The Northern Grapes Project (NGP) has released its one year progress report. NGP involves institutions in 12 states and 19 regional wine and grape organizations, many in the Midwest. “It is the first project of...
Kansas wineries are very excited at the new regulatory developments in our state. A law was recently passed to allow farm wineries to sell by the bottle at events across the state. Samples must...
The founders of “Michigan By The Bottle”, a Detroit based internet wine publication, announced that they are partnering with six Michigan wineries to open a retail tasting room in the northern suburbs of Detroit...
The trend in movies and novels recently asserts that quantity equals quality. In an environment of 500 page novels and two-and-one-half-hour movies, Dr. Richard Vine’s new book, “The Curious World of Wine” is refreshing....
Midwest Wine Press spoke recently with Nick Smith at the University of Minnesota (U of M.) Nick is well-known in the region because, over the course of a year, he probably makes more different...
As a result of the number of wineries in Wisconsin almost doubling in just the past several years, there has been an increased demand for wine grapes. Currently, all of the approximately 1,000 acres...
The 9th annual Vintage Illinois, the largest wine festival in Illinois, was held September 15th and 16th at Matthiessen State Park in north-central Illinois. This year, 28 wineries participated in Vintage Illinois, the same...
Estate wineries in Ohio’s Grand River Valley find themselves in a celebration year, with 2012’s hot, dry summer set to produce the best vintage ever for that region. So it’s appropriate that September 15,...
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...
Severe frost led to the wipeout of many Vitis Labrusca crops such as Concord, Niagara, and Catawba this year. But an early spring, combined with summer’s drought, means Vitis Vinifera and hybrid grape berries...