Save The Family Farms is a Napa Valley 501(3) non-profit created and run by a group of owner-occupied grape growers and so-called "micro-producers," many of whom produce less than 1,000 cases each yea...
By Paul Vigna
Keri Tawney has overseen marketing and events at Delille Cellars in Washington, about 20 miles northeast of Seattle, for five years. For several of those she was the marketing department...
By Carl Giavanti, Carl Giavanti Consulting
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers. We hope you’ll discover...
Thomas Grandperrin of UAV-IQ Precision Agriculture
Grape growers are facing increased threats from invasive insect pests. The issue with those non-native species is that there are often no naturally...
Josh McKinney, CEO
Ekos, a business management software for wineries, asked winemakers to give themselves a grade (A+ to F) on how well they utilize technology in their business. This question, as well...
Cannabis-infused beverages are one of the most innovative and fastest-growing market segments within the cannabis industry. The segment shares the most in common with the wine industry consumption occasions,...
Want to know how your wines stack up against those in your particular AVA? Getting together and arranging a group tasting has always been a great idea, but the current pandemic, and the fact that it’s...
When disaster strikes, you do what comes naturally. And when you’ve been around as a viable business since 1861, there’s some deep-rooted innate corporate wisdom that rises to the fore, ready to fight...
By Carl Giavanti, Carl Giavanti Consulting
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers. We hope you’ll discover...
The Lightning Complex, or LMU fire, came earlier this year than Sonoma and Napa had experienced in recent years, so many of the vineyards had hanging fruit. A few whites had been harvested and early ripening...
