The Frontenac wine grape started with a graduate student on a canoe trip. While paddling through the suburbs of Minneapolis during 1976, a University of Minnesota graduate student named Patrick Pierquet found the wild...
One feature of Midwest wineries that sets them apart from wineries in California is that many offer free wine tastings. On the west coast, in Napa or Sonoma, you usually get charged at least...
This article is sponsored by MI Wine Barrel, makers of durable and economic stainless steel wine barrels Bel Lago Winery was founded in 1987 by chief winemaker Charles Edson together with his wife Amy Iezzoni, and...
From Gannett’s The Times Herald comes a well researched story on how changes in climate are affecting farmers. Variability of temperatures and precipitation is increasing and the results are mixed for fruit growers....
The prevalence of winery tasting rooms varies greatly across the globe. We have many good ones in the Midwest, but good luck getting a taste of local wine in many parts of France. Andrew...
The 2014 Illinois Annual Wine Conference and Winter Wine Festival has announced a diverse agenda of speakers for this coming year’s event to be held January 30 to February 1, 2014 in Springfield, Illinois. ‘Our...
Homepage Photo: The Richard P. Vine Enology Library at Purdue University. State supported agriculture schools are a big reason for the growth of the Midwest wine industry. And perhaps no Midwestern university supports a...
This article is the second installment of a two-part article about wine tourism along Interstate 80 in the Midwest. In the first article, we visited Ohio and Indiana. Now join us on a winery...
With 22 days to go, the Midwest Wine Press Fundraising Campaign is 41% of the way towards reaching its goal of $3,500. The Midwest Wine Press crowdfunding campaign will help to pay for a...
According to winemaker Robert Kowal, City Winery in Chicago will be bottling a Riesling made exclusively from Michigan grapes during spring of 2014. The juice for the wine came from Left Foot Charlie in...