Turning the Tables on Robin Renken
By Carl Giavanti
Robin Renken is a wine writer creating content in multiple mediums with her husband, Michael. She holds a CSW (Certified Specialist of...
Wine Brands Find Traction with Consumers When They Take a Stand
Wine brands are becoming more open about company values as consumers
and social media users demand transparency.
By Kathleen Willcox
Political polarization has been increasing faster...
Filterable 100% Long-chain Arabic Gum Protects Color While Enhancing Wine’s Roundness...
Color is one of the consumer’s primary considerations when tasting wine, especially red wine. Whether a beginner or a wine connoisseur, consumers consciously or...
Wine Industry Sales Symposium Recap
The wine marketplace continues its post-pandemic shifts.
By Laurie Wachter
The August 24 Wine Industry Sales Symposium consisted of four sessions covering the value of DTC...
Should Wine Labels List Ingredients?
TTB is considering rule changes that would require ingredients
and nutritional information on wine labels.
By Jeff Siegel
The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...
More Wineries Prefer Dry Steam to Ozone for Sanitation and Water...
Piper Underbrink grew up working cows on her family’s 4600-acre cattle ranch, learning about art from her musician mother and wine from her lifelong...
Dowsers: Vintners Embrace the Ancient Art for Finding Water
Once deemed witchcraft, dowsing locates underground water sources via a guiding instrument, such as a willow branch, metal rods or pendulum.
By L.M. Archer
As climate...
Where DTC Sales Are Slowing to a Trickle, Where They’re Surging...
Two key reports on direct-to-consumer (DTC) wines sales have been released, and their findings make for fascinating — if, at times, alarming — reading.
By...
Top 5 Considerations When Choosing a Wine Fulfillment Solution
When selecting a wine fulfillment company to partner with there are several factors to consider. Wineries are looking for a reliable and trustworthy solution...
Easy-to-Use Greenhouse Gas Calculator Goes to Work Down Under
As the New Zealand and Australian wine industries look to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a simple tool, designed in California, is helping...
Turning the Tables on Anna Maria Giambanco DiPietro
By Carl Giavanti
Anna Maria Giambanco DiPietro is a writer based in Santa Barbara County, Calif. With her WSET 2 with distinction certificate in tow, she...
Will Space Grapes Change the Future of Agriculture?
The headline question sounds hyperbolic. Let’s put it in context.
By Kathleen Willcox
Since life began on earth about 4.5 billion years ago, almost everything —...
Precision Lab Testing Made Easy by Innovative Wave Spectrophotometer and Pre-Programmed...
As the 2022 harvest ramps up in earnest, BSG Wine, a leading winemaking ingredients and product supply group headquartered in the Napa Valley since 2007,...
Employment Update: Finding Good People in the Wine Industry
Job seekers look for more as the pandemic's
curb on jobs lingers.
By Laurie Wachter
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted lives and livelihoods across industries and countries....
Op Ed: Have Alternative Style Wines Become Tiresome?
Today's cutting-edge wines are more terroir-expressive than the usual commercial styles. What I don't get, though, is how formulaic it's all become.
By Randy Caparoso
I...