Leaders of the Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska provided current overviews of their state’s wine industries on Thursday, February 6th at the 2014 Midwest Grape and Wine Conference in St. Charles, Missouri. Here’s what...
I had a dream. The year was 1965 in California. I was observing wine pioneer Robert Mondavi who had just been fired by his family’s winery (something that happened in our real world too)....
The French-American hybrid grape St. Vincent is an orphan. Or at least, that is how it is perceived to be. Unlike most other hybrid grape varietals found in Missouri, St. Vincent’s parentage is largely...
This article is sponsored by VESTA, the Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology Alliance, a NSF funded partnership between the Missouri State University system, two year schools throughout America, state agriculture agencies, vineyards and wineries with...
Jason and Colleen Gerke are a husband and wife team from different backgrounds who came together over Missouri wine. Jason is a 5th generation farmer from Central Missouri who majored in Agriculture Journalism at...
Figures due to be released by Nielsen at the Midwest Grape & Wine Conference will show that the region’s wine industry continues to grow at an overall rate of 5%. Liz Crews, Analytic Lead for...
The Midwest Grape & Wine Conference – the biggest wine event in the region – starts on February 4th in St. Charles, Missouri. Danene Beedle, marketing director for the Missouri Wine & Grape Board...
According to the Columbia Missourian, the University of Missouri is about half way funded for a new $3m teaching winery. The new wine and food education facility is tentatively set to open in late...
One feature of Midwest wineries that sets them apart from wineries in California is that many offer free wine tastings. On the west coast, in Napa or Sonoma, you usually get charged at least...
Here at Les Bourgeois, we recently got into business with a distiller. We put in a couple of small stills and have started making artisan distillates. As we explore this new endeavor we have...