Missouri’s Les Bourgeois Vineyards Profile
In 1974, Curtis and Martha Bourgeois bought a fifteen acre property on which Stephen, the fourth and youngest son, planted the first vines. When these three acres of Chambourcin grapes produced a 5 ton...
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NPR Says Wine Consumers Happy With Lower Priced Wines
Among the findings of a Penn State study published by National Public Radio, wine experts are 40 times as sensitive to bitterness than casual wine drinkers. For more on the story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/03/06/147826845/most-of-us-just-cant-taste-the-nuances-in-high-priced-wines?sc=fb&cc=fp
Michigan Wine Industry on the Threshold of “Legitimacy”
The primary goal for the Michigan wine industry is “legitimacy,” according to both Linda Jones, Executive Director of the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council (MGWIC) and Dr. Brent Ross, Assistant Professor at Michigan...
Catastrophic Storm Spares Huber Winery
Huber Winery posted a reassuring message that the tornadoes which produced tragic loss of life in nearby Borden, Indiana did not damage the winery. More info at www.huberwinery.com. MWP sends this message of support...
Gimme a Vodka and Traminette
With mixologists willing to try just about anything, it was just a matter of time before wine and distilled spirits cocktails emerged. The bar, club, and liquor industry website “The Shout” has liquor mixing...
Five Steps for a Remarkable Winery Website Design
Consumers today use their computers and mobile devices to research products before they make a decision to buy. To attract these consumers, you need an attractive, user-friendly website to provide a firm foundation for your...
Imed Dami’s Ohio Winegrape Trials Update
On February 21st, Dr. Imed Dami, Associate Professor of Horticulture and Crop Science at OSU, updated participants of the Ohio Wine and Grape Conference on research findings of OSU’s “Winegrape Variety Evaluation Trials.” Dami...
Ohio Grape and Wine Conference: Making Good Wine from a Difficult Harvest
Ohio’s 2011 growing season and harvest was one of the wettest on record. ‘It was the worst harvest I’ve seen in 30 years. We had 75 inches of rain,” says Nick Ferrante, owner and...
Kinkead Ridge Eloquently Praised by “Other 46”
The “Other 46” Local Wine Blog at www.theother46.com posted an effusively enthusiastic review of Kinkead Ridge ’10 Riesling recently. Midwest Wine Press does not normally post wine reviews, but Kinkead Ridge is for sale and...
Wall Street Journal: Somms Now “Inevitable Acid Freaks”
Jay McInerney’s story yesterday in the Wall Street Journal looks at the increasing influence of sommeliers in shaping consumer wine tastes. (And the welcome decline of Robert Parker.) Today’s somms are all about food...