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Young Winemakers Paving the Way for Development of Industry in Eastern U.S.
By Elizabeth Hans McCrone Frank Morgan Frank Morgan thinks the way he got into wine isn’t much of a story, but he’s wrong. It began more than a decade ago, when he was on a nine month long project for...
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Acquisitions Impact on North Coast Grape Growers Hard to Predict Due to Market "Hesitation"
Impacts from Fires Still Unknown but Believed to Be Minimal. Glenn Proctor has been in the business of predicting market trends for the wine industry for thirty plus years, and he’s seen his share of ups...
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Pét Nat Wines: A Fresh Look at an Old Style for 2017 and Beyond
Contrary to popular belief, Dom Pérignon was not the first monk in France to discover the magic between wine fermentation and carbon dioxide to create the bubbles in a bottle that led to champagne.
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Experts Fear Global Wine Industry Lags Dangerously Behind in Embracing Social Media
“We have to understand this … that in 25 years, there won’t be people alive who have lived without it.”
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Wine in Cans Shifting Consumer Perceptions, Especially Among Millennial Drinkers
The classic “wine snob” model, epitomized by images of cork sniffing connoisseurs spending lavish amounts of money on bottles culled from famous European cellars, may well be making way for consumers embracing...
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It’s What’s in the Bottle That Counts … Or Is It?
The Role of Texture in Wine Packaging. The lab supervisor of a well-known Sonoma County winery approached me recently with a lovely bottle of Cote des Roses by producer Gerard Bertrand...
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Free or Discounted Wine Tasting Options Vanishing in Sonoma County
Industry Follows Napa’s Lead in Charging Premium Prices for ‘High End’ Experiences
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New Website Provides 'One Stop Shop' for Grape and Bulk Wine Transactions
by Elizabeth Hans McCrone You wouldn’t necessarily identify Atlanta, GA as the hub of wine industry technology activities, but that’s exactly where Justin Charbonneau launched his brainchild, GrapeConnect;...
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State and Federal Legislative Priorities Key Topics at WIN Expo
With the election dust settling, wine industry officials are working to refocus their efforts on a host of regulations, laws and policies certain to affect the wine business at both state and federal levels...
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Sophisticated Monitoring System Can Detect Temperature Damage to Wine in Transit
No one knows exactly how much wine may become damaged due to temperature fluctuations during transport, but data collected by a savvy entrepreneur suggest the problem is much more widespread than commonly...