Afternoon Brief, September 30

Afternoon Brief
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
TRENDING STORY
Worker Accused of Starting the Pickett Fire Pleads Not Guilty
Juan Luis Gutierrez Marfil, 45, of Napa, pleaded not guilty on Sept. 9 in Napa County Superior Court to a felony charge of “recklessly causing a fire of a structure or forest” along with a special allegation because the losses exceed $6 million…
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TODAY’S NEWS
Last Call in Wine Country
At the end of September, with news of bankruptcies and foreclosures swirling around California wine country, McManis Family Vineyards in Lodi, one of the last of the state’s producers to make quality wine for less than $15, put itself up for sale—the brand, 3,500 acres, and production facilities capable of bottling as many as 3 million cases a year…
18th Annual World Bulk Wine Exhibition Highlights Adaptability & Innovation Within a Challenging Global Marketplace
For the past eighteen years, wine professionals from every corner of the world have been traveling to Amsterdam to attend one of the most critical annual events for producers and buyers of bulk wine and spirits across all sectors of the global marketplace…
Metis Case Study: Gramercy Cellars
Few Washington wineries have earned the sustained critical recognition of Gramercy Cellars. Founded in Walla Walla in 2005 by Master Sommelier Greg Harrington and Pam Harrington, the winery has received more than 300 scores of 90 points or higher from the world’s leading critics and has been named to Wine & Spirits’ “Top 100 Wineries in the World” eleven times…
Napa Valley Harvest Report: Harvest Winds Down
Breaking Ground on the New Sunridge Nurseries Laboratory
Napa Valley Vintners Supports Students and Working Families with $1.2 Million for Afterschool Programs
Making Smoke-Tainted Wine More Appealing
Newly Reopened East Bay Wine Caves Serve as Portals to History
After 16 Years, Monterey County Supervisors Advance Agricultural and Winery Corridor Plan
Limerick Lane Cellars Marks 40th Harvest at Historic Russian River Valley Estate
Chehalem Expands Estate with Acquisition of Neighboring Winery
Del Rio Vineyard Estate and Ken Wright Cellars Lead Oregon Wine’s Breast Cancer Fundraising Efforts
Asian Wine Association of America Partners with Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company to Celebrate AAPI Culture Through Dance & Wine
Sell-Out Women in Wine National Symposium Encourages Focus on Practical Industry Action
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PEOPLE
Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson Left Wall Street for Wine Country
The Duckhorn Portfolio Announces Executive Leadership Appointments
In Memoriam: Michael (Mikey) Norman Donahue
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SUPPLIER NEWS
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Taste, Test, Learn: New California Law Gives Wineries a Powerful Consumer Research Tool
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Amorim Puts Excise-Duty Stamps on Corks to Pull the Duty Capsules Off Wine Bottles
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VINEYARD & WINERY
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