Frontenac Blanc’s Promising Future
Frontenac blanc, a mutation of Frontenac gris, is the latest member of the Frontenac grape family. Viticulture experts say the variety was first observed in Quebec during 2005 and that the mutation was probably...
Category: Michigan
Chicago and Wisconsin Restaurants Warming to Midwest Wine
Local wines on a Chicago or Milwaukee restaurant’s wine list used to get the cold shoulder. Despite affordable prices, diners didn’t bite, but some wine directors put Midwest wines on the list anyway, in hopes...
City Winery Michigan Wine Showcase Photos
The Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council sponsored a “Michigan Wine Showcase” on Monday, May 12 at City WInery in Chicago. Twenty five wineries were on hand to share some of Michigan’s finest award...
NGP Analysis: How to Grow the Midwest Wine Industry
Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota and a team of researchers have surveyed hundreds of wineries in the Midwest and northern USA. The survey is part of an ongoing study by a consortium...
Late Spring Holding Back Bud Break in Michigan
Several recent media reports have focused on how the winter we are all trying to forget has affected the Michigan Merlot crop. There’s only about one hundred acres of Merlot in Michigan, so it’s...
New Michigan Wine Bar Coming to Ann Arbor
As reported in the Mlive website, Black Star Farms, L. Mawby and Good Harbor Vineyards are joining forces to open a joint tasting room and wine bar in downtown Ann Arbor. See: Michigan Wineries...
Mawby’s Masterpieces of Michigan
This article is sponsored by MI Wine Barrel, makers of durable and economic stainless steel wine barrels. Larry Mawby isn’t only one of Michigan’s wine pioneers, he’s also one of the funniest people you’ll ever meet....
Wine Price: No Impact on Midwest Tasting Room Sales
A team of researchers, led by Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota, has found that the price of wine in Midwest winery tasting rooms does not impact on sales. The research particularly...
Does This Winter Signal The Rebirth of Hybrid Grapes?
Duke Elsner and Paolo Sabbatini of Michigan State University (MSU) published the results of recent bud sampling at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center in Leelanau County. Considering the lowest temperature in the Traverse...
Farmhouse to Open Nordcider Restaurant in Chicago
One of the biggest supporters of Midwest Wine is branching out into Midwest hard cider production. This fall, the owners of the Farmhouse restaurants in Chicago and Evanston will open a restaurant called Nordcider in...