Southern Illinois Wine at a Crossroads
George Majka, owner and winemaker at Pomona Winery, built the second post Prohibition winery in Southern Illinois in 1989 and was licensed in 1991. “We learned to make fruit wine because there were no...
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Northern White Hybrids Form a New Class of Wine
I was in Arizona years ago attending a wedding and I sought out some local wineries to satisfy my curiosity. It was fascinating seeing vineyards clinging to arid mountainsides, some bordered by impossible looking desert...
Black Star Farms Boldly Goes Where No Pinot Has Gone Before
Wine: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Michigan wine industry. To explore strange new worlds for grapes, to seek out new terrain for viticulture and boldly go where no grape grower...
Ohio Ice Wine Festival Draws Thousands
For Ohio wine fans who like a bit of sweetness, the Grand River Ice Wine Festival is more than a progressive tasting–it’s an annual celebration. This year’s fest marked the 10th annual tribute to...
Oliver Winery’s Journey to Become Midwest’s Largest Winery
During the early ’80s, Oliver Winery resembled a rustic farmstand by the side of Highway 37 in Bloomington, Indiana. Today, Oliver is the largest winery in the Midwest with production estimated to be over...
Dr. Norton Had a Baby and Named It Crimson Cabernet
Who says that French royalty cannot breed with ordinary native Americans? Crimson Cabernet’s parentage combines the Bordeaux King of Grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, and the State Grape of Missouri, Norton. The result is a disease...
Kentucky Berry Wine Tradition Continues
Kentucky winemakers have found their sweet spot in the wine business – berry wines. Blackberry wine alone accounts for 20 percent of Rose Hill Farm Winery’s total sales, says owner Jenny Beetz. Rose Hill,...
Floating a Dryer Idea at Michigan’s Hickory Creek Winery
Homepage picture: Jayne and Eric Wagner and their Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Toddy The 200 miles of shoreline that separates Southwest Michigan and the Traverse City area is not a long distance by boat or...
Coming Soon: A New Red Wine That’s a Pearl
A new hybrid red wine, Petite Pearl, is now in production at several Midwest wineries and should be available soon. 2012 will be the first commercial vintage of Petite Pearl. Previously, only test samples...
Middle Creek Winery – Over the Rainbow in Kansas
At Middle Creek Winery in Louisburg, Kansas, the trees are bending to blustery, autumnal winds. As if to emphasize the drama of a visit from Midwest Wine Press, a tree snaps and crashes to...