Midwest Wine Press Blog

Fertile Market For New Ohio Cider Makers

With nearly 20 cider houses producing hard cider in Michigan, it seems Ohio , with just three cider-producers, offers a bushel-full of opportunity (and little competition) to anyone wishing to open a cider operation...

Midwest Winemaker Q&A May 2013

This is the second part of the response to a reader question about adjusting SO2.  The first part of Piero’s answer appears below in his “March 2013” column and contains helpful background for this...

Six Ways to Reach and Retain Customers

How do you attract customers and keep them coming back? In this mobile, socially connected world, wineries need to be at the top of their marketing game because making great wines isn’t enough. Successful...

Wisconsin Grape and Wine Industry Survey Released

Wisconsin Grape and Wine Industry Survey Released

The 2011 Grape and Wine Industry Survey was released recently by the United States Department of Agriculture Statistics Service. The Wisconsin Grape Growers and the Wisconsin Winery Associations also helped with the survey which...

Shady Lane Cellars Has New Owner

Shady Lane Cellars Has New Owner

Effective March 2013, Shady Lane Cellars in the Leelanau Peninsula has a new owner, Richard Fortune.  According to winemaker Adam Satchwell, Fortune is originally from Indiana but owns a home in the area and...

Lorri Hathaway Joins The LPVA

Lorri Hathaway Joins The LPVA

Longtime Michigan wine writer Lorri Hathaway has been appointed assistant director at the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association (LPVA.)  Hathaway is the co-author of two books on Michigan wine, the most recent being, “The History...