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Growing Forward Recap: Preparing for the Risk Factors of Smoke &...
Experts weigh in on preventive steps and mitigation methods for wildfire impacted vines.
By Alexandra Russell
On July 27, 2022, Wine Industry Network hosted its most...
Staying on Top of Logistics Changes and Demands in the Wine...
The ability to stay on top of current changes and identify challenges facing the wine community early is critical for any business success. We, G3...
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Easy-to-Use Greenhouse Gas Calculator Goes to Work Down Under
As the New Zealand and Australian wine industries look to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a simple tool, designed in California, is helping...
Turning the Tables on Anna Maria Giambanco DiPietro
By Carl Giavanti
Anna Maria Giambanco DiPietro is a writer based in Santa Barbara County, Calif. With her WSET 2 with distinction certificate in tow, she...
Will Space Grapes Change the Future of Agriculture?
The headline question sounds hyperbolic. Let’s put it in context.
By Kathleen Willcox
Since life began on earth about 4.5 billion years ago, almost everything —...
Employment Update: Finding Good People in the Wine Industry
Job seekers look for more as the pandemic's
curb on jobs lingers.
By Laurie Wachter
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted lives and livelihoods across industries and countries....
Op Ed: Have Alternative Style Wines Become Tiresome?
Today's cutting-edge wines are more terroir-expressive than the usual commercial styles. What I don't get, though, is how formulaic it's all become.
By Randy Caparoso
I...
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Vino Vargas Celebrates the Start of 2022 Harvest
Harvest of Sparkling Wine Grapes Begins!
Paso Robles, CA, 8/12/22 – Sparkling wine producer Vino Vargas kicked off its 2022 grape harvest season with an...
43rd Annual Mendocino County Fair Wine Competition Awards
Friday, August 12, 2022 — Distinguished wine judges gathered in Mendocino County’s beautiful Anderson Valley to judge the 43rd annual Mendocino County Fair Wine...
Santa Barbara Vintners Festival Returns for 38th Year
Santa Barbara Wine Country Honored as Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Region of the Year
Santa Barbara, CA, July 12, 2022 – One of California’s most highly anticipated...
First Annual Chicago-Based Clink Wine & Spirits Festival Dedicated to Women...
CHICAGO, IL (August 11, 2022) – CLINK Festival founders, Chrishon Lampley, owner of Love Cork Screw wines and Joyce Dawkins, founder of She ROCKS It...
Visit Napa Valley, Napa Valley Vintners, and the County of Napa...
Submission Deadline: September 9, 2022--No Cost to Enter
August 10, 2022 – Napa Valley, CA – Together, the Napa Valley Great Wine Capitals delegation, comprised of...
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Precision Lab Testing Made Easy by Innovative Wave Spectrophotometer and Pre-Programmed...
As the 2022 harvest ramps up in earnest, BSG Wine, a leading winemaking ingredients and product supply group headquartered in...
Beyond Cork Taint, Diam Enables Winemakers to Master How Oxygen Permeability...
The proper control of O2 levels lies at the heart of modern oenology
When winemakers put the cork in a...
“One-Stop-Shop” Wine Industry Supplier Is Geared Up for 2022 Harvest and...
Caylee Rojas doesn’t have one job title – she has three. But then, where she works, multiple roles in...
Staying on Top of Logistics Changes and Demands in the Wine...
The ability to stay on top of current changes and identify challenges facing the wine community early is critical...
Want to Know Your Customers Better? Play a Game with Them!
How well do you know your wine customers? Do you know what “Dry” means to them? Do you know...
AFTERNOON BRIEF
Afternoon Brief, August 12th
More North Coast Winery Website Lawsuits End Without Settlements: More than half the dozens of recent federal lawsuits brought by one Florida man against North Coast wineries over accessibility of their websites have been dismissed, including nearly two dozen in the past 30 days. And more of these are getting resolved without settlements...
Afternoon Brief, August 11th
Hitler-Themed Wine for Sale in Supermarkets Sparks Outrage: Wine bottles featuring an image of Adolf Hitler on their labels have sparked outrage, after it was reported that they were being sold in supermarkets...
Afternoon Brief, August 10th
Wine Direct Shipping Ebbs but Remains Above Pre-Pandemic Levels, Report Says: Consumers who moved to getting wine shipped directly to their homes when they couldn’t or were reluctant to visit the vintners or enjoy a glass in restaurants and bars appear to be still doing so to some degree two and a half years since the pandemic began, according to a new report...
Afternoon Brief, August 9th
Sonoma Valley’s 2022 Grape Harvest Begins: The Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance (SVVGA), a non-profit trade association representing more than 100 wineries and 140 grape growers in the Sonoma Valley, is excited to announce the start of the 2022 wine grape harvest in the Sonoma Valley, with multiple grape picks taking place in both the Los Carneros and Sonoma Valley AVAs (American Viticulture Areas)...
Afternoon Brief, August 8th
Just when the Napa Valley tourism industry seems to be recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, the city of Napa has been hit with an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease…
