The Wisconsin media can be tough on Wisconsin wine. A State Journal writer unfairly criticized local wine last December (See: Wisconsin Wine Story Falls Short), but Madison Magazine recently ran an objective article about...
Hello Eau Claire! Midwest Wine Press appreciates all the readers in the Chippewa Valley. And if you’re not from Northwest Wisconsin, hello to you also. Here’s a great story by Heidi Clausen in the...
Chiselled Grape Winery in Cedarburg, Wisconsin won a Best of Class Award at the recent American Wine Society 2014 Commercial Wine Competition in Concord, North Carolina. Chiselled Grape won in the Dessert Wine category...
Northern Michigan Black Star Farms‘ tasting room manager, Chris Lopez had his hopes pinned on an Ann Arbor tasting room, 240 miles from the winery’s main tasting room. This college town has a proven...
The University of Wisconsin has staffed a new “outreach specialist” who will work to support the state’s growing wine and hard cider industry. ‘This person will work closely with the wine and cider producers...
The Northern Grapes Project received an additional $2.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative to complete the final two years of the multistate effort, which began in...
The Northern Grapes Project (NGP) continues to advance our industry’s knowledge of the habits of Midwest wine tourists. The latest issue of Northern Grapes News, features the research of Michigan State University’s Dan McCole,...
It seems like only yesterday- well last year- when we saw conditions like this; a chilly spring, no heat to bring the buds along and a late blossom which got our crops off to...
As vineyards around the Midwest prepare to bring in their grapes, the record cold winter, late spring and cooler summer will drastically reduce the harvest for certain grape varieties, especially vinifera, in many areas....
After much swishing and spitting, winners have been confirmed at the 2014 International Cold Climate Wine Competition, held at the University of Minnesota’s Continuing Education Conference Center in St. Paul, MN. The Cold Climate...