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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Minnesota wine was laughable about a decade ago. Now, even experts in the country's top wine regions are taking notice. Not that long ago, $30 would be considered too much to pay for a bottle of ...

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 ...