Budbreak in Southwest Michigan Reported
On March 20th, the Michigan State University Extension in Benton Harbor reported budbreak in area vineyards. Jeff Lemon, manager at Lemon Creek Winery in Berrien Springs, Michigan, said that he has not seen...
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Wisconsin Ledge AVA approved
The Federal TTB announced yesterday that the Wisconsin Ledge AVA has been approved. Steve DeBaker of Trout Springs Winery in Greenleaf, WI spent seven years convincing the TTB that the 44 square mile AVA...
Bill to Ease Wisconsin Distribution Restrictions Fails
From the Green Bay Press Gazette, a bill allowing for self distribution in Wisconsin apparently will not be brought up for a vote now in its current form. See: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120310/ADV01/203100415/Winery-bill-falters
Watch Midwest Snow Melt From Outer Space
As depicted in this 31 Day USA Snow Loop animation from the National Ice Center, there is virtually no remaining snow in the Midwest except for a few pockets of slush in Upper Michigan....
Buds Swelling in Southern Illinois But Not Broken
Reports from Midwest vineyards on Wednesday and Thursday confirm that grape buds are swelling in Southern Illinois and throughout the region, but there are no confirmations of budbreak. (However peach tress are blossoming in...
Midwest Wine Stroll Winners & Slideshow at 2012 Cold Climate Conference
Twenty eight wineries from Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin poured at the 2012 Midwest Wine Stroll at the 2012 Cold Climate Conference in St. Paul Minnesota on February 24, 2012 April 13, 2012, update:...
So You Want to Start a Winery?
Many attendees of the various recent Midwestern wine conferences this year were entrepreneurs gathering information to start a winery. At the Cold Climate Conference in St. Paul on February 24th, 2012, a panel made up...
“Grandma Ester” and Other Wine Aromas
How can a winemaker craft a white wine that does not have the unexciting vinous smell of white wine? According to Dr. Anna Katherine Mansfield of Cornell University, the winemaker’s art is accentuating a...
Missouri Wine Writer Joe Pollack Passes Away
Joe Pollack, a St. Louis based writer and one of the first people to write about the Missouri wine industry died last week at 81 of natural causes. Joe wrote the “St. Louis Eats...
March Warm Spell “Dark Cloud” for Midwest Grape Growers
Spring-like temperatures so soon in the year may be swell for joggers, but vineyard managers aren’t so thrilled. With June level temperatures forecast for the Midwest during the week of March 12, there are...