Climate Change Affects Midwest Wine
From Great Lakes Echo, a website produced by Michigan State University, comes news about climate change and the Midwest Wine Industry. Since it’s getting warmer in our region, the news is mainly positive. See:...
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World Wine Shortage Seen As Midwestern Opportunity
A recent study by Morgan Stanley predicting an impending “global wine shortage” has attracted a lot of attention. The study reports that global wine demand exceeded supply by 300 million cases during 2012. Reasons...
Larry Mawby Among “20 Most Admired” in American Wine
According to the most recent Vineyard and Winery Management magazine, Larry Mawby of L. Mawby Vineyards in Leelanau, Michigan is one of the “20 Most Admired People in the North American Wine Industry.” The...
NY Times Features South Dakota Wine
Today, the New York Times ran a story about South Dakota and Iowa wineries. John Eligon, who wrote the story, is the Kansas City bureau chief for the Times and a graduate of Northwestern....
Three of Top 10 Urban Wineries in Midwest
According to a ranking published today in Yahoo Travel, three of the top 10 urban wineries are in the Midwest. Congratulations to City Winery Chicago, Easley Winery (Indianapolis) and Left Foot Charley (Traverse City) for making the...
Sweet Wine Drinkers Are Not “Uneducated”
Doug Frost, the Kansas City based Master Somm and Master of Wine, is also one of our region’s best wine writers. In his latest column for the Kansas City Star, Frost talks about why...
Amazon Wine Starts Shipping to Michigan
This week, Amazon Wine announced that customers can have wine delivered to Michigan. This brings the total number of states served by Amazon Wine to 20. The other Midwestern states with Amazon Wine shipping...
Colorado Growing University of Minnesota Grapes
The Minnesota and Wisconsin Grape Growers Associations uncovered an article in the Denver Post today about cold hardy wine grapes being planted in Colorado. The story says that Marquette, Frontenac and La Crescent, all...
Crooked Vine Winery Will Open October 19th
As reported in Midwest Wine Press, a new wine producing area is taking root in Northern Michigan and we don’t mean the Traverse City area. The Petoskey News ran a story this week that...
Northern Finland Produces First Wine Grapes
A Norwegian news report today announced the first wine grapes have ripened and were harvested at a research facility in Pasvik in Finnmark, Norway, which is approximately 70 degrees north latitude. To give you...