Wollersheim, Wisconsin’s largest winery, reported bud loss between 9% and 50% from recent freezes. The report implies that Marechal Foch may have sustained the worst damage because Foch vines were the farthest along...
Recently, I spoke at the License to Steal Conference in Ohio. I have been attending and presenting at this conference since its inception. It is one of the best marketing conferences for wineries in...
(Publisher’s note: This article is the first installment in a monthly feature about noteworthy or award winning wine labels from Midwest wineries.) Winery owner Micheal Bullock thought he had a great name for a...
Midwest Wine Press recently compiled current TTB data to arrive at the number of wineries in the Midwest. (This tabulation method entails acceptance of the TTB definition of a winery which is subject to debate.)...
The largest winery in the Midwest, Oliver Winery in Bloomington, Indiana, lost 20% to 30% of its crop due to recent freeze damage according to RTV6-ABC in Indy. This video takes a minute or...
Creating a buzz about wine was on every participant’s mind at ‘License to Steal 2012,” a national wine marketing conference in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. More than 100 winemakers, distributors, and promoters came to this wine-country...
The old Niagara vines, planted in 1980 by Owl Creek Vineyard founder and Midwest wine pioneer Ted Wichmann, still produce wine in Southern Illinois’ first post Prohibition vineyard. Owl Creek’s current owner, Brad Genung,...
Kansas City based Master Sommeleier Doug Frost wrote an excellent column in the Kansas City Star last week about organic wines and gives a surprise mini nod to biodynamics. Rudolf Steiner fans can see...
It’s always an interesting read when a smart writer attempts to logically explain liquor and wine distribution regulations. In a recent Detroit News editorial, Maria Servold tries to understand why entrepreneurial brewers and wine...
The Beverage Information Group’s 2012 Handbook showed Vodka consumption with the greatest increase for 2011, up 6%. Domestic beer consumption must be falling like a Rolling Rock because consumption increases in craft and...