Growing Vignoles on a Commercial Scale
This is the first of two part series about Vignoles from Andrew Meggitt, executive winemaker at St. James Winery in St. James, MO. Next month, look for the second story titled, “How the Wine...
Category: Missouri
Missouri Wine to the Tune of $1.7 billion
KY 3 News, which is in Springfield, MO, recently did a piece on the growing economic impact of Missouri wine. The results from economic impact studies always seem a little hard to fathom, but...
MO Wine Industry Seeks Winery Definition Change
Leading members of Missouri’s wine industry are calling for changes to the way a winery is defined. “It’s got to the point now where there are actually restaurants that are calling themselves wineries,” said...
Missouri Winery Tour: Westphalia, Chaumette and Augusta Wineries
Last week, my wife and I took urgent action. With baby number two’s due date closing fast and the frightening prospect of never having time to do anything ever again, we filled the car...
Nick Smith Lands UW Wine Job
Nick Smith has been hired as a University of Wisconsin Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Outreach Specialist according the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Nick is a Midwest Wine Press columnist who worked most...
St. Louis Firm Invents Consumer Sulfite Extractor
From the St. Louis Business Journal comes news of an exciting new product from St. Louis entrepreneur Alan MacInnes. He has developed a six-inch long “swizzle stick” that sucks the sulfites from a glass...
2015 Midwest Winery Rankings
The Midwest wine industry continues to grow. The number of wineries in the 11 state area Midwest Wine Press covers rebounded strongly during 2014 after barely growing at all during 2013. During 2014, the...
Dean Volenberg Now at MU
Dean Volenberg, former extension agent with the University of Wisconsin in Door County, is now at the University of Missouri as a viticulture and winery operations specialist. According to a report from KFVS 12...
Would You Like A State Funded Wine Organization?
The state funded wine organizations, like those in Missouri, Indiana and Michigan, can be a tremendous boost to their local wine industries because of the marketing help and education they can provide to winemakers....
Dry Rosé – A Midwest Wine Industry Game Changer?
In the Midwest it’s sweeter wine that pays the winery bills. Unlike the east and west coasts, a clear majority of tasting room customers in our part of the world prefer to drink the sweet stuff. They have...