Community members were invited to pick grapes at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. The annual event picks enough grapes to produce more than 250 cases of wine.
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Ackerman Winery enlisted the public’s help Sunday to harvest dandelion heads that will be used to make the Amana winery’s dandelion wine. Participants were paid $8 per one gallon of dandelions. The winery hoped to gather 100 gallons of them Sunday.
In an industry not culturally known for its accessibility, Lubben Vineyards & Wines leaves pretension at the door. And, by some measures, consumers are taking notice.
Prohibition, a mammoth blizzard, herbicide drift damaged Iowa vines during 20th century
Iowa specialty crops, including hazelnuts, melons and cold-hardy red wine, got a boost this week with $300K in federal money awarded by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
One of the first guidelines of wine tasting is that there are no rules — just suggestions.
Beekeeping inspired the opening of Cherry Meadow
Sales of native wines -- the wines produced at about 100 Iowa wineries -- were down 32 percent last year. But with COVID-19 restrictions easing, Iowa wineries are preparing for a busy summer and, in some cases, expanding.
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