Dr. Nichola Hall, technical director and office manager of Scott Lab’s Healdsburg California office, recently made a visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Vintners Association, a home winemakers club, hosted a luncheon for her...
Electrical engineering meets enology in the following article from the Academicwino.com. Putting “5kV to 1kA” of electrical juice into a bunch of grapes sounds dangerous, but it supposedly makes the wine darker. See:...
Midwest Wine Press has received many reports of herbicide misapplication recently from all over the region. Today’s mishap near Springfield, Illinois is an example of the careless way agricultural chemicals are often being applied....
Experienced grape growers saw it coming. New growers hadn’t a clue. Regardless, my crystal ball told me that with months of rain would come severe outbreaks of downy mildew in vineyards. Grape downy mildew...
It has not been a good week for two big Midwestern cities. Detroit is filing for bankruptcy. Chicago could be the next major city to seek protection from creditors with Illinois not far behind....
The Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA) is launching a new brand identity and supporting advertising campaign to be rolled out at the Illinois Wine Experience during the Illinois State Fair, August 9-18,...
Potassium is important for grapevines to function and is one of the most frequent nutritional deficiencies of vines. A grapevine with inadequate potassium produces poor, unevenly ripened fruit and reduced yields. Severe deficiency results...
At its peak, Northern Ohio farmer Bill Baken’s operation included 150 Holsteins, one half million bushels of grain storage and 6,000 acres of crops. But during the 1990’s, Baken and his wife, Michelle, saw that family...
Old Mission Peninsula is only a stone’s throw from downtown Traverse City yet has a very different vibe than the city. While Traverse City is the largest metropolitan area in Northern Michigan, Old Mission...
In Northern Michigan, a small number of producers are working with a grape that could have great potential for the region’s growing wine business. Although Pinot Blanc has been around for many years, it...