La Crescent Food Pairing Ideas
Food and Wine. Wine and Food. No wonder it can be challenging when we can’t even decide which one comes first. My wife and I have done literally dozens of wine pairing sessions in...
Category: Minnesota
Santa Rosa Writer Likes Cold Hardy Wines
Sonoma County wine writer Dan Berger recently recounted his favorable experiences with cold hardy wines in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Berger tasted some Midwestern wines at the recent Grand Harvest Awards and noted...
2016 Midwest Wine Conference Schedule
Here are the Midwest Wine Conferences in chronological order. Some Conferences have not released agendas or speakers yet, so please check back periodically. This article will be updated as more information becomes available. Heartland...
Aronia Berries for New Fruit Wine Flavors
Aronia berries, a longtime favorite of wine and liqueur hobbyists, are now available in volume for wine production. Originally a fruit native to the eastern half of the United States, they’re commercially grown from...
New Plocher Grapes Now Have Names
Back in February, we told you about two new grapes from cold hardy grape breeder Tom Plocher. The best known grape from Plocher is the red Petite Pearl grape. After some good natured ribbing...
Grapes of the Hudson Valley Has Midwest Appeal
Grapes of the Hudson Valley by Stephen Casscles is a new reference guide that Midwestern grape growers and wine enthusiasts will find compelling. The Hudson Valley runs north and south down the eastern edge of...
Midwest Wine Press Fourth Anniversary
This column commemorates the fourth anniversary of Midwest Wine Press. During that time, we’ve produced over 500 original articles about our regional wine industry, by far the most of any publication. In retrospect, I...
Cold Climate Wine Competition Winners
After much swishing and spitting, winners have been confirmed at the 2015 International Cold Climate Wine Competition (ICCWC), held today at the University of Minnesota’s Continuing Education Conference Center in St. Paul, MN. The...
‘Super’ Appellations: A View from Minnesota
Here’s the second installment of our series looking at the idea of ‘super’ appellations in the Midwest. We’re bouncing around the idea of uniting parts of our region under a bigger appellation category according...
Virginia Shows the Potential of Midwest Wine
Recently, I returned from a trip to the Central Virginia wine producing region around Charlottesville. There are many similarities between Virginia and the Midwest that demonstrate the promise of our Midwestern wine industry. Hybrid...