Red Storm Rising Across Northern Wineries
Cold hardy red wine grapes appear to be in a kind of limbo, looking for an identity, a style, a flavor profile to call their own. Unlike the hardy whites that seem to have...
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Wine Law By the Case: Missouri – Front Line in Franchise Law Battles
If you’ve been following alcohol beverage news recently, you have probably read something about the franchise law battles that are raging, and Missouri has been one of the primary battlefields. A number of states...
Patty Held On The Success of The Hermann Wine Trail
Homepage photo: Oak Glenn Vineyards and Winery, Hermann, MO Patty Held has helped make Missouri’s Hermann Wine Trail one of the most thriving wine trails in the Midwest. Midwest Wine Press spoke with Patty...
Tragedy At Harkness Edwards Vineyards
Lightening has again claimed one of the Midwest’s best wineries. Harkness Edwards Vineyard near Lexington is reportedly a complete loss after a fire Tuesday night. Harkness Edwards has appeared several times in Midwest Wine...
Michigan Wine Competition Results 2013
This past week, I had the pleasure of judging at the Michigan Wine Competition which was held at Michigan State University. The organizers of the Competition- Linda Jones, Karel Bush, Chris Cook and Sherri...
Wine Passport Programs That Work in MN, KY and Ontario
Minnesota: The Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA) launched the Passport to Minnesota Wines program during July. According to Missy Machkhashvili of the MGGA, 179 passports were sold during the first week of the promotion. Minnesota passports are $25 each...
Missouri’s Evolving Wine Passport Program Boosts Winery Visits
According to some well-known and unfair national stereotypes, Americans lack basic geographical knowledge, eat too much and hold few passports. Regardless of the validity of these stereotypes, I do know that certain types of...
Piero Spada Wine & Grape Classes at NWTC
Midwest Wine Press regular columnist and Wine Consultant, Piero Spada has added two new jobs to his rapidly growing resumé. Piero will be teaching Introduction to Enology and Introduction to Viticulture for Northeast Wisconsin Technical...
Wide River Adds Tasting Room in Le Claire
A good story from Alisha Espey on the growth of Wide River Winery. Wide River recently opened a new tasting room in Le Claire. (The existing tasting room in Clinton will remain open.) According...
2013 Indy International Wine Award Winners
The Indy International Wine Awards were held on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette and concluded on August 1st. Wineries from all over the world shipped their finest to ‘The INDY”, the...