Homepage Photo: The Richard P. Vine Enology Library at Purdue University. State supported agriculture schools are a big reason for the growth of the Midwest wine industry. And perhaps no Midwestern university supports a...
This article is the second installment of a two-part article about wine tourism along Interstate 80 in the Midwest. In the first article, we visited Ohio and Indiana. Now join us on a winery...
Homepage photo: Rocky Waters Vineyard in Hanover, Illinois, along the Mississippi River. Since long before human settlement, wild grapes grew in abundance along the Mississippi River. The grape species known as Vitus Riparia- which...
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...
The Minnesota and Wisconsin Grape Growers Associations uncovered an article in the Denver Post today about cold hardy wine grapes being planted in Colorado. The story says that Marquette, Frontenac and La Crescent, all...
2012 Little Iza wine, made from La Crescent grapes, from Millner Heritage Vineyard and Winery in Kimball, Minnesota, won the Minnesota Governor’s Cup trophy at the 2013 International Cold Climate Wine Competition (ICCWC), held...
The 2013 International Women’s Wine Competition was held in Sonoma County, California July 9-10, 2013. Here are the medal winners from Midwestern wineries: St. Julian Wine Company, Inc. NV St. Julian Sweet Nancie Lake...
At its peak, Northern Ohio farmer Bill Baken’s operation included 150 Holsteins, one half million bushels of grain storage and 6,000 acres of crops. But during the 1990’s, Baken and his wife, Michelle, saw that family...
A new Minnesota wine industry study, partially funded by the Northern Grapes Project, is attracting a lot of attention. Media outlets as far away as San Francisco and Chicago have reported recently about Minnesota...
The Mid-American Wine Competition in Des Moines was the first major American wine competition to judge wine in relation to food pairings. Chief judge Doug Frost of Kansas City, one of only three people in...