According to the most recent Vineyard and Winery Management magazine, Larry Mawby of L. Mawby Vineyards in Leelanau, Michigan is one of the “20 Most Admired People in the North American Wine Industry.” The...
According to a ranking published today in Yahoo Travel, three of the top 10 urban wineries are in the Midwest. Congratulations to City Winery Chicago, Easley Winery (Indianapolis) and Left Foot Charley (Traverse City) for making the...
Michigan currently has four AVAs. AVA is an acronym for American Viticultural Area, a term used to define a particular grape growing region. It’s similar to the term ‘appellation,” which is used in France...
There are two newsworthy developments on the Midwest’s largest wine trail in terms of wineries (25) and probably sales volume too. Recently, the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association (LPVA) named Lorri Hathaway as Director and...
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...
Fruit Grower News reports that the apple crop for the Midwest is up 472% over 2012 when a spring frost to forget hit orchards in Michigan and other areas hard. Great quote from Fruit...
The Great Lakes Cider and Perry Guild Hard Cider Tasting took place on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Uncle John’s Cider in St. John’s Michigan. More than 100 different hard ciders and perrys from...
There are not many Midwest wineries consistently producing 100% estate grown wines. That’s because growing wine grapes in the center of the U.S. can be a risky proposition. When grapes fail to ripen or...
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...
Wisconsin’s Wollersheim Winery won a Best in Show for their Dry Riesling at the recent San Francisco International Wine Competition. 1400 wineries entered 4,539 products from 29 states and 30 countries. Other top prizes that...