Midwest Apple Crop Up Dramatically for 2013
Fruit Grower News reports that the apple crop for the Midwest is up 472% over 2012 when a spring frost to forget hit orchards in Michigan and other areas hard. Great quote from Fruit...
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Wisconsin Herbicide Damage Report
WisconsinWatch.org ran an excellent story this week about herbicide drift damage to grape growers in Wisconsin. This is a topic Midwest Wine Press has been following closely. Soon we hope to have a counterpoint...
Great Lakes Cider & Perry Guild Hard Cider Tasting
The Great Lakes Cider and Perry Guild Hard Cider Tasting took place on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Uncle John’s Cider in St. John’s Michigan. More than 100 different hard ciders and perrys from...
Northern Minnesota Vineyard Trial Results
Data from the first phase of a major Minnesota vineyard trial has been tabulated, according to Dennis Emslie Drummond, VESTA Coordinator at Central Lakes College in Staples, Minnesota, about 130 miles northeast of the...
What’s Grown at Brys Estate Stays at Brys Estate
There are not many Midwest wineries consistently producing 100% estate grown wines. That’s because growing wine grapes in the center of the U.S. can be a risky proposition. When grapes fail to ripen or...
Scott Labs Introduces Cider Hanbook
The Scott Laboratories Cider Handbook is now available, according to Monica Royer of Scott Labs in Petaluma, CA. The Cider Handbook is a companion to the popular Scott Laboratories annual Fermentation Handbook. “We recognized...
Nebraska Wine Hosts Int’l Delegation
The Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association (NWGGA) recently hosted an international business delegation at Soaring Wings Winery in Springfield, according to Jennifer K. Montgomery, Executive Director Nebraska Wine & Grape Growers Association Sponsored by...
Updated ’14 Midwest Wine Conference Schedule, Recaps, Photos
See related story: 2015 Midwest Wine Conference Preview With the exception of the first weekend in February, the Midwest wine conference schedule runs continuously from mid-January through early March. (The only open weekend during...
Indiana Bird Cannon Battle Ends in Truce
Nothing scares birds away like noise. However, noise is not always good for neighborly relations. The Columbus Indiana Republic reports that bird cannon fire prompted a retaliatory strike in Southern Indiana. Fortunately no one...
SF Int’l Wine Competition Midwest Winners
Wisconsin’s Wollersheim Winery won a Best in Show for their Dry Riesling at the recent San Francisco International Wine Competition. 1400 wineries entered 4,539 products from 29 states and 30 countries. Other top prizes that...