New Grapes Revolutionize Midwest Wine
‘Why didn’t someone take the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and cross it with Norton to create a grapevine that could withstand Midwestern winters yet make a world class wine?” That was the question that puzzled...
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Cab Dore’ Combines Best of Old and New Worlds
Homepage photo: Joseph and Lucian Dressel When you read all the old grape breeding literature from John Adlum to George Hussmann to U.P. Hedrick to Philip Wagner, the one common theme is the endless search for...
Dr. Norton Had a Baby and Named It Crimson Cabernet
Who says that French royalty cannot breed with ordinary native Americans? Crimson Cabernet’s parentage combines the Bordeaux King of Grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, and the State Grape of Missouri, Norton. The result is a disease...
Kansas Wine Conference: Photos & Story Preview
On Friday and Saturday, Midwest Wine Press attended the 27th Annual Kansas Grape Growers and Winemakers Association (KGGWA) Conference in Topeka, Kansas. Among the speakers were a number of Midwestern viticulture heavy-weights. We got along to these talks: Lucian Dressel, who...
TTB Approves Names of Midwest Varietals
Effective November 28, 2011, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved the names of certain varietals as requested by various breeders, vineyards and wineries in the Midwest. Under the TTB ruling,...