June 29, 2020
Find the pump that’s right for you this harvest
Scott Laboratories, a leading innovator for the North American specialty beverage community for over 80 years, has partnered with Inoxpa,...
California Winegrape Growers Expected to Suffer $437 Million in Lost Sales This Fall Due to COVID-19
June 25, 2020
SACRAMENTO, June 25, 2020 – California winegrape growers could suffer at least $437 million in lost sales from this year’s grape harvest due to COVID-19 related economic disruptions. According to an analysis...
June 23, 2020
The Important Question: Interview with DRINKS Co-Founder and CEO Zac Brandenberg
June 22, 2020
As wineries are built or expand, they purchase different equipment to help them meet their new output goals. One of the difficulties with this type of expansion is the missing fluidity between components...
June 16, 2020
Unless otherwise noted, all trends below are for dollar sales within Nielsen U.S. off-premise channels for the one-week period ending 6/6/20 compared to the same week in 2019. We continue to remind our...
June 15, 2020
Energy Security for Wineries Facing Public Safety Power Shutoff: With Public Safety Power Shut Off (PSPS) now part of the fire season in Wine Country, power outages are “the reality we’re living with,”...
June 9, 2020
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif., (June 9, 2020) – Two of America’s leading family-owned and operated wineries jointly announce that Foley Family Wines (FFW) has reached an agreement to acquire Ferrari-Carano Vineyards...
June 8, 2020
Turning the Tables on Randy Smith: Randy Smith is the man behind The Wine Write. Randy grew up in the Mississippi Delta many years ago with not a vineyard in sight...
June 8, 2020
It’s been said that winemakers hold fast to tradition when it comes to their tried-and-true oenological practices, especially when it comes to yeast, but that may be about to change.
Fermentis, a business...
June 8, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that California winery tasting rooms can reopen to visitors where permitted by counties. The state-approved guidance...
June 3, 2020
Today senior members of the Ciatti Company, a major player in global grape and wine brokering, invited other experts in vineyard real estate and beverage industry to join them on a webinar to discuss the...
June 2, 2020
Carrying a heavy economic burden for those areas of the country with infestation of the glassy winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Pierce’s disease is a plant pathogen, transmitted exclusively by sap-feeding...
June 1, 2020
The GOfermentor® is an advanced winemaking system that uses automated cap management and single-use technology that minimizes water usage. It has a built-in press that requires no cleaning making...
May 28, 2020
The Future of Virtual Wine Tourism: In the past few months, many wineries have had to figure out how to schedule virtual tastings, but this is only one aspect of online wine tourism...
May 27, 2020
Nielsen Beverage Alcohol Practice reports the year-over-year growth rate for total off-premise alcohol dollar sales within Nielsen measured channels is +29.4%, though -4.1% compared to the previous week.
Wine...
May 26, 2020
First CIA Wine Management Master’s Degree Students Graduate to Abysmal Job Market: The class of 2020 not only got ripped off by not having proms, senior skip days, college visits and graduation ceremonies,...














