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...
Travel + Leisure, a leading national travel publication with a circulation of 971,000, featured Missouri wine as a “Most Romantic Fall Getaway.” Chaumette, Cave and Les Bourgeois wineries are all mentioned in the short...
Here’s a link to a story that we’ve been dying to run: Feather River Winery in Nebraska had their largest harvest since the winery opened in 2007. According to Omaha.com, Feather River had a...
Jennifer Montgomery is the new executive director of the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA). Most recently, Jennifer was the executive director of the Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association. Current IGGVA executive...
The Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council is anticipating approximately a 50% reduction in the size of the state’s wine grape crop compared to the record 7,600 tons reported in 2013. A Council media...
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,...
This is a short review of my visit to the Fall Tour at the University of Minnesota (U of M) Horticultural Research Center on September 6, 2014. My main interest was to see how...
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...
The second annual Scott Labs Cider Handbook has just been released. This years’ edition features new products and new technical articles including: Methods to Restart Stuck Cider Fermentations The Basics of Post Fermentation Cider...
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...