Tag: Napa Valley Grapegrowers

California Wildfires Threaten to Make Local Wine 'Unpalatable': There are fears in California’s wine industry over the possible impact of raging wildfires and whether they could damage this year’s grape yield, potentially affecting the state’s multibillion dollar business.

Hops production lags behind the expansion of craft breweries: Iowa’s craft beer brewing industry has been steadily growing, and in some ways is like the resurgence of the wine industry in Iowa.

Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act gets introduced in the House: We've never seen the brewing associations so giddy and agreeable about a piece of legislation before, but both the Brewers Association (the trade association dedicated to craft brewers) and the Beer Institute (a trade association representing big brewers, beer importers and supply industries) jointly applauded the introduction of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (H.R. 2903) in the U.S. House of Representatives last week...

Signals the beginning of winegrape ripening NAPA, CA (June 25, 2015) – According to the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) veraison, an annual benchmark in the...

Wine and Tech Innovators Gathering this week in Napa: Technology leaders in both marketing and wine including Brad Rosen of DRYNC, Joe Rosenberg of Google, Paul Mabray of VinTank a W20 Company, Michael Pavone of quench, Brian Rosen of Rosen Retail for Adult Beverage, Josh Saunders of Uncorkd and Max Kalehoff of Social Code are set to engage and inspire attendees with the latest information and ideas this week at the 11th Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium (WITS) set for June 25-26, 2015 at the Napa Valley Marriott in Napa, California.

Water wars in California's coastal wine country: By most measures, California's Central Coast wine industry is thriving. Between 1990 and 2014, harvested wine grape acreage in the growing region around Paso Robles nearly quintupled to 37,408 acres, as vintners discovered that the area's rolling hills, rocky soil and mild climate were perfect for coaxing rich, sultry flavors from red wine grapes...

US 'phenomenally thirsty' for wine: experts: The American wine market, already the world's biggest, still has "phenomenal" potential for growth if handled with care, US wine professionals said this week at the world's leading wine fair, Vinexpo...

Napa, CA (June 11, 2015) – Napa Valley’s unusually cool start to the wine grape growing season has extended the stages of flowering and...

Making Wine on Shaky Ground: Industry Looks for Answers to Seismic Safety in the Cellar: The 6.0 earthquake that shook Napa Valley in the wee hours of the morning last August did a lot more than rattle nerves and break a few bottles of fine wine...

What: The Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation hosts its 14th Annual Napa County Pruning Contest and continuing the tradition begun in 2014, will feature a...

More than 1,500 attendees including 240 farmworkers NAPA, CA (November 17, 2014) – ROOTSTOCK —a full day of high-level, provocative seminars and industry experts, wine...

Combines Napa’s past stellar events – the Wine + Grape EXPO and Viticulture Fair – into one powerful annual showcase connecting vineyard practices to...

California aquifers contaminated with billions of gallons of fracking wastewater: Industry illegally injected about 3 billion gallons of fracking wastewater into central California drinking-water and farm-irrigation aquifers, the state found after the US Environmental Protection Agency ordered a review of possible contamination...

Anticipate continued increase in wine grape crop value; water ‘magically’ appears Napa, CA (October 9, 2014) – The 2014 Napa Valley wine grape harvest, the...

Napa Valley Grapegrowers expect to wrap up another successful harvest next week: Though this harvest is expected to be a little smaller than 2013, it will have a similar quality profile. The warm season translated into early bud break and harvest, could in turn translate into great quality wines, because it allows the winemakers flexibility in choosing when to harvest to get the flavor profile and acidity theyre looking for without fear of rain...