This is the first installment of a state-by-state report on the 2012 vintage in the Midwest along with assessments of the 2013 growing season. This article features Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois....
Midwest Wine Press publisher Mark Ganchiff loves Midwest wine. Now he’s developed an entertaining presentation highlighting the colorful history of Midwest wine along with details of the exciting new wines from the region’s top wineries....
Nobody covers Michigan wine better than Cortney Casey at Michigan By The Bottle. Recently, she wrote about CAB Cellars and Laurentide Winery which opened on Leelanau Peninsula during September 2012 and immediately won the...
During February, I attended both the Cold Climate Conference in St. Paul and Michigan Grape and Wine Conference in East Lansing. The “buzz” at both shows was palpable. In both Minnesota and Michigan, the energy...
The temptation to skip over Gewurztraminer due to its difficult pronunciation may be great for many wine drinkers. Some people within the industry even speculate that the name might be a little intimidating for...
How can we expand promising wine grape varieties across the Midwest? Dr. Paolo Sabbatini of Michigan State University and Dr. Bruce Bordelon of Purdue University, recently discussed the potential for specific cultivars in the...
Harbingers of spring are arriving in the mail. Seed and plant catalogues arrive weekly and friends eagerly page through them circling flowers, tomatoes and vegetables – revisiting memories of spring days in their garden....
As reported in the Detroit News, Michigan’s Laurentide Winery’s 2011 Riesling won the prestigious Riesling Challenge at the recent International Eastern Wine Competition. Laurentide opened in the Leelanau Peninsula during September of 2012. See: http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2013/02/22/leelanaus-new-laurentide-winery-wins-riesling-challenge/
The Michigan Grape and Wine Conference took place February 13th to February 15th at the Kellogg Conference Center on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing. Seveneteen presentations were packed into two...
Everyone wanted the brewmaster to stay. Greg Hall was 45 and savvy enough to help Goose Island Brewery through the transition after Anheuser Busch purchased the brewery for $38.8 million in 2011. Plus, Goose...