Midwest Winery Rankings by State
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.)...
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Great Lakes Grape Growers Grapple with Freezing Nights
Editors note: This story was updated Wednesday morning and was originally posted Tuesday morning, March 27th 2012 Arnie Esterer of Markko Vineyard in Conneaut, Ohio, near Lake Erie, reported temperatures of 23 degrees in...
Arnie Esterer: Father of Ohio’s Vinifera Adventure
‘We tasted a lot of wines and I wanted [to grow] something I could drink with my dinner,” Arnie Esterer, owner of Markko Vineyard in Conneaut, Ohio replied when asked why he started Markko...