Making Marquette: In the Vineyard
A decade after Marquette’s release by the University of Minnesota, Midwest Wine Press is checking in on its progress with help from Calico Skies winemaker, Will Kimberley. Marquette is one of the only grape...
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Midwest Wine Documentary Screens at International Film Festival
Move over Sideways ! Eat your grapes out Bottle Shock ! Could this be the film that brings the Midwest wine industry to the world? Wine Diamonds: Uncorking America’s Heartland, a feature-length documentary film...
Lemberger- A Cold Hardy Vinifera
Hidden among the twenty one varieties and forty acres of vines at Domaine Berrien Cellars and Winery in southwest Michigan is a two acre patch of hardy Austrian grapes known as Lemberger. Owner and...
MWP and Craft Beverages Unlimited Midwest 2016
In a couple of months’ time, wine industry people from across the Midwest will gather in St. Charles, Missouri for one of the biggest wine conferences in our region. One difference this year is...
2016 Midwest Wine Conference Schedule
Here are the Midwest Wine Conferences in chronological order. Some Conferences have not released agendas or speakers yet, so please check back periodically. This article will be updated as more information becomes available. Heartland...
Aronia Berries for New Fruit Wine Flavors
Aronia berries, a longtime favorite of wine and liqueur hobbyists, are now available in volume for wine production. Originally a fruit native to the eastern half of the United States, they’re commercially grown from...
A Word About Wine Writing
Confucius said the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. That’s especially true when it comes to writing and speaking about wine. Enology and viticulture is full of confusing terminology....
New Grape Varieties Thrive in Eastern Iowa
According to Google, Eureka, Iowa has a population of 88. That makes the local Eureka newspaper story about local wines even more impressive. The reporter spoke with Paul Tabor of Tabor Home Winery about...
Grapes of the Hudson Valley Has Midwest Appeal
Grapes of the Hudson Valley by Stephen Casscles is a new reference guide that Midwestern grape growers and wine enthusiasts will find compelling. The Hudson Valley runs north and south down the eastern edge of...
Midwest Wine Press Fourth Anniversary
This column commemorates the fourth anniversary of Midwest Wine Press. During that time, we’ve produced over 500 original articles about our regional wine industry, by far the most of any publication. In retrospect, I...