Realizing the Aroma Potential Of Cold Hardy Grapes
Giddy up It’s an exciting time in the hybrid grape and wine world because for the first time significant research has been carried out on hybrid grapes and wine in search of defining chemical...
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Trout Springs Winery: Less Carbon Equals More Cash
Here at Trout Springs Winery (TSW), we once burned coal, wood and fuel oil to heat our winery and home. For years, these were the most economical sources of energy. Then, during the fall of...
Soil Health in the Vineyard
Quality and yield start below the surface The groundhog predicted an early spring. Then came this year’s winter vortex. Regardless of what happens next, the waning days of winter are a time of excitement...
Cold Climate Conf Photos and Report
The Minnesota Grape Growers Associaitons’s Cold Climate Conference wouldn’t be complete without the Winter Wine Fest. On February 5th 2016, 30 vineyards and wineries, along with a few cider makers, sampled their best local...
New Wine Fest in Door County for ’16
The inaugural Door County Wine Fest will be on Saturday, June 25, 2016 offering unlimited tasting of more than 80 different wines. This new wine fest is an event celebrating quality ‘Made in Door County”...
What Happened to the Original Midwest Wineries?
During October of 1974, the Saturday Evening Post published a “Guide to American Wineries.” This article was probably the first discussion of bonded Midwestern Wineries to appear in a national publication. At the time...
Lemberger- A Cold Hardy Vinifera
Hidden among the twenty one varieties and forty acres of vines at Domaine Berrien Cellars and Winery in southwest Michigan is a two acre patch of hardy Austrian grapes known as Lemberger. Owner and...
La Crescent Food Pairing Ideas
Food and Wine. Wine and Food. No wonder it can be challenging when we can’t even decide which one comes first. My wife and I have done literally dozens of wine pairing sessions in...
2016 Midwest Wine Conference Schedule
Here are the Midwest Wine Conferences in chronological order. Some Conferences have not released agendas or speakers yet, so please check back periodically. This article will be updated as more information becomes available. Heartland...
Stomp Out Bad Midwest Wine Reporting
Midwest Wine Press is not going to win any Pulitzer Prizes. We know that there are typos and mistakes in our copy from time to time. Having a copyeditor would be a great luxury....