Midwest Winery Rankings by State
Midwest Wine Press recently compiled current TTB data to arrive at the number of wineries in the Midwest. (This tabulation method entails acceptance of the TTB definition of a winery which is subject to debate.)...
Category: Missouri
Doug Frost in KC Star on Organic Wine
Kansas City based Master Sommeleier Doug Frost wrote an excellent column in the Kansas City Star last week about organic wines and gives a surprise mini nod to biodynamics. Rudolf Steiner fans can see...
Outlook Bright for 2012 Midwest Wine Tourism
Record-high gas prices this spring threatened to deflate plans for tasting rooms to welcome a steady stream of visitors coaxed by unusually mild temperatures. But, according to tourism officials in wine regions throughout the...
Missouri Wine Passport Program Reaches 7,000 Users
According to the Missouri Wine & Grape Board, registration for the Missouri Winery Passport Program now exceeds 7,000 users. Passport Program participants receive different levels of rewards for both 40 winery visits and 60...
How to Be Ready for Your Mobile Bottler
Midwestern wineries are increasingly taking advantage of the opportunity to use mobile bottling. Aside from avoiding the massive expense of purchasing bottling equipment, mobile bottling saves hours of labor compared to hand bottling. Still, ...
Video Interview with “Wild Vine” Author Todd Kliman
This video interview of Todd Kliman, author of “The Wild Vine,” was produced by Danny Wood who writes the Regional Wine Taster blog from his home base in Kansas City: http://regionalwinetaster.com/ If you’re interested...
Missouri Wine Writer Joe Pollack Passes Away
Joe Pollack, a St. Louis based writer and one of the first people to write about the Missouri wine industry died last week at 81 of natural causes. Joe wrote the “St. Louis Eats...
Missouri’s Les Bourgeois Vineyards Profile
In 1974, Curtis and Martha Bourgeois bought a fifteen acre property on which Stephen, the fourth and youngest son, planted the first vines. When these three acres of Chambourcin grapes produced a 5 ton...
Special Report: Midwest Farmers Markets Wine Regulations
As more people seek their region’s local foods to purchase, more than 1,000 new farmers markets began operating across the country last year. As of mid-2011, 7,175 farmers markets were recorded, reports the U.S....
Midwest Wine Conference: Missouri’s First Mobile Bottling Trailer
Editor’s note: The author, Danny Wood, is an Australian who recently moved to the Kansas City from Spain via San Francisco. Apart from being a wine lover, he’s a former BBC News reporter and a history documentary...