Category: Michigan

2015 Jefferson Cup Award Winners

2015 Jefferson Cup Award Winners

The Sixteenth Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition was held on November 19th, 2015.  This Competition focuses on wines that are thought to be the best examples of their region, style and variety.  Doug Frost,...

Michigan Winter Damage Report ’16

Michigan Winter Damage Report ’16

Growing Produce went to the recent Great Lakes Expo in Grand Rapids.  According to the Growing Produce report, the recent harsh winters hurt even some of the hybrid wine grapes. However, for the Great...

MI Wine Grape Harvest Down 50%

MI Wine Grape Harvest Down 50%

Recently, we have been discussing the increasing role that cold hardy grapes will have in the Midwest Wine Industry.  The story below from the Detroit Free Press is evidence that this transition is already...