Majority of City Winery’s First Vintage Goes In Kegs
On March 23, City Winery Chicago bottled its first vintage. Of the 300 gallons of Oregon Pinot Noir and 300 gallons of California Sauvignon Blanc that were made, 70% will go into kegs...
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Dr. Jeff Masters: Drought Will Cost $10 Billion This Year
You gotta love Weather Underground. There’s more data than Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek combined. In his Weather Underground blog, Dr. Jeff Masters does not like how the growing season is setting...
How’s Marquette Doing in New York?
New York Cork Report reports that New York Grape Growers are having mixed results with Marquette. In the middle and end of the article, the Cork Report has some good interviews with winemakers...
Iowa Wine Growers Association Convention Award Winners
The 2013 Iowa Wine Growers Association Convention, held March 15th and 16th, 2013 at the West Des Moines Marriott announced the following award winners: Amateur Winemaker of The Year – Joel Garretson Winemaker of The...
Midwest Winemaker Q&A March 2013
Question from Patrick in Ohio: When adjusting the wine’s SO2 content, it is recommended to measure pH and free SO2, then add enough “meta” to achieve the 0.8 ppm molecular level. However, I assume...
Northern Hybrids- A New Class of Grapes
There is no shortage of hybrid grapes or classes of hybrid grapes these days. French hybrids, German hybrids, California hybrids, Cornell hybrids, Labrusca hybrids, Riparia hybrids; the list goes on and on. However, a...
New York Times Explains How Regional Wine Can Compete
In an article that brings the hammer down precisely on the center of the nail, the New York Times discusses how regional wine, New Jersey in this case, can overcome a “classic economic conundrum...
Nipping Jack Frost First This Spring
Last year at this time the upper Midwest was riding a wave of warmth. It would last several weeks, break thousands of temperature records, and spur grape vines to bud break that turned to...
Missouri Wine Girl Gets Social
Danene Beedle, Marketing Director for the Missouri Wine & Grape Board is a huge fan of social media and an advocate for what it can do to promote Midwest wineries and engage customers. From...
’12 Vintage Report and ’13 Midwest Growing Season Outlook
This is the first installment of a state-by-state report on the 2012 vintage in the Midwest along with assessments of the 2013 growing season. This article features Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois....