According to TwinCities.com, Round Lake Vineyards and Winery is building a 5,000 square foot reception center and wine cellar. The winery has already expanded its vineyard to an impressive 18 acres under cultivation. However,...
When selling wine at a local winery, it is important to realize the customer has not come into your tasting room to buy a bottle of wine. It is a truism of winery marketing...
The Northern Grapes Project received an additional $2.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative to complete the final two years of the multistate effort, which began in...
The Northern Grapes Project (NGP) continues to advance our industry’s knowledge of the habits of Midwest wine tourists. The latest issue of Northern Grapes News, features the research of Michigan State University’s Dan McCole,...
Recently, I had the opportunity to meet one of Midwest’s best wine writers at the Cold Climate Wine Competition on Minneapolis. Bill Ward is recently retired from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, although he still...
It seems like only yesterday- well last year- when we saw conditions like this; a chilly spring, no heat to bring the buds along and a late blossom which got our crops off to...
After much swishing and spitting, winners have been confirmed at the 2014 International Cold Climate Wine Competition, held at the University of Minnesota’s Continuing Education Conference Center in St. Paul, MN. The Cold Climate...
Wollersheim Winery made an exciting announcement on August 5th regarding adding a new distillery which will open during 2015. The 25,000-square-foot distillery will be attached to the winery’s existing wine fermentation buildings and will feature...
You hear a lot of people in the Midwest complain about how cold it was last winter. But unless you spent the winter around or above 45 degrees north, you have nothing to complain...
The short-form documentary “Cold Climate Grapes Uncorked” premiered Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Sovereign Estate Vineyard and Winery in Waconia, Minnesota. The husband-and-wife team of Marcus and Emily Taplin launched a Kickstarter campaign to...