Sleepy Creek Vineyards For Sale
Joe Taylor, the owner of Sleepy Creek Vineyards in Central Illinois, has decided put the winery up for sale. Taylor said the winery is profitable at its current production of 7,000 gallons per year. ...
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Labor Day Grilling with Local Wines
From Tyler Madison, the Grape and Wine Program manager with the Kentucky Grape and Wine Council, comes some suggestions on how pair cold hardy wines with your Labor Day outdoor cooked foods. It’s in...
US Versus Europe Taste Off at VitiNord ’15
The 2015 VitiNord International Viticulture & Enology Conference is taking place from 11-14 November in Nebraska City. This year, the leading event focusing on the latest advances in cold hardy grape growing and winemaking...
Midwest Wine Press Fourth Anniversary
This column commemorates the fourth anniversary of Midwest Wine Press. During that time, we’ve produced over 500 original articles about our regional wine industry, by far the most of any publication. In retrospect, I...
Cold Climate Wine Competition Winners
After much swishing and spitting, winners have been confirmed at the 2015 International Cold Climate Wine Competition (ICCWC), held today at the University of Minnesota’s Continuing Education Conference Center in St. Paul, MN. The...
Chemical Free, Ageworthy Wines in the Midwest
In the Batman movie, The Dark Knight, the Joker (played by the late Heath Ledger) notes the scared reaction to his crazy acts of violence and says, “Why so serious?” In The Dark Grape,...
New Winery Opens in Fargo
According to the Grand Forks Herald, the 13th winery in North Dakota recently opened. 4e Winery makes wine from fruit and the aronia berry. We have heard many good things about aronia berries...
‘Super’ Appellations: A View from Minnesota
Here’s the second installment of our series looking at the idea of ‘super’ appellations in the Midwest. We’re bouncing around the idea of uniting parts of our region under a bigger appellation category according...
Wine Competition Winners in the Midwest
Listed below are the top award winners for the major Midwestern Wine Competitions. The Cold Climate Wine Competition in Minnesota winners can be accessed by clicking the link below. It’s heartening to see so...
Virginia Shows the Potential of Midwest Wine
Recently, I returned from a trip to the Central Virginia wine producing region around Charlottesville. There are many similarities between Virginia and the Midwest that demonstrate the promise of our Midwestern wine industry. Hybrid...