Still reeling from damage from last winter, Great Lakes vinifera growers are again facing vine damaging temperatures. Lake Erie is now over 93% frozen. Without a warming “lake effect,” temperatures in Ashtabula County reportedly...
According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, Bob Lautenbach of Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Winery & Market received the Grower of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Grape Growers Association last month at the Corks ‘n’...
Tucked away in strip mall off I57 in Mt. Vernon, IL for over 17 tears, GenKota Winery was known for wine and music. Now the winery is closed and seeking new owners, according to...
Epicurious came up with a good regional wine story idea: Pick the “best” wine from each state and write a short blurb about it. The concept for the article is a bit of a...
“All-natural” is a phrase frequently bandied about to describe many different products. To Rob and Stacey DeAngelis, it’s serious business. They’re the owners of DeAngelis Cantina Del Vino, a winery in Ann Arbor, Michigan....
Sponsored by the Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA), Midwest Wine Press attended the MGGA’s recent Cold Climate Conference (CCC), in Minneapolis. The conference was an impressive affair, attracting a considerable regional audience of cold climate...
The big wine story of the week is slowing growth in wine consumption. In Wine-Searcher.com, John Gillespie of Wine Opinions opined to W. Blake Gray that wine sales might drop for the first time...
The University of Wisconsin Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS), Wisconsin Grape Growers Association, the IPM Institute of North America and VESTA, the Viticulture Enology Science and Technology Alliance, are organizing a three-day intensive...
For many of us working in the field of viticulture, applying pesticides to grapes is a necessity. Pesticide application is a useful skill, and one that involves education combined with hands-on experience to learn....
Nutrient management is key to improving fruit set, volume of wine Upper Midwest soils have always been perfect for bumper crops of corn and soybeans and are increasingly becoming a source of award-winning grapes...