Tag: Alexander Valley
Afternoon Brief, October 28
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Sonoma’s Soda Rock and Field Stone Wineries Burned by Kincade Fire
Firefighters spent the night battling the Kincade...
Alexander Valley Winegrowers Introduces Experience Alexander Valley, a New 2-Day Wine...
Ticket Sales Now Open to the General Public
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (March 20, 2018) – Alexander Valley Winegrowers is pleased to present Experience Alexander Valley,...
Afternoon Brief, November 2
With Lokoya, Jackson Family Wines Has a New Napa Estate to Go with Its High-End Wine: Since its founding by Jess Jackson in 1995, the Lokoya luxury wine brand has never had a true home to showcase its cabernet sauvignon varietals from the mountain wine regions around Napa County...
Afternoon Brief, October 14
Loss of Sales, Result of Wine Industry’s Failure to Meet Mobile Challenge: Have wine brands across the industry embraced promoting themselves through the use of mobile apps? Scott Stanchak, who teaches graduate level e-commerce marketing at NYU, and is the Managing Director, Mobile Marketing Strategy, at The New York Times, thinks not...
Afternoon Brief, September 16
DTC Shipments Surge, Total Wine Sales Strong: A microalgae found in the sea off Brittany's coastline can wipe-out key vine diseases with new scientific tests in France showing 100% efficiency in destroying Downey Mildew...
Afternoon Brief, September 13
Jackson Family Wines Purchases Alexander Valley’s Field Stone Winery: Best known for its old-vine Petite Sirah, the Field Stone vineyard was first planted in 1894...
Afternoon Brief, August 19
From Wine to Weed: Keeping the Marijuana Farm Small and Local: In November, voters in as many as 12 states will see a marijuana legalization initiative on their ballots...
Afternoon Brief, August 18
California Eradicates the European Grapevine Moth: In what's being heralded a "success story," California is officially eradicated of the European grapevine moth...
Afternoon Brief, April 26
Rep. Mike Thompson Introduces Tax Bill to Benefit U.S. Wine Industry: North Coast Rep. Mike Thompson proposed a series of federal tax breaks Monday for the U.S. wine industry, including a proposal to slash a tax on sparkling wine that has lingered since the aftermath of Prohibition...
Afternoon Brief, September 29
Truck Spills 8,000 Pounds of Red Wine Grapes Onto Highway 128: A trucker hauling grapes through the Alexander Valley spilled a large load of grapes onto Highway 128 Tuesday morning after apparently taking a curve too fast and hitting a culvert, CHP officials said...
Afternoon Brief, May 18
U.S. Wine Industry Facing Steep Tariffs from Canada: Today the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body issued their final ruling against the United States country of origin labeling (COOL) requirements for muscle cuts of meat. What does that mean for the wine industry? If the United States does not repeal its COOL rule, Canada and Mexico will retaliate with substantive tariffs on a variety of American products which could include wine...
