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A Little Lighter: New Glass Alternatives Lower Shipping Costs, Carbon Footprints
“We’ve done enough carbon dating, now may be the time to break up.” —Randall Grahm By Laura Ness   Glass is heavy, resource intensive to produce and costly to ship. It’s the biggest contributor to...
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Cork Harvest 101: Cork Supply Brings Harvest to Life on California Campuses
The bark of a cork tree can only be harvested once every nine years, so opportunities for such demonstrations are few and far between. By Skyler Christie   On Tuesday, May 28, Cork Supply, an international...
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Wine Industry Network Founder George Christie Presented with Innovator’s Award
Wine Industry Network (WIN) founder and CEO George Christie recently received the Innovator Award at the 10th Anniversary Sonoma County Barrel Auction By Kathleen Willcox    Innovation is a cousin...
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Innovation and Education: Sonoma State University’s Ray Johnson Retires
Visionary leader of Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute is ready for his next chapter. By Jeff Siegel   Ray Johnson, Sonoma State University Ask Ray Johnson what he’ll miss the most...
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WineAmerica’s D.C. Fly-In: 42 Members, 83 Meetings, New Officers
Earlier this month, more than 40 people from wineries, winery associations and suppliers (representing 15 different states) traveled to our nation’s capital for direct contact with their legislators. By...
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Registration Open for Growing Forward Session 2
Second Session Discussion Around Emerging Irrigation Practices and Technologies in the Vineyard Healdsburg, CA (May 22, 2024)  – Wine Industry Network (WIN) has opened registration for Growing Forward,...
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Wish You Were Here: Notes from the 2024 Wine Sales Symposium
Insights from the 2024 Wine Sales Symposium, produced by Wine Industry Network (WIN) By Alexandra Russell and Laurie Wachter On Thursday, May 16, more than 300 attendees showed up for the 2024 Wine Sales...
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Uncorking Success: Highlights from the 2024 Wine Sales Symposium
May 17, 2024 (Healdsburg, CA) – The 2024 Wine Sales Symposium, produced by Wine Industry Network (WIN), proved to be an unparalleled platform for learning, networking, charting the course towards success...
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Wine and Basketball: Brands Partner with the NBA and WNBA to Attract New Fans
Leveraging the decades-long link between basketball and wine to attract new consumers By Kathleen Willcox  The business of selling anything, from widgets to wine, to a younger generation often requires...
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Staying True: Wine Brands Preserve Heritage Without Their Legacy Becoming Stale
The values that heritage wine brands have held from the beginning are embedded into the way they do things — but they can evolve. By Fabio Molinaro   The wine sector is full of historical vineyards...