December 6, 2017
Calendar says early December. Calendar says that there are two week before holiday and an additional week for bubbles. That is what the calendar says, you are correct. There are a few other points of view.
If...
December 5, 2017
Premium winemakers take great care to call harvest at the ripe time, when the most grapes are at the optimal maturity for the style and variety, but ripeness can be uneven and invisible on the skin.
Addressing...
November 29, 2017
Now in its sixth year of existence, the North Coast Wine Industry Expo (WIN Expo) is expecting a record attendance for this year’s event, which opens it’s doors tomorrow, November 30, at 9am.
WIN Expo...
November 28, 2017
Cilyo®, a new technique with several positive impacts including reducing the need of fining agents for must protection and the ability to add stabilized and improved press fractions to blends received...
November 27, 2017
There is some kismet in that the co-founders of the San Francisco biotech company, which has done groundbreaking work in identifying the microbiome fingerprint of vineyard soil are part of families that...
November 27, 2017
Moss Adams, in partnership with Turrentine Brokerage, American Ag Credit and Heffernan Insurance Brokers, have released the results of their 2017 Wine Industry Benchmarking Survey, a landmark Report that...
November 22, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving to Them
Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. Happy Thanksgiving to the thousands of independent suppliers that read my writings and the 100 or so distributors that check in with what...
November 20, 2017
Tule Technologies' FieldStat Water Stress Forecasts innovative approach uses collected data to forecast outcomes of theoretical water applications, and has brought precision watering to a higher plane. ...
November 20, 2017
Two potential problems marked an otherwise good harvest for California grape growers: Heatwaves and fire. Each may have affected the grapes’ development and require winemakers to make specific adjustments...
November 14, 2017
By Sophia Daukus
Winery operators face many challenges unique to the industry – not the least of which is staying in full compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) sanitation standards....