Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival 2013 Photos
The Lake Michigan Shore Wine festival was held at Weko Beach in Bridgman, Michigan on June 15th. This event is held literally on the shores of Lake Michigan and featured 15 wineries pouring 56...
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Uncork Illinois Showcases Illinois Wineries
On Saturday, June 1, downtown Oak Park Illinois (a near suburb of Chicago) hosted the second annual Uncork Illinois Wine Festival. Sixteen Illinois wineries were on hand to pour their red, white, sparkling, and...
Italians Breeding New Wine Grapes for Warming World
Italian researchers in Verona are attempting to isolate the genes in grape plants that account for various structural components of wine like pigment and body. Midwest Wine Press is aware of several similar research...
When “Local” Artisan Spirits Aren’t
From the Atlantic comes a story about urban distilleries who play up their “localness” but are really just bottling bulk, industrial spirits. Eighty one craft distillers opened last year so there’s bound to...
Ohio Wine Month Award Winners
June is Ohio Wine Month and it was celebrated on May 22 at the State House by the introduction of the Director’s Choice Awards by the Ohio Director of Agriculture, David L. Daniels. The three...
Midwest Wine Excise Tax Rankings
Midwest Wine State Wine Excise Tax Rankings (Dollars Per Gallon) 1. Kentucky- $3.16 (highest in U.S.) 2. Iowa- 1.75% 3. Illinois- $1.39 4. Minnesota- $1.20 5. Nebraska- $.95 6. Michigan- $.51 7. Indiana- .47%...
2013 Int’l Cold Climate Comp Open for Entries
Tireless work has been had in the University of Minnesota, Cornell University, Iowa State University, and others to develop grape vines that will not only produce fantastic wines, but also survive weather in which...
Top Tasting Room Articles
Here are some the most read tasting room management articles from Midwest Wine PRess 1. Four Simple Ways to Increase Tasting Room Revenue (August 2012) 2. Top Ten Tasting Room Etiquette Tips (May 2013)...
More Ohio Wineries Adding Distilleries
In 2011, Ohio passed a law, House Bill 243, which did several things to improve the lives of the state’s imbibers. The bill allowed distilleries, for the first time, to: Exist in counties with a...
NPR: Frontenac Blanc Bottled in New York
Today, National Public Radio did a national four-minute segment on cold climate grapes and wine! Considering NPR reaches 19 million people per month, today’s radio segment by David Sommerstein is probably the largest public relations...