Sparkling Wines: The Toast of Ohio
Ohio has long been known for its sparkling wines. From the 1830s through the 1850s, sparkling Catawba, grown by Nicholas Longworth on the Cincinnati hillside of Mount Adams, was sold […]
Ohio Wine Competition Showcases Buckeye State’s Best
Wineries That “Grow Their Own” Sweep Top Awards The results of the 2024 Ohio Wine Competition brought wide smiles to the faces of Ohio wine industry leaders and further validated […]
The Grapevine: Profiles in Winemaking
DAVID SMITH, head winemaker Gervasi Vineyard – Canton, Ohio gervasivineyard.com What ignited your passion for wine and winemaking? DS: Well, in 2006, I got a biochemistry degree from a […]
Rosé All Day, in the Ohio Way
by Gary Twining Fresh and fruity, crisp and bright; rosé is a deliciously flexible, food-friendly wine that should be served chilled. It’s produced in a range of lovely pink hues […]
Ohio Wine Competition Crowns Hanover Winery Red the “Best in Ohio”
Record number of entries for second straight year demonstrates vitality of Ohio wine industry by Mark Fisher Marquette is no longer just a university in Wisconsin. It’s now the best […]
To Pick or Not to Pick?
Timing the Harvest by Gary Twining In Ohio, and everywhere, winemaking is all about preserving the quality of the fruit from vine to wine, ensuring the wine reflects the best […]
Getting to Know Ohio and French-American Hybrid Varietals
by Gary Twining French-American hybrids are crosses between the wild American grape and the European species. They were called French-American hybrids because most of the breeding work was done in […]
Donniella Winchell, Ohio Wine Advocate, Four Decades and Counting
by Mark Fisher No one has worked harder or longer to put Ohio wines and wineries “on the map” – inside and outside of the Buckeye State – than Donniella […]
Northern Ohio Winery Roundup
by Claudia J. Taller When you tour a winery, you have a unique opportunity to experience the creative energy, hard work and determination that turns a great vision, into a […]
Fine Sparkling Wines, Other Than Champagne
By Gary Twining While the finest quality Champagne is generally acknowledged as the most elite, complex sparkler produced on the planet, there are many other “sparkling” options, available at a […]
