Tag: PD/GWSS Board
2023 Grape Pierce’s Disease Field Day
A team of researchers, led by Dr. Akif Eskalen at the University of California, Davis, has been diligently testing eight combinations of four biological...
Afternoon Brief, July 11th
PD/GWSS Winegrape Assessment Set at $1.25 for 2023 Harvest: To continue funding crucial research combating winegrape pests and diseases, the Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Board kept the PD/GWSS Winegrape Assessment rate at $1.25 per $1,000 value for the 2023 harvest...
Grower Assessment Rate for 2022 Harvest
SACRAMENTO, July 6, 2022 – Last week the Pierce’s Disease / Glassy Winged Sharpshooter Board (PD/GWSS Board) voted to set the grower assessment rate...
Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium
Click to register for the 2021 Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium being held virtually December 14 – 15, 2021. Participants wishing to attend both days...
Research and Outreach That Protect Vineyards
In today’s global economy, California’s winegrape industry is constantly under the threat of new pests and diseases. The Pierce's Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Board...
Growers Vote to Extend PD/GWSS Assessment Through 2026
The Pierce’s Disease & Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (PD/GWSS) Referendum, conducted this spring, passed with 78 percent approval of California winegrape growers. All winegrape producer entities...
Pierce’s Disease Resistant Vines Now a Reality After Years of Research
Carrying a heavy economic burden for those areas of the country with infestation of the glassy winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Pierce’s disease is a plant pathogen, transmitted exclusively by sap-feeding insects...
Afternoon Brief, March 3
More Winegrapes Could Go Unsold, Analysts Believe: With the amount of winegrapes that went unpicked in 2019, the message to grape growers from marketers and vineyard managers is clear: Without a winery contract, grapes could easily not have a buyer this year...
Afternoon Brief, February 18
Wine vs. Weed in Napa Valley: Napa Valley is famous for its cabernet sauvignon. But with the cannabis industry moving in fast, some of the region's storied vintners are sounding the alarm that California's newest legal crop could damage the flavor - and brand - of their prized wines...
Afternoon Brief, October 17
Hit by Trade War, California Winemakers See Their Carefully Cultivated Market in China Shrivel: Big tariffs and anti-American sentiment have hit hard, soon after US vineyards developed a following among Chinese consumers...
Afternoon Brief, July 9
Napa Valley Vintners Becomes First North American Wine Trade Association to Commit to Porto Protocol: Building on a legacy of environmental leadership and their mission to "promote, protect and enhance" the Napa Valley, the Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) Board of Directors voted during their June 27 meeting to become signatories of the Porto Protocol...
Afternoon Brief, June 20
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No Simple Solutions for Sonoma’s Glut of Downtown Wine-Tasting Rooms
As summer heats up and more tourists come...
Afternoon Brief, January 20
Sonoma Valley Vintners Alliance Prunes Away from Wine Country Weekend: While it is being billed as an amicable, beneficial parting of the ways, eyebrows raised in the wine industry yesterday when the Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance announced at its annual members meeting that the trade organization will no longer co-own and co-operate the wildly successful Wine Country Weekend...
California’s Wine Industry the Big Winner in PD/GWSS Referendum
Sacramento, Calif., June 18, 2015 – California’s winegrape growers voted overwhelming to continue the assessment on winegrapes to fund research on Pierce’s disease and...
PD/GWSS Referendum Extended to June 10
The CDFA announced today that it is extending the voting deadline for the PD/GWSS referendum to June 10. This is being done to ensure...
