2013 Mid-American Competition Results
The Mid-American Wine Competition in Des Moines was the first major American wine competition to judge wine in relation to food pairings. Chief judge Doug Frost of Kansas City, one of only three people in...
Category: Missouri
Cab Dore’ Combines Best of Old and New Worlds
Homepage photo: Joseph and Lucian Dressel When you read all the old grape breeding literature from John Adlum to George Hussmann to U.P. Hedrick to Philip Wagner, the one common theme is the endless search for...
Niche in Clayton Opens With Missouri Wine
What’s this? A high end restaurant in Clayton with a big name chef that has Missouri wine? That’s what the article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. See: Niche St. Louis The Niche web...
2013 San Francisco Chronicle Gold Medal Winners From the Midwest
The following Midwestern Wineries Won Gold or Best of Class Medals at the 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition: Illinois– Gold- Blue Sky Vineyard– Viognier – $20.00 & Over 2011 Shawnee Hills Dry Hill Viognier...
St. Louis Rams To Host Missouri Wine Night
On Thursday, September 26th 2013 the St. Louis Rams are having Wine Night at the Edward Jones Dome featuring six Missouri wineries. Eric Simonis with the Rams’ marketing office said that a similar event two years ago...
Westphalia Vineyards Brings Back Missouri Riesling
According to Wine and Vines, Westphalia Vineyards’ new Missouri Riesling is made from a cultivar that was thought to be extinct. Missouri Riesling is a native hybrid that has not been seen since Prohibition....
Planning a Day on the Wine Trail
Wine lovers are discovering wine trails all over the country. Whether you are seeking spectacular scenery or great wines, there is a wine trail for you. Here are a few tips to follow for...
“Somm” The Movie: When Wine Becomes Your Life
According to the new documentary Somm, “Chefs have figured it out, sommeliers have become the rock stars of the industry and now it’s a completely different level of person who wants to be a somm.” And what...
Menu Tweaking Produces Results at the Mid-American Competition
Based on the idea that wine is supposed to be consumed with food, the Mid-American Wine Competition implemented the Food-Wine Pairing Competition in 2008. According to sources at the Competition, which will be held...
A Computerized Winery Is Worth the Expense
We have made some big changes in the last two years at Les Bourgeois Vineyards; a new facility, crush equipment, and a new warehouse. All things that have been a long time coming and...