As announced in the most recent “Wine Grower News,” The Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute at Iowa State University hired Dr. Stephanie Grove to work on program that will offer wineries testing services....
Across the Midwest, many restaurants are enthusiastic about locally sourced food. But many are reluctant to embrace local wines. In Iowa, a gaggle of restaurants are bucking the trend by serving and spreading the...
This week, a delegation of seven wine buyers from China toured Iowa vineyards and wineries. Among the locations that the Chinese visited were Tassel Ridge Winery, Summerset Winery, Jasper Winery and North River Valley...
When the early members of the Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA) first experimented with wine grapes in the early 1970’s, all the vines were cold tender or marginal at best. Foch stood out as...
Like many Midwestern states, Iowa has recently experienced a dramatic increase in the number of wineries from 53 in 2006 to 76 today. Not only has the number of wineries increased, but the types...
The Wine Experience at the Iowa State Fair was held August 9th to 19th on a hilltop on the 445 acre Iowa fair grounds in Des Moines. According to Mike White, viticulture specialist at...
The results of the 2012 Mid-America Wine Competition have been released. The 2012 Mid-American Wine Competition was held July 13-15, 2012, in Iowa and focused only on the wines of the Midwest. The competition...
The Iowa Tourism Office is running ads featuring Iowa wine in Chicago, Kansas City and Minneapolis, according to Coleen Murphy, Partnerships Manager at the Iowa Tourism Office. The ads are appearing in national...
Recently, a former winemaking student asked me, ‘How do I win more gold medals?” I responded by saying ‘Enter more wine competitions.” We laughed and changed the topic. This conversation, although brief, had...
Midwest wines took many top awards at the recent 73rd annual Los Angeles International Wine and Spirits Competition. The Competition is held in conjunction with the LA County fair which draws 1.5 million visitors....