Owen Valley Winery Owners aim for sustainable, community-focused winery – AgriNews

Owners aim for sustainable, community-focused winery – AgriNews.

Gourmet Food + Craft Beer = Ames Foodies & Brew- Travel Iowa

Gourmet Food Craft Beer = Ames Foodies & Brew.

Rain Impacts Indiana Vineyards

Another informative post on Indiana wine by Howard Hewitt!

Howard W. Hewitt

Indiana’s corn and soybean crops have sustained $475 million in rain and flood damage this summer according to Purdue University agriculture economists. Indiana’s grape crop and vineyards haven’t escaped the soggy summer woes either.

The rains have hurt vineyards most in Central Indiana while southern vines have been spared. “All the rain this year has made it especially difficult to control diseases,” said Bruce Bordelon, Purdue Professor of Horticulture and specialist in commercial grape and wine production. He said many vineyards avoided disease problems thanks to a dry month of May.

Purdue’s Bruce Bordelon

“But, I’ve seen a tremendous amount of anthracnose (leaf spots and blotches) and black rot. Shocking to see it so bad,” Bordelon said. “In some cases, it is due to a poor spray program, but in others, it is due to high disease pressure. We’ve had too many rains too close together to maintain adequate fungicide…

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Crown Brewing to can more craft beer: The Times of Northwest Indiana

Crown Brewing to can more craft beer.

The Price is Right? – Hour Detroit Magazine

The Price is Right? – Hour Detroit.

Report: Beer provides $10.8 billion economic impact in Ohio – The Beer Blog – Ohio

Report: Beer provides $10.8 billion economic impact in Ohio – The Beer Blog – Ohio.

Beer = Jobs! To see the entire Beer Serves America report, go to http://www.beerservesamerica.org/. Beer Serves America is a biennual economic impact study commissioned by the Beer Institute and National Beer Wholesalers Association.

Indiana hops jump starting region beers: The Times of Northwest Indiana

Indiana hops jump starting region beers.

Profile of Great Fermentations of Indiana: IndianaOnTap.com

My latest article on IndianaOnTap.com posted Friday. It is a profile of Great Fermentations of Indiana, the largest beer and wine-making supply shop in the state.

Here is the link to my IOT post: http://www.indianaontap.com/news/great-fermentations-your-homebrewing-one-stop-shop

If you liked that story, you can check out my earlier posts on Indiana On Tap: http://www.indianaontap.com/news/wildrose-brewing-company-coming-to-griffith

http://www.indianaontap.com/news/saint-john-malt-brothers-a-welcome-addition-to-growing-northern-indiana-brewing-community#comments

Cheers!

Crown Brewing takes home three medals at Indiana Brewers Cup: The Times of Northwest Indiana

Crown Brewing takes home three medals at Indiana Brewers Cup.

Great Expectorations: Wine Blog- Hour Detroit Magazine

A fun post by Cortney Casey, on the art…and sometimes the necessity, of wine spitting.

Great Expectorations.