Tag: Sonoma State University
Afternoon Brief, August 22
Napa Valley May Cut Back on New Wineries:
With more than 500 wineries in Napa Valley, some leaders are asking if it's time to consider a moratorium on new ones...
Afternoon Brief, August 19
California has given away rights to far more water than it has:
California has allocated five times more surface water than the state actually has, making it hard for regulators to tell whose supplies should be cut during a drought, University of California researchers reported...
Sonoma State Offers Newly Restructured Wine Business Management Online Certificate
Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute began offering its fully online Wine Business Management certificate in 2012. A first of its kind the certificate...
Afternoon Brief, July 7
Northwest wine growing season tracks up to 50% ahead of recent average: Globally recognized climatologist Greg Jones shared data through June 30 indicating the 2014 Pacific Northwest wine growing season is running much as 50 percent ahead of the 40-year average
Sonoma State Announces $3 Million Wine Spectator Foundation Donation
Largest donation ever to School of Business and Economics
Rohnert Park, CA/New York, NY (July 7, 2014)—Sonoma State University (SSU) President Ruben Armiñana announced that...
Afternoon Brief, July 3
European Grapevine Moth Detected in Sonoma County: The Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), announces the detection of a single male European Grapevine Moth (EGVM, Lobesia botrana) in the western portion of Sonoma County, near Cazadero...
Afternoon Brief, June 30
Hailstorm decimates vines across Burgundy:
Burgundy winemakers have reported widespread damage to the 2014 harvest after a five minute hailstorm destroyed vines across the region on Saturday afternoon...
Sonoma State Wine Educators Join Third Annual Wine Business Education Summit
In advance of the annual conference of the Academy of Wine Business Research, university leaders and researchers gathered on Friday afternoon in Geisenheim, Germany...
Afternoon Brief, May 6
Treasury Wine Estates commits to multimillion pound spend in UK off-trade after soaring sales:
Treasury Wine Estates is committing itself to a multimillion pound spend across the UK off-trade this summer as it announces a 17% increase in its own off-trade sales to 193 million in 2013-2014...
Afternoon Brief, April 25
U.S. Wine Sales Rise for 20th Consecutive Year:
Party on, Americans. At a time when wine sales are slow in Europe, the U.S. wine market grew for the 20th year in a row in 2013…
The Wilson Family with St. Anne’s Crossing Winery Teams with SSU’s...
Rohnert Park, CA- Sonoma State Cellars, a wine venture started by students of Sonoma State's Wine Business MBA program, has added an additional industry...
Afternoon Brief, April 17
Former Winetasting Network (WTN) executive pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges:
Martin Christopher Edwards, a former top executive of The Winetasting Network indicted nearly a year ago over nearly $900,000 diverted from the Napa company, has resurfaced and pleaded guilty, according to a statement from federal prosecutors Wednesday...
Afternoon Brief, April 11
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Ardagh Group to sell six plants to settle $1.7bn Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges
Ardagh Group has agreed to sell...
Dennis Carroll to speak at Sonoma State’s Annual Spring Mixer on...
Each year the Wine Business Institute and School of Business and Economics Career Center co-host the Spring Mixer at Sonoma State University. The Spring...
Sonoma State University and CSU San Marcos Collaborate to Provide Wine...
Rohnert Park, CA- Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute partnered with CSU San Marcos to video conference SSU’s popular Tasting Room Management Certificate seminars...