My Middle West
One of the best paragraphs in the Great Gatsby is about the Midwest: “That’s my middle-west- not the wheat or the prairies or the lost Swede towns but the thrilling, returning trains of my...
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Michigan Wine Conference 2014 Preview
The Michigan Grape & Wine Conference is moving to Traverse City this year for three days and two nights at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, which is just north of Traverse City. According...
Michigan State Announces Program For Starting a Vineyard
A wine grape establishment conference will be held by Michigan State University Extension on January 21-22, 2014. Preregistration is required by January 10. The detailed agenda and registration information may be found at http://events.anr.msu.edu/winegrape14/. This...
Chicago’s “The Cow Guy” Bullish on Wine
Scott Shellady, familiar to financial TV fans as the “The Cow Guy” because of his distinctive bovine jackets, says now may be the time to invest in wine. “With the Fed’s easy money policy...
Wisconsin Wine Story Falls Short
This week, The Wisconsin State Journal ran an article titled, “Sales Continue to Lag at Wisconsin Wineries.” The story contains some interesting facts- Wollersheim produces 31% of Wisconsin wine and Wisconsin wine has about...
Jefferson Cup Winners 2013
The 2013 Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition Winners have been announced. The wines judged at The Jefferson Cup in Kansas City are restricted by the Competition to represent the “best of the best.” The...
Riedel to Create First Ever Vignoles Glass
On December 6th, Riedel, the world’s leading wine glass company, will host a meeting at Mount Pleasant Winery in Augusta to help design the world’s first glass for Vignoles. Flying in from Austria for...
Forty Five North Testing Ozonated Water
Michigan NPR recently ran a story about experiments that Forty Five North Winery in the Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan is doing with ozonated water. See: Northern Michigan Vineyard Experiments With New Kind of Chemical...
Four Daughters Winery Doubles Production
According to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Four Daughters Winery in Spring Valley is increasing production to 27,000 per year with the addition of new tank capacity. See: Minnesota Winery Doubles Production Midwest Wine...
A Timely Story About Me
People tell me that I need to talk more about myself in Midwest Wine Press. So this is a reluctant column about me. The first thing you should know about me is that I...