Midwest Winery Rankings for 2013
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...
Tagged: Indiana Uplands Wine Trail
Oliver Winery’s Journey to Become Midwest’s Largest Winery
During the early ’80s, Oliver Winery resembled a rustic farmstand by the side of Highway 37 in Bloomington, Indiana. Today, Oliver is the largest winery in the Midwest with production estimated to be over...
Indiana Uplands AVA Approved
On February 4th, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued a press release announcing the establishment of a new viticultural area in Indiana. On February 5, 2013, TTB published a final...
Indiana’s Huber Winery Harvesting More Vinifera
This is the second in a two-part profile of Huber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards in Southern Indiana. The first segment- Indiana’s Huber Winery: Seven Generations and 600 Acres- explained the history of the winery and how...
Indiana’s Huber Winery: Seven Generations and 600 Acres
Publisher’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Huber Orchard and Winery, a sixth generation, family owned winery in Southern Indiana. Part one focuses on the wineries diversified business model. The...
Midwest Winery Rankings by State
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.)...
Are Kids Taking Over the Region’s Wineries?
It may not be a corked bottle or a spider seeking refuge in the tasting room that sends visitors running from the region’s wineries— it might be unruly kids. Bill Skvarla, owner of Harmony...
Reds a “Natural” at Indiana’s Oliver Winery
“Reds grow here!” exclaims Bernie Parker, Vineyard Manager at Creekbend Vineyards, the agricultural division of Oliver Winery of Bloomington, Indiana. And that’s not just his opinion; it’s his track record. From the grapes grown at...
Andrea Robinson Speaks at Huber Winery
‘Can Indiana wines come to the world stage? I have to say yes.” For the winemakers of the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail (IUWT), those words are a ringing endorsement from Andrea Robinson–one of the...