’14 Northern Ohio Crop a “Total Loss”
The story below from The News Herald in Ohio states that a federal program will pay Ohio growers $4 per vine to replace lost vines. Considering that wine grapes are usually grown about 600...
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New Ohio Law Allows Free Tastings
We speculate the old law has been around since Prohibition to appease some now non-existent faction that was concerned that a half an ounce of free wine would foretell the end of Ohio as...
NGP Analysis: How to Grow the Midwest Wine Industry
Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota and a team of researchers have surveyed hundreds of wineries in the Midwest and northern USA. The survey is part of an ongoing study by a consortium...
Wine Price: No Impact on Midwest Tasting Room Sales
A team of researchers, led by Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota, has found that the price of wine in Midwest winery tasting rooms does not impact on sales. The research particularly...
Does This Winter Signal The Rebirth of Hybrid Grapes?
Duke Elsner and Paolo Sabbatini of Michigan State University (MSU) published the results of recent bud sampling at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center in Leelanau County. Considering the lowest temperature in the Traverse...
Late Season Polar Vortex Pounds Ohio & Michigan
The report from Ohio State University yesterday regarding the Lake Erie grape growing region was not unexpected. This does not make the news any easier to swallow, however. According to OSU, primary and secondary...
Winter’s Effect on American and Midwest Vines
The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about the damage cold weather has done to Eastern vineyards, particularly in New York and Pennsylvania. (Cornell University is reporting damage to Riesling and Merlot on Seneca Lake.) ...
Wine Industry Updates From MO, OH, IN and NE
Leaders of the Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska provided current overviews of their state’s wine industries on Thursday, February 6th at the 2014 Midwest Grape and Wine Conference in St. Charles, Missouri. Here’s what...
San Francisco 2014 Competition Midwest Winners
Ferrante Winery was a “Sweepstake Winner” in the 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition for its 2012 Vidal Blanc Ice Wine from the Grand River AVA in Ohio. The Sweepstake Winner title was awarded...
OSU Reports Bud Kill in NE Ohio
An ominous report was released by The Ohio State University about the damage done by this month’s sub-zero cold weather. University researchers with OSU in Kingsville, which is located in both the Grand River and...