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Flextank SpringFORWARD Cidery-Winery Discount Program Supports Craft Beverage Operations, Eliminates Tariffs
50% Off Domestic Shipping, 20% Off Flextanks Helps Cideries and Wineries Modernize, Scale Production, Increase Revenue, and Improve Margins. May 18, 2026 (Vancouver, WA) – Flextank, the leader in advanced...
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Afternoon Brief, January 14
Legislation Introduced to Strengthen “American” Wine Labeling: Today, Assemblymembers Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) and Central Valley Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom introduced legislation to require that...
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Flextanks: Affordable. Efficient. Production.
Flextank’s winemaking experts will present ways for wineries to reduce operational expense (OpEx) costs, expand production, increase efficiency, and improve revenue and margins. For more than two-decades...
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Afternoon Brief, July 8
Old Mission Peninsula Wineries Prevail in Legal Battle, Demonstrating Their Commitment to the Community: The wineries of the Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail (OMPWT) have emerged victorious in their long-standing...
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Flextank Provides Wineries with New Productivity Resources to Help Operations Improve Turnaround, Revenue and Margins
Winery Resource Page Gives Wineries new ways to reduce operational expenses,  increase award possibilities, revenue, efficiency and productivity Vancouver, WA – July 8, 2025 – Flextank, the leader...
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Afternoon Brief, March 18
Tariffs Could Hit California Growers Hard: The proposed 200% tariff might have a paradoxical effect: it could encourage big US wineries to import more foreign bulk wine to replace wine made from California...
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Afternoon Brief, August 6
Treasury to Sell Wolf Blass and Blossom Hill: One of Australia's largest winemakers Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has announced plans to sell off some of its cheaper labels, including Wolf Blass and Blossom...
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Afternoon Brief, April 9th
Santa Rosa Electric Tractor Maker Solectrac Evicted from 1 Location, Owing $65,000 in Rent: The Sonoma County-based electric tractor company undergoing a major reorganization was evicted from its Santa...
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Afternoon Brief, December 28th
California Wine Consolidation Ramps Up to Close Out 2023: Consolidation is nothing new for the wine industry, but the pace of change has accelerated in recent years as interest rates have risen, costs...
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Afternoon Brief, September 28th
Is a Robotic Arm in Calistoga Pouring the Future?: An early-stage piece of technology at Maria Concetto's tasting room in Calistoga is turning heads. Known as RobinoVino, this robotic wine-pouring arm...
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Afternoon Brief, September 21st
Vintage Wine Estates Warned of NASDAQ Exchange Delisting: Vintage Wine Estates, maker of dozens of brands such as B.R. Cohn and Ace Cider in Sonoma County and Clos Pegase in Napa Valley, has been warned...
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Afternoon Brief, August 16th
Napa Valley Wine Prices Just Broke This Record: Wine prices jumped $17 per bottle in Napa Valley last year, and winery tasting fees increased 35%, according to a new report...
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Afternoon Brief, June 15th
Peju Winery Founder and Napa Valley Pioneer Tony Peju Dies at 85: Anthony “Tony” Peju, wine industry pioneer and founder of PEJU Winery, passed away in his Calistoga home on June 10, 2023 at the age of...
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Afternoon Brief, May 2nd
Electronic Nose Determines the Quality of Wine: An electronic nose consists of some sensors, a signal processing system and an analysis system. "The e-nose can identify substances using a method similar...
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Afternoon Brief, September 8th
10th Annual Wine Industry Expo Attendee Registration Opens: Wine Industry Network opened registration for the 10th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Trade Show & Conference (WIN Expo), scheduled for...
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Afternoon Brief, November 4
Sonoma's Wine Country Struggles with a New Label: Fire Country - The things that set California apart, for better or worse, were all there last Sunday afternoon: terrifying flames, wine country glamour...
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