Editors note: This story was updated Wednesday morning and was originally posted Tuesday morning, March 27th 2012 Arnie Esterer of Markko Vineyard in Conneaut, Ohio, near Lake Erie, reported temperatures of 23 degrees in...
According to Diane Brown at the Berrien County Michigan State University Extension, with the weather this warm this early, grape growers are in uncharted waters in terms of vineyard management practices. Brown, who...
Up against 1,700 wineries from across the globe at the San Diego International Wine Competition last week, Wollersheim Winery of Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin received a record six awards. Co-owner Julie Coquard told...
On March 20th, the Michigan State University Extension in Benton Harbor reported budbreak in area vineyards. Jeff Lemon, manager at Lemon Creek Winery in Berrien Springs, Michigan, said that he has not seen...
The Federal TTB announced yesterday that the Wisconsin Ledge AVA has been approved. Steve DeBaker of Trout Springs Winery in Greenleaf, WI spent seven years convincing the TTB that the 44 square mile AVA...
From the Green Bay Press Gazette, a bill allowing for self distribution in Wisconsin apparently will not be brought up for a vote now in its current form. See: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120310/ADV01/203100415/Winery-bill-falters
As depicted in this 31 Day USA Snow Loop animation from the National Ice Center, there is virtually no remaining snow in the Midwest except for a few pockets of slush in Upper Michigan....
Reports from Midwest vineyards on Wednesday and Thursday confirm that grape buds are swelling in Southern Illinois and throughout the region, but there are no confirmations of budbreak. (However peach tress are blossoming in...
Many attendees of the various recent Midwestern wine conferences this year were entrepreneurs gathering information to start a winery. At the Cold Climate Conference in St. Paul on February 24th, 2012, a panel made up...
How can a winemaker craft a white wine that does not have the unexciting vinous smell of white wine? According to Dr. Anna Katherine Mansfield of Cornell University, the winemaker’s art is accentuating a...