A federal Senator from Oklahoma says subsidies to local wineries should be cut. Republican Tom Coburn, a medical doctor and Southern Baptist deacon, has compiled a 200 page document titled: Waste Book 2012. The Senator...
This article is by Dr. Dean Volenberg of the University of Wisconsin’s Door County Extension. It was first published in the Wisconsin Grape Growers Association’s (WGGA) 30th July 2012 Vineyard IPM Scouting Report. During July, I had the...
The Miletta Vista tasting room was packed the night of Friday, June 22, 2012. As the winery staff prepared dinner, winery owner Mick McDowell led a group tour of the winery. Meanwhile, customers lined...
This week, a delegation of seven wine buyers from China toured Iowa vineyards and wineries. Among the locations that the Chinese visited were Tassel Ridge Winery, Summerset Winery, Jasper Winery and North River Valley...
Chicago is the third largest U.S. wine market by case sales ranking behind Los Angeles and New York. One would think that demand for regional wine in a Midwestern metropolis with 9.72 million residents...
As reported in DBR Wine, Gervasi Vineyard in Ohio is expanding and increasing production capacity to 30,000 gallons per year. See: http://wine.drinks-business-review.com/news/gervasi-vineyard-to-revamp-facility-increase-wine-production-capacity-191012
According to new survey, wine production in Illinois increased by 16 percent during the past five years from 564,270 gallons in 2006 to 651,800 gallons in 2011. The number of wineries in the state...
This article is by Dr. Dean Volenberg of the University of Wisconsin’s Door County Extension. It was first published in the Wisconsin Grape Growers Association’s (WGGA) 30th July 2012 Vineyard IPM Scouting Report. Ozone contains three oxygen...
Riesling originated in the Germany’s Rhine and Mosel valleys in the 1400’s. The grape is currently grown across the globe; South Africa has Cape Riesling, British Columbia has Okanagan Riesling and Bulgaria has Misket,...
During this weak economy, lack of sales seems to be a common complaint from wineries across the country. Wineries need to sharpen their selling skills and brush up on customer engagement techniques to make...