You Want to Become a Winemaker or Need One?

Thinking of hiring a winemaker? Thinking of becoming a one or entering the industry? Today’s entry will make you think of the skills and attributes needed to make a go at it.
Selecting a winemaker, especially one that has good fruit winemaking experience is not an easy task. Most operators will probably wish and need to [...]

Mead proves one honey of a complex wine

By Dan and Krista Stockman
Forget everything you think you know about honey wine.
Because if you’re like us – or like we were until recently – you think that honey wine is heavy, sweet and simple.
A visit to New Day Meadery in Elwood changed our minds, and one taste of their light, complex wines will change [...]

Great Fruit Wine for Passover

By: Christine Picheca
I wanted wine recommendations for our Passover menus this month so I called up Anne Martin, our new wine writer, to ask her the dreaded question – know any good Kosher wines? Turns out, that’s not the loaded question it once was. Not only did she come up with three decent picks [...]

Man who made Sirince well known…

The story of the Artemis Sirince restaurant and winery began during a vacation trip in July, 1994. Walking along the cobblestone streets in a village surrounded by peach orchards, vineyards and olive groves, Helmut Hermann Krauss visited Turkey and became inspired by villagers selling handcrafts, olive oil and wines. Also, cafes and wine shops offered [...]

Man who made ?irince well known…

The story of the Artemis ?irince restaurant and winery began during a vacation trip in July, 1994. Walking along the cobblestone streets in a village surrounded by peach orchards, vineyards and olive groves, Helmut Hermann Krauss visited Turkey and became inspired by villagers selling handcrafts, olive oil and wines. Also, cafes and wine shops offered [...]

Man who made Şirince well known…

The story of the Artemis Şirince restaurant and winery began during a vacation trip in July, 1994. Walking along the cobblestone streets in a village surrounded by peach orchards, vineyards and olive groves, Helmut Hermann Krauss visited Turkey and became inspired by villagers selling handcrafts, olive oil and wines. Also, cafes and wine shops offered [...]

A Toast to a Fruit Winery’s Success

A Milton, Ontario winery has once again held its own at a recent wine competition, taking home numerous awards for its signature fruit wine.
Scotch Block Winery placed in several categories at the recent 2008 Wine Competition.
In best of show, the winery took Best Dry Fruit Wine, Best Dry/Medium Fruit Wine and Best Sweet Fruit Wine [...]

A Toast to a Fruit Winery’s Success

A Milton, Ontario winery has once again held its own at a recent wine competition, taking home numerous awards for its signature fruit wine.
Scotch Block Winery placed in several categories at the recent 2008 Wine Competition.
In best of show, the winery took Best Dry Fruit Wine, Best Dry/Medium Fruit Wine and Best Sweet Fruit Wine [...]

A Toast to a Fruit Winery’s Success

A Milton, Ontario winery has once again held its own at a recent wine competition, taking home numerous awards for its signature fruit wine.
Scotch Block Winery placed in several categories at the recent 2008 Wine Competition.
In best of show, the winery took Best Dry Fruit Wine, Best Dry/Medium Fruit Wine and Best Sweet Fruit Wine [...]

Fruit Wine is the Ultimate Niche Product

Contributing to about 1 percent of Oregon’s total wine production, non-grape fruit wine is the ultimate niche product.
The industry’s tiny size belies its major resurgence in recent years, however. After holding steady above 30,000 gallons in the early 2000s, non-grape wine production dipped to 18,900 gallons in 2003 but then shot up dramatically, according to [...]