The International Association of Northern Viticulture is proud to announce that the 2015 VitiNord International Conference will be held at the Lied Lodge & Conference Center in historic Nebraska City, Nebraska, November 11-14, 2015....
Wine tour buses occasionally get a little rowdy, as was the case in the The Traverse City Michigan area recently. According to the Traverse City Record-Eagle, an area tour bus was taken off its...
Norton wine has debuted on the silver screen. For a few minutes, a bottle of Les Bourgeois Vineyards Norton, takes center-stage in the 2014 mystery-thriller movie, Gone Girl, that stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. From...
The University of Wisconsin has staffed a new “outreach specialist” who will work to support the state’s growing wine and hard cider industry. ‘This person will work closely with the wine and cider producers...
The Northern Grapes Project received an additional $2.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative to complete the final two years of the multistate effort, which began in...
Travel + Leisure, a leading national travel publication with a circulation of 971,000, featured Missouri wine as a “Most Romantic Fall Getaway.” Chaumette, Cave and Les Bourgeois wineries are all mentioned in the short...
Here’s a link to a story that we’ve been dying to run: Feather River Winery in Nebraska had their largest harvest since the winery opened in 2007. According to Omaha.com, Feather River had a...
Jennifer Montgomery is the new executive director of the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA). Most recently, Jennifer was the executive director of the Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association. Current IGGVA executive...
Growing numbers of Midwest wineries are going where very few bars and restaurants in the United States have gone before — encouraging customers to bring their dogs. The move is attracting visits from both dog owning, day-tripping tourists...
Chuck Gillentine’s Chandler Hill Vineyards aims to take the wine and food at Missouri wineries up a notch. ‘The state has marketed the wineries as a fun place to come and I think we’ve...