Author: Rebecca Ritz

Top Tips For Winery Website Redesign

How do you know when it is time to re-design your website? More and more consumers are researching online before they visit and are judging your winery by its website. I often tell clients...

More Women Making Wine in the Midwest

This article is sponsored by VESTA,  the Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology Alliance, a NSF funded partnership between the Missouri State University system, two year schools throughout America, state agriculture agencies, vineyards and wineries with...

Cedar Ridge Clear Label Wins Awards

  Cedar Ridge Vineyards, a family-owned winery and distillery located between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa, is no stranger to the lime light. Cedar Ridge received 20 awards for their wines in 2012...

Eckert’s Food and Wine Festival

Eckert’s Food and Wine Festival

On March 3 & 4, 2013 Eckert’s Country Store and Restaurant in Belleville, Illinois hosted a Wine and Food Festival with cooking demos, wine tastings, and samples. The crowd enjoyed a wide variety of...

Women Prefer Wine With a Story To Tell

More Midwest wineries are realizing that women like to be marketed to differently. According to The Beverage Information Group, women accounted for 58.1 percent of wine buyers in 2011. While many men look to...

Mount Pleasant Estates Dinner on the Deck

Mount Pleasant Estates Dinner on the Deck

Mount Pleasant Winery, the oldest winery in the first American Viticultural Area (AVA) of Augusta, Missouri, was home to a recent Dinner on the Deck. The event included tastings beforehand, plus a wine tour...

Best of Missouri Market Photos

Best of Missouri Market Photos

The Best of Missouri Market was held October 5-7 at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri.  The event draws 25,000 people annually to one of the best botanical gardens in the U.S....