Minnesota Wine Industry
Wine Links
- Cold Hardy Grapes, University of Minnesota.
- Forestedge Winery, LaPorte, Minnesota - Although homemade wine often relies on berries and other fruit, there are few commercial wineries built around those wines. Enter Forestedge Winery, which grows, ferments and bottles fruit wines as varied as rhubarb, blueberry, strawberry, chokecherry and sumac.
- Grape Industry in Minnesota & Wisconsin Survey Results, Iowa State University Extension, 2007.
- Horticultural Research Center, University of Minnesota - The work of the grape-breeding program at this research center addresses the most pressing need: appropriate wine grape cultivars.
- Minnesota Alcohol & Gambling Enforcement - Provides background information on laws pertaining to wine production in Minnesota.
- Minnesota Grape Growers Association - This association was formed in 1976 to further the art and science of growing grapes in cold climates. The Association sponsors workshops, tours, tastings of locally produced wines and an important annual symposium on cold climate viticulture featuring speakers from the United States, Canada and Europe.
- Minnesota Wineries & Vineyard Directory
- A Planning Guide for Prospective Wineries in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Food Processing Center, 2004.
Links checked June 2011.
