“Huge” Losses in Ashtabula County
No big surprises in this story from the Ashtabula Star Beacon, but we’re starting to see some quantification of the losses in the Lake Erie growing area. See: Ashtabula Growers Prepare for Huge Losses
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Midwest Wine Press Spreads Word About Midwest Wine
One of the reasons we produce Midwest Wine Press is because we love Midwest Wine. Another reason is because we love to write. Midwest Wine Press publisher Mark Ganchiff and managing editor Danny Wood...
Explosive Fivefold Winery Growth Attributed to Cold Hardy Grapes
80% of the wineries in the Northern and Upper Midwestern USA registered and opened for business since the year 2000, new data shows. A team of researchers, led by Professor Bill Gartner from the University of Minnesota’s...
Iowa Conference Report 2014
Iowa Decanted has a report and video from this year’s Iowa Wine Grower’s Association Conference in Des Moines. See: Iowa Decanted
Ardon Creek Winery: Heinz Tomatoes to Hybrid Grapes
159 years ago, an Irish family made its way to Southeast Iowa and settled between the rivers Cedar and Mississippi. The descendants of that family reside there still, and display their ancestral pride through...
Midwestern Wine Consumption Is All Over the Map
You’ve probably seen the Beverage Information Group’s map showing 2013 Wine Consumption by state. (To view the map, see the Business Insider‘s Map of U.S. Wine Consumption.) Midwest Wine Press is the only place...
Arrested Fermentation Puts Sugary Wine Behind Bars
This article is sponsored by Scott Laboratories. For more information on their tartrate stability product offerings, please contact Scott Labs at 800-821-7254 or send an email to info@scottlab.com. Sweet and off-dry wines are popular products...
Edg-Clif Farms: Chambourcin Specialists
Homepage photo: Cyndy Keesee and Steffie Littlefield. Edg-Clif Farms & Vineyard, a 550 plus acre property in Potosi, Missouri, is a winery with a unique focus. In 2008, after soil tests revealed that the...
Is The New Indiana Tourism Slogan The Worst Ever?
If you’re a regular reader, you know that we go out of our way not to be negative in Midwest Wine Press. But it’s hard not to criticize Indiana’s new tourism slogan. The slogan...
Crop Report From Wis.’ Largest Winery
Wollersheim Winery in Wisconsin is one of the best hybrid winemakers in the Midwest which is why we write about them so often in Midwest Wine Press. (Like all the best Midwest wines, Wollersheim...