Minnesota Bill Proposes Wine Council
Wineries and vineyards in Minnesota, the state at winegrowing’s cold climate frontier and a leader in cold hardy grape breeding, could be on the way to having a state funded wine and grape council. ...
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How Copper Fooled Us All
Piero is a Midwest vineyard and winery consultant specializing in cool-climate and cold-climate grape & wine production. He can be reached via email at pierospada.com Intro — Part i Got a hint of burnt rubber smell in...
Indy International Wine Comp Spectacular
‘I declare the 25th Olympiad of wine open!” announced Christian Butzke, Purdue University’s professor of enology. It was a timely witticism with the Olympics in Rio getting underway at the same time as the...
Winegrowing in Kansas: Vineyard Help Needed!
This is the first blog from our new columnist Cindy Reynolds. With husband Dennis, Cindy is co-owner of Somerset Ridge Vineyard & Winery in Kansas. The view of our 20 acres of wine grapes...
Hinterland: A Great Winery Worth the Extra Mile
One of the best Midwest wine experiences is finding a gem of a winery in a rural area. And being a diamond in the boonies the business model for Hinterland Vineyards and Winery in...
New York Times Recognizes Marquette Wine
We started writing about Marquette wine during 2011, but news of this Minnesota borne grape has just now penetrated fortress Manhattan. Today, in a bit of a coup for the cold hardy wine industry,...
Purdue Launches Vineyard Tech Company
From Inside Indiana Business comes a report of a new vineyard technology company based in Lafayette, Indiana. The new company, VinSense, was developed by three members of the Purdue faculty. (Note: While judging the...
Midwest Wine Documentary Screens at International Film Festival
Move over Sideways ! Eat your grapes out Bottle Shock ! Could this be the film that brings the Midwest wine industry to the world? Wine Diamonds: Uncorking America’s Heartland, a feature-length documentary film...
Indiana’s Bill Oliver Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
At the recent Eastern Winery Exposition in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bill Oliver, president of Oliver Winery, won a Lifetime Achievement Award. Bill runs one of the leading (and biggest) wineries in our region. It’s also...
Big Southern Illinois WInery Wants a Casino License
Walker’s Bluff, a winery, restaurant, and concert entertainment center near Carbondale, Illinois is now trying to get a casino license, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Midwest Wineries have gone to great lengths...