Michigan is the largest Midwestern wine producer with a climate that produces temperatures predictably below freezing. So one would think that Michigan is in a position to be a leading ice wine producer....
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released its first estimate of the United States grape harvest yield in its August Crop Production report. Despite this year’s frosts that struck many states and the...
Expanding on a topic covered in Midwest Wine Press, The Traverse City Record Eagle reports that Michigan wine is gradually gaining market share outside Michigan. The grape acreage table in the story...
In his always informative newsletter articles (yes, Fenn Valley still sends a paper newsletter), Doug Welsch of Fenn Valley Vineyards in Michigan, reports modest crop losses this year. He is also very optimistic about...
Wanting to give his blue cheeses a more complex, nuanced flavor than most other blue cheeses, the owner of Oregon’s Rogue Creamery turned to a nearby vineyard, Carpenter Hill Winery, and asked for leaves...
The 2012 Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition results were announced this week. The top award-winners are: Best of Class Dry White: Chateau Fontaine – 2011 Pinot Blanc Best of Class Dry Red: Shady Lane...
The St. Louis Beacon reports today that according to several grape growers with mature vines and irrigation, the quality of the 2012 Missouri harvest looks good. However, the relentless summer heat has reduced tasting...
The 2012 Missouri Governor’s Cup was awarded to Stonehaus Farms Vineyard & Winery for their Strother Ridge Vignoles. The Governor’s Cup winner was selected from the 11 Best of Class honorees: Dry White: Augusta...
The Vintage Ohio festival took place over Friday and Saturday last week August 3 and 4, in blazing hot sunshine. Saturday’s crowd at Lake Metroparks Farmpark in Kirtland, Ohio was the larger of the...
Areas of Nebraska are in extreme and exceptional draught conditions. That grapes are being harvested in such conditions at all is a testament to the skill and fortitude of Nebraska growers, several of which...