DTC Wine Sales: A Global Perspective
The prevalence of winery tasting rooms varies greatly across the globe. We have many good ones in the Midwest, but good luck getting a taste of local wine in many parts of France. Andrew...
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Midwest Wine Press Crowdfunding Update
With 22 days to go, the Midwest Wine Press Fundraising Campaign is 41% of the way towards reaching its goal of $3,500. The Midwest Wine Press crowdfunding campaign will help to pay for a...
City Winery Chicago Making Michigan Riesling
According to winemaker Robert Kowal, City Winery in Chicago will be bottling a Riesling made exclusively from Michigan grapes during spring of 2014. The juice for the wine came from Left Foot Charlie in...
Michigan State Announces Program For Starting a Vineyard
A wine grape establishment conference will be held by Michigan State University Extension on January 21-22, 2014. Preregistration is required by January 10. The detailed agenda and registration information may be found at http://events.anr.msu.edu/winegrape14/. This...
Chicago’s “The Cow Guy” Bullish on Wine
Scott Shellady, familiar to financial TV fans as the “The Cow Guy” because of his distinctive bovine jackets, says now may be the time to invest in wine. “With the Fed’s easy money policy...
Wisconsin Wine Story Falls Short
This week, The Wisconsin State Journal ran an article titled, “Sales Continue to Lag at Wisconsin Wineries.” The story contains some interesting facts- Wollersheim produces 31% of Wisconsin wine and Wisconsin wine has about...
Jefferson Cup Winners 2013
The 2013 Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition Winners have been announced. The wines judged at The Jefferson Cup in Kansas City are restricted by the Competition to represent the “best of the best.” The...
Forty Five North Testing Ozonated Water
Michigan NPR recently ran a story about experiments that Forty Five North Winery in the Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan is doing with ozonated water. See: Northern Michigan Vineyard Experiments With New Kind of Chemical...
WI Included in Salon’s “Four Unexpected Wine Regions”
The website Salon, which gets over five million unique viewers each month, named Wisconsin as one of its” Four Unexpected Wine Regions.” Fruit wine is mentioned as a specialty. It’s about time fruit wine gets...
Midwest Wine Press Launches Fundraising Campaign
Midwest Wine Press has launched a “crowdfunding” campaign using the popular Indiegogo website. According to Midwest Wine Press publisher Mark Ganchiff, funds raised will be used for production of new articles, for ongoing operations...