As Minnesota’s wine industry grows like a vine through the state, the Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA) is introducing its first “passport program” to sweeten deals on wine tastings ...

A federal judge has struck down a Minnesota law that required wineries in the frosty state to use mostly Minnesota-grown grapes, in a v. U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright ruled Monday that the ...

Vintner Nan Bailly has been making wine since 1977. In 1980, as a way to support agro-tourism and provide farms with an avenue to diversify, Minnesota passed the Farm Winery Act, which mandates ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A lawsuit that challenges current Minnesota laws stipulating that wineries here must user a majority of Minnesota-grown grapes is moving forward. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court ...

When Alexis Bailly Vineyard in Hastings and Northern Vineyards in Stillwater opened the first wineries in Minnesota in the mid-1970s, the concept was astounding. Minnesota’s harsh, unpredictable ...

There are over 40 wineries listed with Minnesota Grown www.minnesotagrown.com Events abound and wine trails are set up. I can tell you that after the experience in the garden I had last night (and ...

A federal appeals court has struck down a Minnesota law requiring wineries here to use mostly Minnesota-grown grapes in their wine, a victory for producers who have been fighting the rule for years.

MINNEAPOLIS — Two Minnesota wineries sued the state Tuesday to try to overturn a law that requires them to make their products with a majority of grapes grown in Minnesota, a state that’s ...

Editor’s Note (9/3/20): A federal court ruled this week in favor of the two wineries that challenged the legality of Minnesota’s restrictions on grape content. Alexis Bailly Vineyards of ...