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Five Companies Receive 2021 WINnovation Awards for Wine Industry Innovations
Wineries and grape growers constantly face new trends, challenges, and continued pressure to stay ahead of the competition and adapt to new consumer demands....
Vivelys Innovations Support Sustainable Viticulture and Winemaking
To reveal the best of each vintage and the perfect aromatic balance, Vivelys draws on unparalleled expertise in harvest planning and the interaction between wine, oak...
ARTICLES
As East Coast Wine Industry Grows, So Too Wine Education Programs
New community college programs provide practical training in skills required by local wine industry.
—Robin Shreeves
The East Coast wine industry is growing—and finding itself increasingly...
Experts Answer—How to Boost your Bulk Wine Business
This Expert Q & A features Caterina Tucci, executive MBA at ESADE, who will be speaking at this year's WINExpo, scheduled for December 2,...
Who Are the Thracians and Why Wine Was an Integral Part...
The Thracians are an ethno-cultural community veiled in mystery. They settled on the Balkan Peninsula - the lands of present-day Bulgaria and parts of...
Flash Deténte and Cryo-Maceraction Save Tough Vintages
How high-tech, intervention winemaking can actually boost wine quality.
—Kathleen Willcox
Advocates of low-intervention winemaking posit a wine should be an expression of all the good...
Terraview Delivers Accurate Yield Estimation for the Wine World
2021 is projected to be the year with historically lowest global wine production due to unfavorable weather in Europe's wine-growing regions.
This year the production...
NEWS RELEASES
Fiddlehead Cellars Embarks on Next Chapter with Sale of Prized Fiddlestix...
(November 24, 2021; Lompoc, CA)—After more than two decades of owning, farming and making wine from the iconic Fiddlestix Vineyard, Kathy Joseph, proprietor and...
Napa Valley’s Silverado Farming Company Names Mary Maher Director of Company Culture...
November 24th - Napa, CA – Mary Maher has been named Director of Company Culture and Strategic Development at Silverado Farming Company, where, for...
Sonoma Sustainable Tourism Observatory Signs Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in...
(Date: November 23, 2021) – Wine-tourism authors Pamela Lanier and Jessica Hughes announced today that their organization, the Sonoma Sustainable Tourism Observatory, has become a signatory of...
CAWG Applauds Repeal of Disruptive Farming Laws in India
California’s Sikh Farmers Celebrate Success of Yearlong Protest Against Attempted Agricultural Market Reforms in India
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 23, 2021 – For the past year, India’s farmers...
The WBWE Has Been the First International Wine Fair to Take...
The 13th WBWE (World Bulk Wine Exhibition) has gathered 265 wineries from 15 countries and buyers from 57 different nationalities. The WBWE21 has been the first international wine fair to...
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How Patz & Hall Achieves Efficient, High Quality Whole Cluster Pressing...
Background: Expanding capacity for a growing Chardonnay program
Patz & Hall’s highly regarded Chardonnays gain much of their acclaim from...
Parsec’s Aphromate Plus Automates Charmat Sparkling Wine Production
ATPGroup and their trusted partner Parsec move into the US sparkling wine production market. Introducing Aphromate Plus which offers an...
Vivelys Innovations Support Sustainable Viticulture and Winemaking
To reveal the best of each vintage and the perfect aromatic balance, Vivelys draws on unparalleled expertise in harvest planning and...
Casa Cristal Nursery Grows Long-Lasting Partnerships
Casa Cristal Nursery was incorporated in 1990 after years of propagating and growing vines for their sister companies. With...
Innovative SaaS Company Takes Text Message Marketing to Exciting New Level
Connecting with customers in an era marked by a pandemic and rapidly shifting business landscape has never been more...
AFTERNOON BRIEF
Afternoon Brief, November 24th
The WBWE Has Been the First International Wine Fair to Take Place in the West in 2021: The 13th WBWE (World Bulk Wine Exhibition) brought together 265 wineries from 15 different countries and received more than 4000 professional visitors from 57 nationalities...
Afternoon Brief, November 23rd
2019 St. Anne’s Crossing “Shumahi” Primitivo Takes Best of Show for Sonoma Valley at 2021 Harvest Challenge Competition: The Sonoma Valley AVA took the big prize at the 2021 Harvest “Terroir” Challenge, the only competition to judge wines by American Viticultural Area...
Afternoon Brief, November 22nd
Dominus Estate Named Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, today announced Dominus Estate Napa Valley 2018 as the 2021 Wine of the Year...
Afternoon Brief, November 19th
Washington’s Protectionist Wine Shipping Laws Put Damper on Holiday Gift Giving: Washingtonians during the upcoming holiday season will once again have to forgo giving wine as a gift to their family and friends in the Evergreen State due to archaic and protectionist laws that ban the shipment of most wines into the state...
Afternoon Brief, November 18th
Five Companies Receive 2021 WINnovation Awards for Wine Industry Innovations: Each year wineries and grape growers face new trends, new challenges, and the continued pressure to stay ahead of the competition or adapt to new consumer behavior and demands...
