Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival 2013 Photos
The Lake Michigan Shore Wine festival was held at Weko Beach in Bridgman, Michigan on June 15th. This event is held literally on the shores of Lake Michigan and featured 15 wineries pouring 56...
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Midwest’s Largest Wine Bottle Produced in Iowa
Fireside Winery, in rural Iowa County, Iowa, has a new attraction. On Thursday, June 13th, Iowa’s largest wine bottle was unveiled on the front lawn of Fireside Winery. The metal wine bottle, measuring13′ 7″...
Binny’s in Lincoln Park Expanding to 50,000 Square Feet
Binny’s, the retail market share leader for wine sales in metropolitan Chicago, is expanding its store near North and Clybourn in Chicago to 50,000 square feet (which is 1.15 acres.) Binny’s carries little, if...
Ottawa 2 Rivers Fest Draws Heavily from Chicago
According to Reed Wilson, Ottawa’s Director of Economic Development, the third year of the Ottawa 2 Rivers’ Wine and Jazz Fest held June 7-9 brought 4,000 people to the 17 vintner’s displays in the...
Southern Illinois Wine at a Crossroads
George Majka, owner and winemaker at Pomona Winery, built the second post Prohibition winery in Southern Illinois in 1989 and was licensed in 1991. “We learned to make fruit wine because there were no...
2013 Ohio Wine Competition Results
Here are the results of the 2013 Ohio Wine Competition: Best of Show: 2011 Grand River Cellars Vidal Blanc Ice Wine Grand River Cellars Best Fruit Wine: Brandeberry Winery Blackberry Wine Brandeberry Winery Best...
New Study: Franchise Laws Create ‘Hardships” for Wineries
A new study on the impact of the wine franchise laws is due to be published in The International Journal of Wine Business Research (Issue 25, No. 2): ‘The Impact of Wine Franchise Laws on Consumer Choice...
Uncork Illinois Showcases Illinois Wineries
On Saturday, June 1, downtown Oak Park Illinois (a near suburb of Chicago) hosted the second annual Uncork Illinois Wine Festival. Sixteen Illinois wineries were on hand to pour their red, white, sparkling, and...
Italians Breeding New Wine Grapes for Warming World
Italian researchers in Verona are attempting to isolate the genes in grape plants that account for various structural components of wine like pigment and body. Midwest Wine Press is aware of several similar research...
When “Local” Artisan Spirits Aren’t
From the Atlantic comes a story about urban distilleries who play up their “localness” but are really just bottling bulk, industrial spirits. Eighty one craft distillers opened last year so there’s bound to...