Originally published in WineTouristMagazine.com Few places in America combine wine and history like Hermann, Missouri. Relatively few wine drinkers know that Missouri has a thriving wine industry of about 130 wineries and during the...
Homepage photo: Oak Glenn Vineyards and Winery, Hermann, MO Patty Held has helped make Missouri’s Hermann Wine Trail one of the most thriving wine trails in the Midwest. Midwest Wine Press spoke with Patty...
According to the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) the number of federal winery licenses in the 11 state Midwest Wine Press market area grew to 1,243 in 2013. This is a...
The Hermann Wine Trail in Missouri hosted their first event of 2013 this past weekend. “Chocolate Wine Trail” sold out, as it does every year, with 1,200 wine and chocolate lovers participating. The...
Recently, I spoke at the License to Steal Conference in Ohio. I have been attending and presenting at this conference since its inception. It is one of the best marketing conferences for wineries in...
Midwest Wine Press recently compiled current TTB data to arrive at the number of wineries in the Midwest. (This tabulation method entails acceptance of the TTB definition of a winery which is subject to debate.)...
The wine trail concept is exploding! From California to Maine there are 251 wine trails across the USA with 1878 wineries making up these trails in 43 states. Wine trails are made up of...