Midwest Wine Press Blog
Millennials Favoring Midwest Regional Wines
The Millennial Generation — those roughly between the ages of 21 and 35 — has a strong interest in developing community ties. Supporting businesses near their homes makes them natural customers of local wines....
Illinois Grape Growers 2012 Annual Conference Awards
The Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association 2012 Conference was held this past weekend in Springfield, Illinois. Over 250 growers, vintners and enthusiasts attended the conference. At the awards ceremony the following 2012 recipients...
Southern Ill. Vines Dormant Despite Warmth
According to David Ponce, Owner and Winemaker at Monte Allegre Vineyard and Cellars in far southern Carbondale, Illinois, the primary buds on his grape vines are not swelling despite unseasonably warm weather. Reports from grape producing...
Kentucky Vineyard Society Wins Large State Grant
The Kentucky Vineyard Society has been approved for $515,000 in state Agricultural Development Funds to maintain the Viticulture Extension and Research Program through fiscal year 2014, which includes an extension viticulture specialist, enologist and...
Consumer Wine Awards Competition Deadline Nears
The last day for accepting entry applications and wines for the Consumer Wine Awards Competition (CWA) is February 24th, 2012. “Our evaluators are every-day wine consumers that represent a complete spectrum of wine lovers...
Fireside Winery Engages Volunteers
Winery workers are accustomed to customers who say how much they would like to work at a winery. Brad Johnson, external relations manager at Fireside Winery in Marengo, Iowa, is now making his customer’s...
2012 Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference Summary
The 2012 Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference, held January 15th to 17th at the Wilderness Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, had a record attendance of 701, according to Anna Maenner, Executive Director of the...
Deep Waiting
I have finally figured out who is buried in my backyard in Chicago. It is Robert the Bruce; I can tell by looking at the grapevines, for grapevines drink the blood of the body...
Patty Held: Your Winery Seen Through Customer Eyes
The Viticulture Enology Science and Technology Alliance (VESTA) program, in which I am an instructor, has a 21st century educational vision for grape growing, winemaking and winery marketing. In my VESTA ‘Winery Tasting Room...