Warehouse Winery News

 
 
 

Warehouse Winery’s St. Croix wins
Bronze at the 2010 Mid-American
Wine Competition


Warehouse Winery also brings home a Silver Award for Best Label

link to 2010 Mid-American winners

 
 
 
 

Twin Cities Wine Sommelier + Chef
Review Minnesota Wine

Minneapolis’s favorite wine gal, Leslee Miller of Amuseewine.com & her favorite Twin Cities Chef, Mike Shannon of Cooks of Crocus Hill, team up to review Minnesota Wine - Warehouse Winery.

 
 
 
 

Channel 12
News Story
In the Garden: Growing vines that
lead to wines

If anyone knows how much a chore yard work can be, it’s Billy Smith…

link to story / video


 
 
 
 

AM1280 The Patriot
Radio Interview
1st Annual Organic Food & Music Summerfest

listen (MP3)

AM1280 The Patriot Website

 
 
 
 

Minneapolis - St. Paul StarTribune
Grape expectations

A winemaker in a stately old neighborhood in Wayzata transformed his suburban yard into a miniature Napa of the North.

link to article

 
 
 
 

METRO Magazine
Wayzata’s Winemaker

It’s mid-afternoon, and the summer sun is a bear. Standing in the immaculate rows of his 400-vine vineyard that he planted in the backyard of his Wayzata home in spring 2008, Billy Smith is ambivalent to the heat. He’s excited and has lots to talk about, so a little sweat and squinting are of no concern.

link to article

 
 
 
 

Lakeshore Weekly News
A passon for wine and vines

Remnants of the old farming days can be found scattered around the west metro where landowners have resisted the urge to sell or subdivide.

link to article

 
 
 
 

8/31/2009 — Warehouse Winery awarded International Cold Climate Wine Competition 2009 Silver Medal: 2007 Frontenac-Petite Sirah-Syrah



International Cold Climate Wine Competition - 2009 Minnesota State Fair

Winemakers using grapes grown in cold climates will have the opportunity to enter a new professionally judged international wine competition as part of the 2009 Minnesota State Fair.

The first-of-its-kind competition is a partnership between the Minnesota Grape Growers Association, the State Fair and the University of Minnesota, where several of the cold-hardy wine grapes were developed.

link for more information