February in northeast Wisconsin is bone-chilling cold, but that doesn’t stop Steve Johnson and Maria Milano, owners of Parallel 44 Winery and Vineyard near Kewaunee, Wis., from throwing an outdoor winter wine festival. Last...
The regionally-themed Paris wine bar Le Reserve de Quasimodo has been serving clients continuously since the 1200’s. But the concept of a regionally-themed wine bar in the Midwest has almost no history. Now, Tom...
Nestled along a scenic country road in Michigan’s “little pinkie” is a simple barnlike building with a tandem bike displayed over the doorway. Inside, there is a surprise waiting for visitors to Leelanau Peninsula wine country:...
The 28,000 square foot City Winery currently under construction in Chicago’s West Loop will feature 2013 vintage Midwest regional wines according to Beverage Director, Rachel Driver Speckan, formerly General Manager at Lush Wine and...
Imagine a fermented beverage that was once popular and jovial, then ravaged by prohibition, finally driven to the brink of extinction, only to be kept alive by farmers and locavores for decades. Years later,...
Last summer Good Morning America viewers voted Leelanau Peninsula’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore the Most Beautiful Place in America. The significance of this national recognition reverberated through the region’s quaint villages, including the town...
South Africa native Alwyn Dippenaar has been named the new winemaker at Crown Valley Winery in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Al, as he prefers to be called, arrived at Crown Valley Winery in March of...
Publisher’s note: This is the second in a three part series on how wineries structure successful events Lacking the dramatic backdrop of vineyards, urban wineries, such as family owned Easley Winery in downtown Indianapolis,...
Lynita Delaney and daughter Laura Roessler credit the price of Coca-Cola in Italy as one reason they started making wine together in Wisconsin. The two were pursuing their passion for curling at a competition...
Publisher’s note: In this three-part series, Midwest Wine Press will explore how wineries in Northern Michigan, Indianapolis, and Columbus, Ohio structure successful events that are coordinated with the operations of the winery and tasting...