A couple of weeks ago, I was in Indianapolis, Indiana...
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Indianapolis, Indiana for the Indy Horticultural Congress. An excellent source of information for anyone in the agriculture industry in the mid-west. I was...
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Here is a little winery that is close to my heart. Field Stone Fruit Wines, located near Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a winery that has grown tremendously in the last few years and won a lot of awards locally and internationally. The owners are committed to growing the best fruit ...
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News story from WDAY 6 NEWS: “It’s the best fruit wine in the world and its right here in North Dakota. An international award is putting Maple River Winery on the map and bringing regional agriculture with it.” The small winery here in Casselton beat out hundreds of other wineries ...
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Article written by: Sharat Pradhan of AFP LUCKNOW, India — Researchers in northern India say they have developed a wine made from mangoes that they hope might one day compete with the traditional grape-based variety. Scientists at the Central Institute of Subtropical Horticultural Research in Lucknow have produced wines using ...
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Here in Eastern Canada, we are in the middle of the peach harvest. Peaches can be a tricky fruit to grow and in the case of this harvest, although the weather has been ideal, just before harvest, we have very heavy rains and immediately after the rain, hot, dry weather. ...
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Here is a nice little article written by me and published in the Thailand Tatler magazine this month. Having planted an apple orchard on my property this summer, I am falling in love with the fruit and growing it and am now really appreciating what goes into its production and ...
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The media is full of neat articles on fruit wines these days. Obviously the time of the year. This particlular one written by Brice Stump of the Daily Times in Del mar is about a local winery thinking outside the box and producing something totally different. I have never made ...
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I came across a great article writen by Catherine M. Allchin of the Seattle Post that I wanted to share. There are a lot of fruits in season right now, so it seems like the perfect time to not only enjoy fruit based aperitifs but also to make them. A ...
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Dandelion wine, the ultimate in “home” winemaking. The flowers are often a nusance and we try very hard to get them off our lawns. An entire industry has been created to come up with various chemicals and tools to get rid of these pesky plants. Personally, I quite like the ...
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A great article by Amy Thielen of the Star Tribune. Makes me want to drive down to Minnesota and do a little fruit wine touring… The taste of northern Minnesota comes through in the fruit flavors of Forestedge Winery, just as you can divine the story of the land, or ...
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