Michigan’s Grape Harvest Down 50%
The Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council is anticipating approximately a 50% reduction in the size of the state’s wine grape crop compared to the record 7,600 tons reported in 2013. A Council media...
Midwest Wine Press Blog
Surprising Michigan Sauvignon Blanc
What’s surprising about Michigan Sauvignon Blanc? That so few Michigan wineries produce wines from this fascinating versatile and aromatic varietal is really quite surprising. The Wolverine State makes much more white wine than red...
Only 8% of NE Ohio Wine Grapes Survived Winter
Reading over the wine grape harvest reports from various Midwest grape growing regions, it’s apparent that the Lake Erie shore between Cleveland and the Pennsylvania border had the most severe losses. As reported in...
Travel Behaviors of Midwest Wine Tourists
The Northern Grapes Project (NGP) continues to advance our industry’s knowledge of the habits of Midwest wine tourists. The latest issue of Northern Grapes News, features the research of Michigan State University’s Dan McCole,...
Seeing Glass at BeanBlossom Cider
Back in the summer of ’11, one of my first “big” Midwest Wine Press interviews was with Bill Oliver of Oliver Winery. I was excited and a little nervous to be interviewing the biggest...
University of Minnesota Fall Grape Tour
This is a short review of my visit to the Fall Tour at the University of Minnesota (U of M) Horticultural Research Center on September 6, 2014. My main interest was to see how...
Indiana Wine Crop Report
Howard Hewitt reports in his blog Grape Sense: A Glass Half Full that growers north of Columbus and Bloomington lost a significant number of vines this winter. Along the Ohio River the news is...
Secondary Buds Misplaced in Missouri
Of all the wine newsletters we receive, “Letters From Hank” is perhaps my favorite. Of course, “Hank” is Hank Johnson of Chaumette Winery in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. This month Hank writes that the secondary...
MSU Says Traverse City Area Crop Down Two-Thirds
Wine crop damage as a result of last winter is widely known, but we’ve been told that the Traverse City area- namely the Old Mission and Leelanau Peninsulas- had weathered the storm in better...
B2B: Stone Hill Triumphs at Norton Blind Tasting
For nearly three years, a small collection of Norton wines has been aging in the basement downstairs. The diminutive gathering of five bottles, all from Missouri wineries and most from the 2009 vintage, is the...