According to dbusiness (Detroit’s Premier Business Journal) Michigan’s Chateau Grand Traverse Winery has found a growing export market for their Cherry wine in China. The winery believes Chinese sales of 10,000 cases per year...
Carlos Creek Winery in Alexandria, Minnesota is asking for wine drinkers’ help with naming two new highly anticipated red wine varieties developed by the renowned grape breeder Tom Plocher. The two new grapes are...
I was invited to a wedding some years ago now, outside Phoenix, Arizona. Since I arrived in Arizona a day early, I was interested to see what the famous varieties of Europe might do...
Great article from the UK Telegraph about restoring grape diversity. To wit, the Telegraph reports that 93% of France is now planted with just 20 varieties. In contrast, Wikipedia has 34 separate pages under...
Doug Frost is one of only three people in the world to hold both Master Sommelier and Master of Wine titles. He lives in Kansas City and knows as much about his region’s wine...
Driving north out of Traverse City on one of Michigan’s most beautiful roads, M22, it is easy to miss the Three Fires Wine tasting room. Sitting unassumingly in a countryside version of a strip...
Clark Smith, winemaker, wine innovator and author, is one of the star speakers at Missouri’s upcoming Midwest Grape & Wine Conference in St. Charles. As editor of Appellation America he also keeps a close eye on...
2014 was another record readership year for Midwest Wine Press. Below are the seven most popular stories of the past year based on total page views as of December 14th. 1. Game Changer Grape is...
2014 is quickly winding down. A look back on the year in alcohol beverage practice most notably reflects issues raised by changing methods of doing business, including the avenues used to make sales to...
I had reached the moment of truth in VIN146, the Introduction to Enology course that forms part of the VESTA wine education program: it was time to bottle my homemade wine. Until now, the...