Managing Risk with Crop Insurance
The economic stability of the U.S. agriculture as a whole as well as the individual vineyard and grower is promoted through the system of...
Afternoon Brief, January 7
Jackson Family's Banke: 'I'd love to buy in Burgundy': Jackson Family Wines chairman Barbara Banke is determined to purchase an estate in Burgundy to sit alongside a growing list of properties around the world, she said in an exclusive interview for the latest issue of Decanter magazine...
Afternoon Brief, December 31
Australia's wine 'cheaper than a bottle of water': It depends what wine you're looking at and where you get your bottled water, but on some big retailers' shelves in Australia it's not too hard today to find water that is more expensive than wine...
Afternoon Brief, December 15
Wine Country vintners turn to truffles: On the edge of his Sonoma vineyard aptly named Scintilla, vintner Robert Sinskey has yanked out grapevines to make room for a few hundred oak and filbert trees. Its all part of a daring venture that may come to fruition or folly as early as next winter...
Afternoon Brief, December 10
Silicon Valley Bank Annual Wine Conditions Survey Results: 82% of wineries reported overall financial health of "good" or better for 2014. This is up 7% over the previous year. This trend is expected to continue as the grapes from three strong harvests (2012,2013, and 2014) make their way into the market...
Afternoon Brief, November 24
‘Great Napa Valley wines will rival Bordeaux First Growths’: Moet-Hennessy Estates & Wine CEO:
Jean-Guillaume Prats, Moet-Hennessy Estates and Wine CEO, says he believes great wine produced in Californias Napa Valley will rival the finest Bordeaux in future years...
New C1 Mobile Disinfection Cart on display at The North Coast...
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The latest and greatest in highly effective, affordable ozone disinfection solutions for winery and brewing...
Afternoon Brief, November 5
New research predicts California droughts will worsen:
Future droughts in California are likely to bite deeper and last longer than the one now gripping the state, according to new research into the potential effects of climate change...
Wine Spectator to Unveil Top 100 Wines of 2014
The Countdown Begins on November 10 at WineSpectator.com
New York, NY (November 3, 2014) — After tasting more than 18,000 wines from vineyards around the...
Constellation Pilots Innovative BioFiltro Wastewater Treatment System
Constellation plans to put millions of earthworms to work in 2015. Don’t worry, they won’t be making the wine, they’ll be cleaning the wastewater...
Afternoon Brief, September 17
Nanoscience makes your wine better:
One sip of a perfectly poured glass of wine leads to an explosion of flavours in your mouth. Researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, have now developed a nanosensor that can mimic what happens in your mouth when you drink wine...
Afternoon Brief, September 16
California expects more competition for wine market:
A new report showing that the United States continues to lead the world in wine consumption is viewed as good news for the California wine sector but it shouldn't lead to complacency...
Afternoon Brief, September 8
Napa, Sonoma wineries examine safety of barrel rooms after quake:
Though 14 years ago, Bob Torres still vividly remembers the day he and other wine industry officials saw a demonstration at UC Berkeleys earthquake simulator on the effects of a magnitude 7.4 temblor on a rack of wine barrels stacked six high...
Winning Big by Thinking Small
I look at the three tier system as one that is ripe with opportunity for emerging brands, brokers, and all those that make and...
Advanced Manufacturing Process Accelerates Demand
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WIN Profile: Diam Closures
New facility in France set to expand production capacity to 2 Billion Diam, one of the...