Tag: Livermore Valley Wine Community

Trial Between Napa County, Hoopes Winery Begins: A trial between Napa County and the Hoopes Vineyard winery is underway, with the county's winery regulations being the focus...

Las Positas Vineyards Wins White Wine Sweepstakes and Four Livermore Valley Wines Were Awarded the Best of Class Distinction Livermore, CA, January 30, 2024 – The...

A Harsh Pill to Swallow: 2024 SVB Report Predicts Tough Times for Wine: Changing demographics, dropping demand and “bulging” inventories call for industry leadership and vision...

Wai-Ken Wong was Honored as 2023 Member of the Year  Livermore, CA, January 18, 2024 – The Livermore Valley Wine Community (LVWC) welcomed its new 2024-2025...

Shocking Working Conditions in Champagne: An Arte report sheds light on the working conditions of harvest workers in Champagne...

Donations were collected for Toys for Tots during Livermore Valley Wine Community's Annual Holidays in the Vineyards Event Livermore, CA, December 20, 2023– For the...

Washington State University's Sensor-Laden Chardonnay Block Collects Data for AI Scientists and Offers Demonstrations for Growers: Automating vineyard irrigation requires a network of sensors, solar panels, wires and data loggers that can be at risk of run-ins with equipment. That’s one of the first lessons the engineers learned at Washington State University’s Smart Vineyard demo farm in Prosser...

TASTE Kicked-Off with Taste Our Terroir, the Annual Livermore Valley Food and Wine Competition, Where Four Winery and Restaurant Pairs Came Away with Top...

After Farmworker’s Death in Fresno-Area Heat, UFW and Sen. Padilla Say It’s Time for Stronger Protections at Work: The case shines a spotlight on the effectiveness of a California law designed to protect workers laboring outdoors in searing temperatures — and it took center stage at a press conference called by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla to push federal legislation that would impose stronger federal heat protections in workplaces...

Where Genius Grows Scholarship Fund will Award Four $5,000 Scholarships Towards a Degree in Viticulture, Wine Industry Hospitality, or Enology. Livermore, CA, August 21, 2023 – Livermore...

New Sweet Spot for Direct Wine Sales: Consumers buying direct from wineries are trading up, but Napa is still too expensive for them...

Global Bulk Wine Trade Is Increasing in Value: It Grew by More Than €130 Million in 2022: It exceeded 2.67 billion euros, at an average price of 78 €/hl (+13.3%). The volume exported fell by 7.2% to 34.2 million hl (-2.64 million hl), in a year of great commercial uncertainty and high inflation, in which only the volume of sparkling wines increased...

Bidding Smart at Napa's Big Barrel Auction: Our US editor finds there were some bargains to be had at the scaled-down Napa Valley Vintners auction...

TASTE will Kick-Off with Taste Our Terroir, the Annual Livermore Valley Food and Wine Competition, and will Take Place on October 19-22, 2023 Livermore, CA,...