February 13, 2024
January Deep Freeze Causes Near-Total Loss in Okanagan Vineyards: The Okanagan’s grape crop has been decimated by a mid-January freeze with losses expected to approach 100 percent this year...
February 8, 2024
Napa County Puts Hoopes Winery Leader in Witness Stand: Napa County's attorneys put Lindsay Hoopes of Hoopes Family Vineyard in the witness stand to question her about alleged winery rule violations.....
January 31, 2024
Washington the Winner in Bad Wine Year: Each year, when many of Sonoma County’s 1,800 certified sustainable winegrape growers gather for the Sonoma County Winegrowers’ (SCW) annual meeting, they want to...
January 10, 2024
Association Touts Wine’s Many Assets as It Counters Anti-Consumption Push: It is a little more than a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report that sent shivers through the tasting...
December 7, 2023
Why Napa Green’s Glyphosate Ban Is Such a Big Deal: Last month, Napa Green, a sustainable wine-growing certification for Napa Valley vineyards, announced that members must phase out the use of the herbicide...
November 16, 2023
Addressing early harvest, precursor aromas, oak consistency
and health-conscious winemaking
By Laurie Wachter
Winemakers often experiment, run tests and make adjustments in their winemaking...
November 10, 2023
Visit us at Booth #441 where we will be featuring our Oscyllis Destemmer, Cazaux Aerosmooth, and Lamothe-Abiet Products.
The Bucher Delta Oscyllis Destemmer operates without any rotating shaft or cage...
October 25, 2023
Underground Cellars Saga Rumbles On: Legal wrangling in the case of the failed wine club hinges on who actually owns the wines involved...
September 26, 2023
Champagne Pickers Treated 'Like Dogs': French public prosecutor opens two human trafficking investigations after France shuts down grape picker accommodation sites...
September 12, 2023
The California Bottle Bill: 8 Important Takeaways: One of the biggest changes in the California wine industry since the end of Prohibition begins on Jan. 1, 2024, and it looks like many of the state’s...







