Courtwatch: Charles Banks Sued His Mayacamas Vineyards Partners After He Was Indicted in Texas
Wine investor Charles Banks created a stir in 2013 when he purchased iconic Mayacamas Vineyards, as a personal...
New Company Breaks Barriers to Distribution for Small Producers
Consolidation continues to make distributors bigger and fewer while the number of producers grow with new small producers enter the market....
Preliminary Winegrape Crush Report Is 4.0 Million Tons: The California Department of Food and Agricultures Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2016 has been released. It is a critical barometer for the...
'Red Blotch Like Phylloxera for California': Following a tasting in London on Tuesday this week, Bruce Cakebread discussed some of the issues facing wineries in California, in particular drought conditions...
Wine Retailers Throw Down Gauntlet Against Direct-Shipping Restrictions: The book on modern direct-to-consumer wine-shipping law was written at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 with the Granholm v. Heal...
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Wine M&A Experts: Deals Abound in Buyer’s Market
A string of recent wine brand and property sales in the West Coast – including high-price North...
Visit Agri-Analysis booth #1124 at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium and talk to Dr. Alan Wei about red blotch and virus status in certified new planting materials, the new grapevine pinot gris virus,...
Napa Valley Vintners Answers Top Five Questions Regarding the 2015 Vintage: Winemakers are giving high praise for the quality of this years Napa Valley wine grape harvest, according to the Napa Valley...
By Judit Monis, Ph.D. Eurofins STA Laboratories
Grapevine red blotch associated virus in a red grape variety (Malbec)
Grapevine red blotch associated virus (GRBaV) is different from most other known grapevine...
The California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, administered by CDFA, aims to eliminate specific grapevine diseases such as leafroll, fanleaf, corky bark, stem-pitting and fleck that are...
