Realizing the Aroma Potential Of Cold Hardy Grapes
Giddy up It’s an exciting time in the hybrid grape and wine world because for the first time significant research has been carried out on hybrid grapes and wine in search of defining chemical...
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Purdue Launches Vineyard Tech Company
From Inside Indiana Business comes a report of a new vineyard technology company based in Lafayette, Indiana. The new company, VinSense, was developed by three members of the Purdue faculty. (Note: While judging the...
Trout Springs Winery: Less Carbon Equals More Cash
Here at Trout Springs Winery (TSW), we once burned coal, wood and fuel oil to heat our winery and home. For years, these were the most economical sources of energy. Then, during the fall of...
Midwest Wine Documentary Screens at International Film Festival
Move over Sideways ! Eat your grapes out Bottle Shock ! Could this be the film that brings the Midwest wine industry to the world? Wine Diamonds: Uncorking America’s Heartland, a feature-length documentary film...
Sustainable Solution: Recycled Plastic Vineyard Posts
In the United States, recycled plastic lumber is starting to emerge as a durable and environmentally friendly option for vineyard posts. Steel or wooden posts are still the norm, but neither are ideal. The...
MO Grape Conference: The Dangers of Brix Fixation
I’m just back from attending half a day of the Missouri University Grape and Wine Institute’s (GWU) 2016 Show Me Grape and Wine Conference and Symposium in Columbia. This three-day event is the first...
Food Pairing With Frontenac
This series of cold climate wine and food pairing articles started with a couple ideas for LaCrescent in a story titled La Crescent Food Pairing Ideas. This time we will consider Frontenac wines and...
Indiana’s Bill Oliver Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
At the recent Eastern Winery Exposition in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bill Oliver, president of Oliver Winery, won a Lifetime Achievement Award. Bill runs one of the leading (and biggest) wineries in our region. It’s also...
Big Southern Illinois WInery Wants a Casino License
Walker’s Bluff, a winery, restaurant, and concert entertainment center near Carbondale, Illinois is now trying to get a casino license, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Midwest Wineries have gone to great lengths...
Trump Wine is for Losers
Sorry about the headline. It was an attempt at sarcasm about Donald Trump, which is impossible. Recently, the media has raised questions about the legitimacy of Trump’s Virginia Winery. (See the link to today’s Daily Beast article...