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Sojourn Cellars of Sonoma, California Wins First Place in International 2019...
(Sonoma, CALIF) – Sojourn Cellars of Sonoma, California won first place in the 2019 Wine Spectator Video Contest this week with the video entitled...
2019 North Coast Wine & Weed Symposium Session Content Available Now
Dates for 2020 symposium announced
Healdsburg, CA, September 11th, 2019 – Expert speakers from both the cannabis and wine industry tackled the latest topics surrounding...
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Asking for Testimonials
Providing a good experience for guests takes time and attention and may not be easy on busy days. However, when you have the opportunity...
Should Tasting Fees Be Waived with Purchase?
I was discussing with my friend Karyn Howard Smith from Bryn Mawr Winery in Oregon whether tasting fees should be waived with a purchase...
Turning the Tables on Erin James
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” ” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers. We hope you’ll discover more about the wine writers you know, and learn about many others.
Adoption of Innovative Winemaking Method Continues Advancement of Catoctin Breeze Wines
Catoctin Breeze Vineyard is settled in the hills along Route 15 in western Maryland, a few miles north of Frederick and in the vicinity of Camp David.
A New Breed of Wine Amphoras – Measured Porosity, Oxygen Transfer...
Amphoras have been used to ferment and age wine for thousands of years. And for thousands of years they served the wine community well. But as winemaking techniques and wine quality have evolved since, say, 6000 BC or so, the technology that goes into making amphoras has failed to keep up.
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The Cognac Classic Crawl Shakes Up Boston and Portland in October
Top Bars Offer Classic Cocktails Featuring the Spirit That Started It All: Cognac
The Cognac Geographical Indication brings its third-annual Cognac Classic Crawl to Boston,...
Calaveras Wineries Prepare for the 2019 Harvest Season
Behind the Scenes with Family Winery Teams, Vineyard Managers & Grape Stomp Planners
Murphys, CA - On Saturday, October 5th over 5000 people will attend...
Wine & Spirits Magazine Reveals Top 100 Wineries of 2019
Annual Top 100 Event Brings Highly Acclaimed Wines from Around the World to San Francisco, Benefitting San Francisco Baykeeper
Wine & Spirits Magazine has unveiled the...
Great Wine Capitals Global Network Announces the San Francisco | Napa...
NORTH AMERICAN INNOVATORS RECEIVE ACCOLADES FOR EXCELLENCE IN WINE TOURISM
Napa Valley, CA (Sept. 19, 2019) – As one of ten recognized Great Wine Capitals,...
English Translation of Attilio Scienza and Serena Imazio’s Bestseller on the...
The English translation of Italian nonfiction bestseller La Stirpe del Vino (Sperling & Kupfer) written by experts in vine genetics Attilio Scienza and Serena...
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Esteemed Finger Lakes Winery Embraces Innovative Vineyard & Production Software
A growing winery management software company with a unique and highly functional vineyard and cellar module, Process2Wine® is always on...
Large Scale Vineyards Now Reaping Huge Benefits from Innovative Bird Deterrence...
For more than 42 years, vineyard managers and growers have benefitted from revolutionary bird deterrence practices developed by Falcon...
Recruiting Top Wine Industry Talent in a Competitive Job Market
As the economy continues to thrive and the unemployment rates decline, it's become increasingly difficult for employers to attract...
GrapeConnect Now ‘a Real Force in the Industry’ for Grape, Bulk...
It was just three years ago that Justin Charbonneau first realized the need for a service that would give...
Groundbreaking Technology Changes the Face of Winemaking in Time for 2019...
Single Use Liner Reduces Use of Water, Sulfites. Eliminates the press.
The GOfermentor is used by many commercial wineries all over the...
AFTERNOON BRIEF
Afternoon Brief, September 20
North Coast Grape Growers Fear Tons of Fruit Will Be Left on the Vine Unsold: As he hustled around a flatbed trailer parked along the road earlier this week, Will Ivancovich was abuzz during the first day of grape picking for this years harvest at his Kenwood vineyard. Clad in a white fedora hat and with an unlit cigar dangling from his mouth, the 71-year-old Ivancovich easily kept up with the workers decades younger...
Afternoon Brief, September 19
Napa Planning Commission Asks for More Time to Study Bremer Winery Compliance: Bremer Family Winery, which has been a focus of thorny county code and permit controversies, ran into a delay as it works to come into compliance. The winery recently settled with Napa County over a lawsuit in which the county alleged a variety of illegalities, which the Bremers contested...
Afternoon Brief, September 18
Would New Fee Empower Wine Country Marketing Efforts? : Should Santa Barbara County wineries impose a two percent fee on each bottle sold to help pay for regional marketing efforts? The staff and board members of the Santa Barbara Vintners certainly believe so...
Afternoon Brief, September 17
Accountants Calling the Shots at Wineries: A cooper claims that reduced use of new oak in winemaking is a result of pressure from bean-counters...
Afternoon Brief, September 16
As Harvest Season Ramps Up, Napa Wineries Mindful of Carbon Dioxide Poisoning: Harvest season isn't just a hectic time for winemakers in the Napa Valley. It's also a busy stretch for wine country safety consultants, including Nicol Cadet-Cottam of Nicola Health and Safety. Among the major safety concerns for wineries is the possibility that workers could pass out in confined spaces, such as wine storage tanks or presses...
