New Red Hybrids Coming From Ed Swanson
Grape breeder Ed Swanson has been working 15 years to develop hybrid wine grapes with tannic structures that appeal to the American palate. Now Swanson is planning to release a ground breaking new red...
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Brianna Grape is Midwest’s New Tropical Fruit
When Acquaviva Winery in Maple Park, Illinois petitioned the Tax and Trade Bureau during 2007 to use the name Brianna for their wine labels, they found that only one other winery had petitioned for...
Petite Amie Wine Romances Midwest Winemakers
Cuthills Vineyards owner Ed Swanson has had a girlfriend for six years, and his wife Holly knows all about it. But Swanson’s paramour is not a human; it’s a white wine grape called Petite Amie, which...