Lake Superior Heating Up Since ’70’s
It’s hard to imagine ever taking a nice, warm dip in Lake Superior, but Gitche Gumee is gradually heating up. According to Michigan State University, surface water temperatures in Lake Superior have risen by...
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Disease Alert: Current Conditions Perfect for Disease Development
This article is reprinted by permission of the authors, Dave Scurlock, OSU/OARDC Viticulture Outreach Specialist and Dr. Mike Ellis, Ohio State University /OARDC Plant Pathology. It appeared first in The Ohio Grape Wine Electronic Newsletter. ...
NYTimes Interactive Regional Wine Map
The Sunday New York Times ran a long and in-depth article about regional wine today. Most of the article is about Virginia wine, but Michigan gets some column inches too. The link below...
Sustainable Suggestions From Michigan’s Good Neighbor Winery
During 2012, Midwest Wine Press went looking for organic grape growers (See: Growing Organic Grapes in the Midwest) and found a few Midwestern vignerons who meet the strict USDA Organic certification requirements. Since then,...
Cab Dore’ Combines Best of Old and New Worlds
Homepage photo: Joseph and Lucian Dressel When you read all the old grape breeding literature from John Adlum to George Hussmann to U.P. Hedrick to Philip Wagner, the one common theme is the endless search for...
Tannin Additions in Red Hybrid Wines
Tannin is to red wine what acidity is to whites: a backbone. Without either, it is difficult to make a balanced wine. This is one of the first principles I learned about winemaking (from...
Midwest Winery Tour Companies Spread
Anecdotal evidence suggests that during the last few years the number of winery tour companies across the Midwest has grown, reflecting general growth across the Midwest wine industry. In the first installment of a...
Midwest Meaderies Featured In “imbibe”
“imbibe,” the award-winning Oregon based premium beverage publication, ran a story in its most recent edition that featured many of our favorite Midwest meaderies. Michigan’s B.Nektar gets top billing in the article which also...
New North Dakota Grape and Wine Advisory Committee Funded
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is creating a new Grape and Wine Advisory Committee. The Legislature granted $80,000 for industry research and promotion. The committee will be consulted on the distribution of that money...
Niche in Clayton Opens With Missouri Wine
What’s this? A high end restaurant in Clayton with a big name chef that has Missouri wine? That’s what the article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. See: Niche St. Louis The Niche web...