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Take An Interstate 80 Midwest Wine Tour

Take An Interstate 80 Midwest Wine Tour

A common thread stitching together the Midwest states is Interstate 80 (I-80) which connects the Midwest to both coasts.  I-80 pushes like a needle through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, zipping past Great...

Drinking Midwest Wine is Good For You

One objection to buying regional wine is that regional wine costs more.  One would think that a local wine producer has a built in cost advantage in the form of  lower shipping costs.  But in...

Tannin Additions in Red Hybrid Wines

Tannin is to red wine what acidity is to whites: a backbone.  Without either, it is difficult to make a balanced wine. This is one of the first principles I learned about winemaking (from...

Planning a Day on the Wine Trail

Wine lovers are discovering wine trails all over the country. Whether you are seeking spectacular scenery or great wines, there is a wine trail for you. Here are a few tips to follow for...

Demand For Traminette Increasing

Traminette is an interspecific hybrid grape cultivar that was bred in 1965 in Illinois. One of the notable parents of Traminette is Gewürztraminer. Traminette was publicly released by Cornell University in 1996, and has...

The Wine World Discovers Northern Michigan

For 200 years, grapegrowers have been experimenting with European wine varietals in the Midwestern United States.  While growing old world grapes in the Midwest will never be easy, some regions are quietly gaining an...