80% of the wineries in the Northern and Upper Midwestern USA registered and opened for business since the year 2000, new data shows. A team of researchers, led by Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota’s...
Iowa Decanted has a report and video from this year’s Iowa Wine Grower’s Association Conference in Des Moines. See: Iowa Decanted
You’ve probably seen the Beverage Information Group’s map showing 2013 Wine Consumption by state. (To view the map, see the Business Insider‘s Map of U.S. Wine Consumption.) Midwest Wine Press is the only place...
If you’re a regular reader, you know that we go out of our way not to be negative in Midwest Wine Press. But it’s hard not to criticize Indiana’s new tourism slogan. The slogan...
One of the biggest supporters of Midwest Wine is branching out into Midwest hard cider production. This fall, the owners of the Farmhouse restaurants in Chicago and Evanston will open a restaurant called Nordcider in...
Recently, I took a subscription to Fruit Grower News which is published out of Sparta, Michigan. The magazine has a good mix of serious and amusing stories for grape and fruit growers. For example,...
The Cold Climate Conference Winter Wine Fest was a delight for the senses. Fabulous Minnesota wines from all over the state were served alongside delectable bites and samples of food from a wide variety...
The report from Ohio State University yesterday regarding the Lake Erie grape growing region was not unexpected. This does not make the news any easier to swallow, however. According to OSU, primary and secondary...
Cold-hardy wine grapes developed by the University of Minnesota and private breeders since the late 1990’s have generated a new and vibrant farm winery industry, pumping $401 million and 12,600 jobs into the United...
Despite the difficult weather, hundreds of winemakers, craft brewers and vendors turned out for the Midwest Grape & Wine + Craft Brew Conference in St. Charles, Missouri, February 4-7. The event was the first...