Bandwagon Builds For Michigan Wine
Earlier this week, big time wine blogger Tom Wark came close to saying he’s excited about Michigan wine in his Fermentation wine blog. Not to be outdone, New York Times wine writer Eric Asimov...
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Traverse City Wine Food Predictions
From Traverse City based writer Andy MacFarlane and eatdrinkTC.com come some interesting predictions for ’14 including: 1. The 60 person elevated deck at Brys Estate will open in ’14, as reported this summer in...
Chi-Beria Today Photos
These photos don’t have anything to do with grapes or wine. However, after reading an editorial in today’s Chicago Tribune questioning why anyone would live here, I felt compelled to speak for those of...
Cold Weather, Dry Weather Stressing Grapes
John Marshall, one of the original wine grape growers in Minnesota, says the last time his grapes suffered winter injury was 1996. The winter of 1996 was among the 20 coldest recorded winters...
Big Blogger Accepting Midwest Wines
Tom Wark of Fermentation wine blog fame is starting to come around to regional wine. Although Wark is surpassed only by Blake Gray of the The Gray Report in his use of the first...
LPVA Offers Scholarships for 2014
The Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association (LPVA) awards annual scholarships to students interested in pursuing a certificate or associate’s degree in viticulture and/or enology via the Viticulture Enology Science and Technology Alliance (VESTA) The number...
Top Seven Stories of 2013
2013 was a very good year for Midwest Wine Press because you, our valued readers, almost doubled the number of pageviews compared to 2012. On top of that, during the year ending December 21,...
New Free ISU Guide to Protecting Bees
Since 2006, honey bees nationwide have suffered significant population declines. According to the USDA, the causes are numerous. However, recent scientific evidence points to the role of pesticides in weakening bee’s immume systems....
$1.5 Million Raised for “Teaching Winery” in Missouri
According to the Columbia Missourian, the University of Missouri is about half way funded for a new $3m teaching winery. The new wine and food education facility is tentatively set to open in late...
2013 Illinois Wine Events Draw Over 38,000
During 2013, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintner’s Association (IGGVA) hosted or sponsored a dozen events for the advancement of the Illinois Wine Industry. These events drew over 38,000 attendees, according to the IGGVA....