented about the difficulty of finding...
See related story: 2015 Midwest Wine Conference Preview With the exception of the first weekend in February, the Midwest wine conference schedule runs continuously from mid-January through early March. (The only open weekend during...
Last year, I wrote about David Taub whose main claim to fame was changing the name of an Italian wine from ‘Cantini Viticoltori del Trentino” to ‘Cavit” during the 70’s, thereby creating a market for...
Alto Vineyards, Southern Illinois’ oldest winery and commercial vineyard, has added a modern touch with a new tasting room. According to Erin Downs, Alto’s marketing director, the new 5,000 foot space was built to...
The first Driftless Experimental Wine Festival will be held on October 20, 2013 at Fergedaboutit Vineyard and Winery in Hanover Illinois (near Galena.) The event is the brainchild of Gerald Podraza of Mount Hope Vineyard in...
According to The Southern Illinoisan, 2013 is shaping up as a fine vintage in Southern Illinois. Rainfall in Southern Illinois has been near normal this season. Also, the highest temperature recorded in Carbondale this...
Wine and charity make a good pair. Barefoot Wines, the biggest wine label in the U.S., does all its promotions with non-profit organizations. Now a new wine company in Chicago has created a business...
Over the past ten months, the Midwest Winery Gals website has grown to become one of the leading travel blogs about Missouri and Illinois wineries. The “Gals”- Chrissy and Lynn- are Southern Illinois residents...