Wisconsin Ledge AVA approved
The Federal TTB announced yesterday that the Wisconsin Ledge AVA has been approved. Steve DeBaker of Trout Springs Winery in Greenleaf, WI spent seven years convincing the TTB that the 44 square mile AVA...
Category: Wisconsin
Bill to Ease Wisconsin Distribution Restrictions Fails
From the Green Bay Press Gazette, a bill allowing for self distribution in Wisconsin apparently will not be brought up for a vote now in its current form. See: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120310/ADV01/203100415/Winery-bill-falters
So You Want to Start a Winery?
Many attendees of the various recent Midwestern wine conferences this year were entrepreneurs gathering information to start a winery. At the Cold Climate Conference in St. Paul on February 24th, 2012, a panel made up...
Special Report: Midwest Farmers Markets Wine Regulations
As more people seek their region’s local foods to purchase, more than 1,000 new farmers markets began operating across the country last year. As of mid-2011, 7,175 farmers markets were recorded, reports the U.S....
Millennials Favoring Midwest Regional Wines
The Millennial Generation — those roughly between the ages of 21 and 35 — has a strong interest in developing community ties. Supporting businesses near their homes makes them natural customers of local wines....
2012 Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference Summary
The 2012 Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference, held January 15th to 17th at the Wilderness Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, had a record attendance of 701, according to Anna Maenner, Executive Director of the...
John Marshall: Winter Vineyard Tips
Winter is upon us and, while it has been unseasonably warm this year, January still looms before us. It is an annual event for any fruit grower that January always stands like the Sword...
MN-WI Distribution Differences Wider Than The Mississippi
The Wisconsin and Minnesota wine industries have much in common. Both states specialize in cold climate grape winemaking, and both can call Elmer Swenson, the godfather of cold climate grapes, a native son. (Swenson...
Wollersheim Celebrates 40th Anniversary
It’s 1972. An electrical engineer moves his family to an abandoned Wisconsin farm, planning to produce estate wines in the property’s Civil War-era winery, despite being told repeatedly that grapes won’t grow there. While...
Wisconsin’s Vetro Expands
Vetro Winery celebrated its new facility in Jefferson, Wisconsin with a grand opening Nov. 12-19 according to a recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal. The winery was founded by LaVerne and Bill Vetrano...