New Wine Business Model: Pairing Art and Wine
Art and wine is a combination that’s been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The pairing may not be as direct as food and wine, but these two products of human civilization...
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Influence Of Yeast Selection on Malolactic Fermentation
‘Wine is not a natural product, but vinegar is,” said Professor I. Pretorius, the Scientific Director of the Australian Wine Research Institute at a recent wine microbiology symposium. This reminds us of two elemental...
Indiana’s Huber Winery: Seven Generations and 600 Acres
Publisher’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Huber Orchard and Winery, a sixth generation, family owned winery in Southern Indiana. Part one focuses on the wineries diversified business model. The...
Chicago Wine Tour Company Expanding
Evanston Cellars is expanding its guided Midwestern wine trail tours leaving from Chicago because of increased demand according to company president, Dileep Gangolli. “We started with tours of wineries in and around the The...
Norton: The Dark Knight Part II
This is the second article of a two-part profile on the Norton grape. This article discusses Norton winemaking techniques, research into its genetic origins and the history of the variety. The first Norton article...
Evansville Jazz and Wine Festival
The 5th Evansville Jazz & Wine Festival, was held Sept 15 in downtown Evansville, Indiana. The event was expected to attract more than 3000, a little more than it did last year. Ten wineries...
Summitt Lake Winery to Close After Foreclosure
The Fulton Sun reports that Summit Lake Winery in Holts Summit, Missouri closed its doors for business this Sunday. The winery closure was an indirect result of the FDIC assuming the assets of Premier...
Wisconsin Expert Addresses State of the Grapes
As a result of the number of wineries in Wisconsin almost doubling in just the past several years, there has been an increased demand for wine grapes. Currently, all of the approximately 1,000 acres...
Urban Vineyards Sprouting in the Midwest
Driving through Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood, the last thing you’d expect to come upon is a vineyard. Hough has long been one of Cleveland’s most distressed areas, site of the notorious ‘Hough riots” – the...
Vintage Illinois Breaks More Attendance Records
The 9th annual Vintage Illinois, the largest wine festival in Illinois, was held September 15th and 16th at Matthiessen State Park in north-central Illinois. This year, 28 wineries participated in Vintage Illinois, the same...