Midwest Wine Industry Grows 5%
Figures due to be released by Nielsen at the Midwest Grape & Wine Conference will show that the region’s wine industry continues to grow at an overall rate of 5%. Liz Crews, Analytic Lead for...
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Chilling Report On Arctic Cold Damage in Ohio
According to Northern Ohio’s News Herald, this week’s arctic cold did significant damage to vineyards near Lake Erie. Hundreds of acres of vinifera wine grapes have been planted around the Great Lakes in the...
Kinkead Ridge Winery for Sale
The owners of Internationally recognized Kinkead Ridge Estate Winery and Vineyard, Ripley, Ohio are retiring. Both properties are for sale and priced aggressively. The 5 acre vineyard is located on a 126 acre parcel...
Does Digital Printing Matter for Wine Labels?
How much do you know about your wine label? Do you know who designed it? Probably. Where it was produced? Most likely. What type of equipment produced it? Maybe not. It’s a question you’d...
Take An Interstate 80 Midwest Wine Tour
A common thread stitching together the Midwest states is Interstate 80 (I-80) which connects the Midwest to both coasts. I-80 pushes like a needle through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, zipping past Great...
2013 Harvest Report: MO, IA, KS, NE, OH
Vineyards across the Midwest are preparing to bring in the last of their grapes. Compared to 2012’s drought and frost affected yields, many vineyards are reporting bigger crops and good quality fruit. However, too...
Updated ’14 Midwest Wine Conference Schedule, Recaps, Photos
See related story: 2015 Midwest Wine Conference Preview With the exception of the first weekend in February, the Midwest wine conference schedule runs continuously from mid-January through early March. (The only open weekend during...
Herbicide Drift Plagues Ohio Vineyards in 2013
Most vegetable and fruit farmers have probably experienced crop injury from glyphosate spray drift at one time or another. The most recognizable name in this class is Roundup along with several other glyphosate products such as...
Displays of Kindness Sell Wine at Good Vines and Egalite
Wine and charity make a good pair. Barefoot Wines, the biggest wine label in the U.S., does all its promotions with non-profit organizations. Now a new wine company in Chicago has created a business...
Bill Baken: Maize Valley Winery’s Master of Events
At its peak, Northern Ohio farmer Bill Baken’s operation included 150 Holsteins, one half million bushels of grain storage and 6,000 acres of crops. But during the 1990’s, Baken and his wife, Michelle, saw that family...