Nothing scares birds away like noise. However, noise is not always good for neighborly relations. The Columbus Indiana Republic reports that bird cannon fire prompted a retaliatory strike in Southern Indiana. Fortunately no one...
Wisconsin’s Wollersheim Winery won a Best in Show for their Dry Riesling at the recent San Francisco International Wine Competition. 1400 wineries entered 4,539 products from 29 states and 30 countries. Other top prizes that...
The following opinion piece, replete with New York sarcasm, is from Carlo DeVito of Hudson Chatham Winery in the Hudson Valley. Hudson Chatham is in a beautiful spot between the Berkshires and the Catskills....
2012 Little Iza wine, made from La Crescent grapes, from Millner Heritage Vineyard and Winery in Kimball, Minnesota, won the Minnesota Governor’s Cup trophy at the 2013 International Cold Climate Wine Competition (ICCWC), held...
The first Driftless Experimental Wine Festival will be held on October 20, 2013 at Fergedaboutit Vineyard and Winery in Hanover Illinois (near Galena.) The event is the brainchild of Gerald Podraza of Mount Hope Vineyard in...
The wine industry is expanding rapidly in Northern Michigan around Petoskey, Charlevoix and Harbor Springs. Evidence of this growth was on display last week as fifty winemakers from north of the 45th parallel in...
Lightening has again claimed one of the Midwest’s best wineries. Harkness Edwards Vineyard near Lexington is reportedly a complete loss after a fire Tuesday night. Harkness Edwards has appeared several times in Midwest Wine...
The 2013 International Women’s Wine Competition was held in Sonoma County, California July 9-10, 2013. Here are the medal winners from Midwestern wineries: St. Julian Wine Company, Inc. NV St. Julian Sweet Nancie Lake...
From the Los Angeles Times comes word of new grapes that taste like “Skittles on the vine.” But it’s no joke, this new table grape reportedly commands $6 a pound. As is often the...
July was the highest readership month ever for Midwest Wine Press. Total page views exceeded 19,500 during July and there were more than 9,500 visits to the website. According to Midwest Wine Press publisher Mark Ganchiff, readership...