Cincinnati’s Classic Henke Winery
In the 1850’s, Ohio was the leading producer of wine in the United States. The center of the early Ohio wine industry was Cincinnati where Catawba grapes lined the Ohio River for miles. Today,...
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Offbeat European Grapes Growing Across the Midwest
Increasingly, Midwestern winemakers are defying convention by growing popular vinifera grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc. But in recent years, a number of vineyards have planted lesser known European grapes considered offbeat for the...
Championing Ohio Wines, Vino Where You Live
The regionally-themed Paris wine bar Le Reserve de Quasimodo has been serving clients continuously since the 1200’s. But the concept of a regionally-themed wine bar in the Midwest has almost no history. Now, Tom...
Conneaut Creek Wineries Team Up for Progressive Dinner
On November 19th, the Conneaut Creek Wineries in Ohio will have a progressive dinner that combines the efforts of all four member wineries. This event is part of ongoing marketing effort that winery...
Quality Wines Programs Expand in Midwest
As the Midwestern wine industry continues in its rapid growth and the production of high quality wines, it also continues to combat a long-held perception that the best U.S. wines come from California. ...
Cool Spring Seals Deal in Ohio
2011 vintages in most parts of Ohio did not have the ideal conditions that prevailed in 2010 according to David Scurlock, Viticulture Outreach Specialist in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at Ohio...
Wineries and B&B’s – A Good Mix?
It’s hard to imagine a prettier setting for a winery than the Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan, with layers of gentle hills spilling into Grand Traverse Bay. Edward O’Keefe Sr. was the first...
Sparkling in the Midwest: L. Mawby and Ravenhurst Cellars
Champagne is wine’s outgoing cousin — sparkling, fun, the life of the party — which may be why a number of Midwest wine makers are adding champagnes and sparkling wines to their product lineup....
Arnie Esterer: Father of Ohio’s Vinifera Adventure
‘We tasted a lot of wines and I wanted [to grow] something I could drink with my dinner,” Arnie Esterer, owner of Markko Vineyard in Conneaut, Ohio replied when asked why he started Markko...
Southern Ohio Wine Renaissance
For the last 10 years, southern Ohio has been carefully rebuilding its reputation as a premiere wine-growing area — a title it once held more than one hundred years ago when the Ohio River...