Tag: ASEV
Afternoon Brief, July 9th
Altria Reaches Agreement to Sell Its Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Business: Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) today announced that its subsidiary, UST LLC, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (Ste. Michelle) business to Sycamore Partners Management, L.P., a private equity firm specializing in consumer, retail, and distribution investments (Sycamore Partners), in an all-cash transaction with a purchase price of approximately $1.2 billion and the assumption of certain Ste. Michelle liabilities (Transaction)...
Afternoon Brief, June 29th
Heat the Burning Issue for Oregon Winemakers: A heatwave could mean trouble for growers and producers in the Pacific Northwest of the US...
Afternoon Brief, June 24th
Delicato Family Wines Forges Partnership with Francis Ford Coppola Winery: Delicato Family Wines and Francis Ford Coppola Winery today announced that they will come together under one roof, strengthening the families’ legacies as it creates the #5 supplier of all wine above $11 in the U.S. market, as well as the #5 supplier by volume across all price segments and become the #3 exporter of C.A. wines...
Afternoon Brief, May 21st
Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli Resigns Amid Sexual Assault Investigation: Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli reportedly has resigned from office effective immediately, bowing to wide calls that he step down amid a criminal investigation of public claims by eight women that he sexually assaulted, abused or mistreated them...
Afternoon Brief, May 19th
Napa County Crop Report Shows 'Devastating' Drop in Wake of Wildfires: Napa County’s agricultural production value for 2020 fell to the lowest level in nine years amid a pandemic, wildfires and smoke damage to grapes...
Keynote at the 2021 ASEV Conference to Address Hydrogen Sulfide and...
DAVIS, Calif., May 19, 2021 - Dr. Gavin Sacks, Professor and Associate Chair of Food Science at Cornell University, New York, will be the keynote...
Afternoon Brief, March 5th
U.S. and Europe Will Suspend Tariffs on Alcohol, Food and Airplanes: The governments agreed to temporarily suspend tariffs on billions of dollars of products as they search for a settlement to a long-running clash over subsidies given to Airbus and Boeing...
UC Davis Cooperative Extension Specialist Confirmed as 2021 ASEV Extension Distinction...
DAVIS, Calif., March 5, 2021... Dr. Anita Oberholster, Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension in Enology for Agricultural Natural Resources (ANR), based at University of...
Afternoon Brief, February 25th
Covid's Impact on Wine Tasting: Covid has had a huge impact on how we buy wine, but also on how we enjoy it...
Afternoon Brief, February 19th
Announcing Celebrity Line-Up for Wine Future 2021: During each day’s 15 minute break Wine Future 2021 will feature live and recorded entertainment coordinated by Dan Nicholl, host of South Africa’s The Dan Nicholl Show and the successful Dan Really Likes Wine series...
Afternoon Brief, December 14th
Wine & Spirits Continue Premiumization, but Growth Eases: As the key holiday-selling season began in earnest on Thanksgiving weekend, the off-premise alcoholic beverage market saw continued deceleration, coming off its growth highs of earlier in the year...
Afternoon Brief, August 20
Wildfires Rage in Multiple California Wine Regions: Blazes in Napa, Sonoma, Santa Cruz and Santa Lucia are burning out of control, threatening wineries, vineyards and thousands of homes...
Afternoon Brief, July 30
Phylloxera Breakthrough Brings Hope to Vineyards: A breakthrough study in Europe could open the door to an end to the curse of phylloxera...
Oregon State Professor and Viticulture Extension Specialist Confirmed as ASEV President...
DAVIS, Calif., July 30, 2020 - Dr. Patty Skinkis, Oregon State University’s Viticulture Extension Specialist and Professor, has been confirmed as 2020-2021 president of...
ASEV Announces 2020 Best Student Award Winners
DAVIS, Calif., July 29, 2020 - Due to the cancelation of its National Conference, the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) had to find...
