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Going Low: Making Lo-Alc Wines Isn’t Always Trendy
One Ohio winery is making low-alcohol wines as a matter of course. By Paul Vigna   You could say winemaker Joe Juniper at Vermillion Valley Vineyards in Wakeman, Ohio, is ahead of the low-alcohol...
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Money on the Table: Taking Advantage of Grants for Business Improvement
Federal, state and local governments often offer grants to support business expansion and improvement. By Paul Vigna   Cathy and Dan McLaughlin On February 9, 2024, Cathy and Dan McLaughlin addressed...
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Wine's Most Inspiring People 2024: Sharon Horton — The Generational Leader the Virginia Wine Industry Needs
By Paul Vigna Farming grew on Sharon Horton from the time she started helping her father with the row crops and livestock on their Missouri farm in the 1960s. Today, at 77 years old, she’s still spending...
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Wine's Most Inspiring People 2024: Remi Cohen — Supporting Employees as a Mentor and Role Model
By Paul Vigna   There are 160 employees at Domaine Carneros, a landmark California producer of méthode traditionelle sparkling wine and Pinot Noir. [Photo by Damion Hamilton, courtesy Domaine Carneros] Beth...
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Newest Approved AVA—Virginia Peninsula
Vintners in Virginia’s newest AVA speak pride of place and hope for increase in consumer engagement. —Paul Vigna Matthew Meyer has been the winemaker at The Williamsburg Winery in Virginia for two...
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American-native Grape, Muscadine, Proves Profitable
That Duplin Winery in eastern North Carolina is included among the country’s top 50 producers, according to Wine Business Monthly’s February 2021 issue, wouldn’t surprise anyone who lives in the state....
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Battlelines of the Eastern Front of the War on the Spotted Lanternfly
Seven years since the Spotted Lanternfly was discovered in a quarry around 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, it remains a time bomb to the Mid-Atlantic wine industry and a potential threat as far west...
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Lucie Morton: Enthusiasm and an Eye for Deep Insights with Viticultural Impact
Lucie Morton is loaded with specialties attached to her name: viticulturist, ampelographer, rootstock expert, author, historian, educator...
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Molly Chappellet: Growing Grapes, Gardens, Family and Community in Napa
Maybe no image epitomizes winery matriarch Molly Chappellet more than the image of her walking out of her home and into the vineyard, a visit she enjoyed making from the time she and her husband Donn settled...
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Improved Dealcoholization Technology Preserves Beverage Quality and Meets New Consumer Demands
“Low and no” are shorthand for one of the beverage industry’s most pronounced trends, a worldwide shift toward low- and nonalcoholic wine and beer...