The winners of Kentucky’s major wine competition, The 2015 Commissioner’s Cup, were presented on November 14 at the Mercury Ballroom in downtown Louisville. Cocktails, dinner and a presentation by Doug High, morning anchor at...
It’s always good to see wine professionals from established regions investing in Midwest Wine. That’s especially true of the Papina family from California who recently purchased Elk Creek Vineyards, Kentucky’s largest winery by volume....
During May of 2013, Midwest Wine Press ran a story titled The Wine World Discovers Northern Michigan. This story was one of the first to document the flurry of serious investment in the Traverse...
No, the University of Notre Dame is not making wine. At MWP, we love to hear about the North Dakota (ND) wine industry. Ron Smith, a retired NDSU extension horticulturist, wrote a great column...
The Shawnee Hills Wine Trail announces their 20th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, November 14, 2015, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at the Carbondale Civic Center. Join us as we celebrate 20 incredible years of friends,...
What better way is there to christen the Navy’s newest submarine, the USS Illinois, than with bubbly produced in the state from where it derived its name? On October 10, 2015, the USS Illinois...
Recently, we have been discussing the increasing role that cold hardy grapes will have in the Midwest Wine Industry. The story below from the Detroit Free Press is evidence that this transition is already...
Back in February, we told you about two new grapes from cold hardy grape breeder Tom Plocher. The best known grape from Plocher is the red Petite Pearl grape. After some good natured ribbing...
According to Google, Eureka, Iowa has a population of 88. That makes the local Eureka newspaper story about local wines even more impressive. The reporter spoke with Paul Tabor of Tabor Home Winery about...
WIBW in Kansas did a nice overview of the local wine industry. Based on the WIBW report, the Kansas Department of Agriculture has either not changed their tally of Kansas vineyard acreage in the...