Road Trip! The Charming Wineries of Canal Country and Southern Ohio
by Claudia J. Taller The Ohio and Erie Canal; it was over 300 miles long, and connected Lake Erie in the north, to the Ohio River at Cincinnati, in the […]
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 […]
Fine Dining at Ohio’s Destination Wineries
by Rich Warren Many Ohio wineries offer casual culinary fare; some operate full-scale restaurants and offer fine dining experiences. I visited six Ohio wineries, personally vetted their dining and tasting […]
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 […]
SILVER LINING: The 2020 Vintage Will Produce Exceptional Wines from Ohio’s Vineyards
By Gary Twining and Mark Fisher 2020 and its dastardly pandemic delivered blow after cruel blow to Ohio wineries, wreaking havoc in winery tasting rooms and forcing the cancellation of […]
Ohio wineries display resilience, ingenuity in face of pandemic
By Mark Fisher The coronavirus pandemic and the corresponding restrictions on large gatherings, as well as the social-distancing requirements in restaurants and tasting rooms, have created considerable hardship for the […]
Ohio Wines Score Two More Big Upsets in San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
It may not rival the Judgment in Paris, but Ohio wines scored a couple of huge upsets and turned heads – again – at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. […]
5 Ohio Wineries Snag ‘Scenic Ohio’ Awards
By Paris Wolfe In 2009, when Ted Swaldo bought a 55-acre farm in Canton, he shook hands with the former owner and promised that he would preserve its beauty. True […]
Wine Country, Ohio
To gain insight into why Ohio’s winery scene is flourishing, we got up close and personal with some of the state’s recent entries (and re-entries) into that scene. The stories […]