The 9th annual Vintage Illinois, the largest wine festival in Illinois, was held September 15th and 16th at Matthiessen State Park in north-central Illinois. This year, 28 wineries participated in Vintage Illinois, the same...
For all you Chaos Theory fans, we have another media report that rapidly melting arctic ice will cause bigger weather fluctuations this winter. See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/arctic-ice-melt-extreme-weather_n_1878833.html
LJ World reports that a bill passed in Kansas during May contained a provision reducing the amount of Kansas grown grapes that wineries based there must use in their wine from 60% to 30%....
In today’s Kansas City Star, midwest wine expert Doug Frost admits that it’s hard to keep track of all the wineries from Missouri that are winning national awards. Wineries in the western part of...
Estate wineries in Ohio’s Grand River Valley find themselves in a celebration year, with 2012’s hot, dry summer set to produce the best vintage ever for that region. So it’s appropriate that September 15,...
The Rapid City Journal in South Dakota reports that Prairie Berry Winery in Hill City, SD will soon begin a multi-million dollar expansion. Prairie Berrry is South Dakota’s largest winery with current annual...
The Minnesota Farm Winery Association (MNFWA) just launched its first website at www.MNWine.org according to MNFWA Secretary Amy Abt. According at Abt, the primary goal of the Minnesota Farm Winery Association website is to inspire year-round...
As of September 1st, Midwest Wine Press has been publishing for one year. However, very few people have been reading Midwest Wine Press for a year. That’s because during our first month, September 2011,...
On August 3oth, The St. Louis Business Journal reported that three Missouri wineries had substantial decreases in summer tourist traffic due the severe heat wave. Stone Hill, Augusta and Mount Pleasant all reported declines....
From Coyote Moon Vineyards in New York comes this delectable creation made with Brianna wine: Tropical Bacon Covered Pineapple. It’s made with a cup of Brianna. (Coyote Moon does not say what to do...