April 4, 2024
Wine grape quality is closely tied to the right amount of water, at the right time. One of the most critical agricultural concerns with our changing climate, and more frequent & intense weather extremes,...
March 13, 2024
England’s wine industry is reaping benefits from climate change.
By James O’Connell
Recently Jackson Family Wines, Taittinger, Pommery and the world’s biggest sparkling wine firm, Germany’s Henkell-Freixenet,...
March 31, 2023
As temperatures creep up (or down),
winemakers make plans and prepare for what’s to come.
By Laura Ness
How is climate change impacting grape growing in the United States? It’s complicated. Some areas...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2023: Warren Winiarski — Viticulturist, Preservationist, Philanthropist
January 20, 2023
By Laura Ness
It’s hard to imagine what the wine world would be like if not for Warren Winiarski, the visionary who saw something special in an old prune orchard in Napa, which he converted to a vineyard...
October 21, 2022
New technology is helping wineries prepare for the unexpected,
from preventable human error to wildfires, droughts and beyond.
By Keith Chambers
For generations, winemakers around the world have...
September 7, 2022
Google Cloud technology helps Agrology accomplish its work to bring sustainability-driven business transformation to farming
Alexandria, VA, September 7, 2022 — Agrology, a leading Predictive Agriculture...
September 6, 2022
The standard Champagne bottle — 1,250 grams at the beginning of the 20th century, has lightened considerably. The industry as a whole is continuing to experiment with climate friendly solutions.
By Kathleen...
April 18, 2022
Yeast is to winemaking what faith is to religion. Without that one essential element, the rest collapses. Today, tech innovations are letting vintners use yeast not as an essential ingredient but, rather,...
March 29, 2022
The climate is changing, and overall is trending warmer.
That trend is “unequivocally” tied to human activity, and is “proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented over millennia,” according to NASA. The...
March 15, 2022
We’ve all seen the headlines and read the stark reports: climate change, and the unexpected frosts, hailstorms, droughts, floods, and fires that come along with it threaten to shrink the regions suitable...