Ernie Wilmink, owner of AgriOzein, the Nebraska based company that designs and builds ozonators, has come a long way since Midwest Wine Press last spoke with him during early 2013. There’s now growing evidence that...
Cortney Casey has an excellent story about freeze damage to this year’s Michigan wine grape crop in the latest Michigan By the Bottle. The February return of the polar vortex was especially troubling...
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.) ...
Black rot is the most common grape disease in the region. If left unprotected, vineyards can suffer high economic losses. Infection occurs early in the season, usually before bloom, at temperatures as low as...
In spite of the wintry weather, we had 30 attendees at the Northern Illinois Wine Growers (NIWG) meeting on Saturday, January 25, at Famous Fossil Vineyard and Winery in Freeport, Illinois, west of Rockford. In addition...
CTV-News reports that Southern Ontario grape bud mortality this winter is in “the neighborhood of 40 to 50 percent.” This quote comes from Bill George with the Ontario Grape Growers Association. In Georgian Bay,...
The USDA released the final environmental impact statement for 2,4-D ready GMO crops during January and approval during February seems likely, according to Judith McGeary, executive director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance....
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...
The French-American hybrid grape St. Vincent is an orphan. Or at least, that is how it is perceived to be. Unlike most other hybrid grape varietals found in Missouri, St. Vincent’s parentage is largely...
John Marshall, one of the original wine grape growers in Minnesota, says the last time his grapes suffered winter injury was 1996. The winter of 1996 was among the 20 coldest recorded winters...