Recently, I spoke at the License to Steal Conference in Ohio. I have been attending and presenting at this conference since its inception. It is one of the best marketing conferences for wineries in...
The largest winery in the Midwest, Oliver Winery in Bloomington, Indiana, lost 20% to 30% of its crop due to recent freeze damage according to RTV6-ABC in Indy. This video takes a minute or...
The old Niagara vines, planted in 1980 by Owl Creek Vineyard founder and Midwest wine pioneer Ted Wichmann, still produce wine in Southern Illinois’ first post Prohibition vineyard. Owl Creek’s current owner, Brad Genung,...
Kansas City based Master Sommeleier Doug Frost wrote an excellent column in the Kansas City Star last week about organic wines and gives a surprise mini nod to biodynamics. Rudolf Steiner fans can see...
It’s always an interesting read when a smart writer attempts to logically explain liquor and wine distribution regulations. In a recent Detroit News editorial, Maria Servold tries to understand why entrepreneurial brewers and wine...
The Beverage Information Group’s 2012 Handbook showed Vodka consumption with the greatest increase for 2011, up 6%. Domestic beer consumption must be falling like a Rolling Rock because consumption increases in craft and...
As I write, it is easily the warmest March in my lifetime. In fact, it is seems like the warmest winter in history. I was watching the weather the other night and the weatherman...
What if your winery could reach thousands of new potential customers by sending one bottle of wine? With extensive internet and social media followings, leading Midwest wine bloggers reach thousands of interested consumers each...
Evanston Cellars, LLC has started offering guided tours of the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail and the Illinois River Wine Trail. The nine-hour tours will leave from downtown Chicago and the North Shore...
The South Bend Tribune reports today Welch’s Foods is not optimistic about the harvest this year as a result of last week’s freeze. http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/wsbt-report-welchs-juice-crop-mostly-wiped-out-in-southwestern-michigan-20120415,0,351211.story