Tag: Wine Institute
“Behind the Wines” Inaugural Season Concludes with “The Harvest Sessions”
Webinar Series to Cover 2020 California Harvest Update
SAN FRANCISCO – On Oct. 27, Wine Institute’s California Wine Export Program will conclude its “Behind the Wines” webinar series...
California Wines Presents Seasonal and Holiday Themed Livestream Series
SAN FRANCISCO — California Wines will bring the Golden State's wine country to consumers across America this fall with a series of inspiring seasonal and...
Afternoon Brief, October 20
Sonoma County Winegrowers Look to Reset After Unimaginable 2020 Season: Though the 2020 growing season enjoyed near-perfect growing conditions, a mid-August lightning storm during a global pandemic resulted in a dramatic turn for Sonoma County’s winegrapes and a financial blow to the region just as it has with other wine regions across California...
Ways to Appreciate the World’s Most Misunderstood Varietal on International Merlot...
California’s Wine Institute Shares Easy Merlot-Friendly Recipes to Help Time-Pressed Wine Lovers During COVID-19
Got some California Merlot in your wine rack from the market or...
Afternoon Brief, October 2
Smoke Exposure: ‘Get Out of Jail Free Card’ for Winegrape Buyers: Another year of catastrophic wildfires in California is once again raising concern about smoke exposure in winegrapes. President and CEO of Allied Grape Growers, Jeff Bitter said most vineyards are being harvested without analysis of smoke impact...
Wine Institute Urges Congress to Extend Critical Wildfire Assistance
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Wine Institute called on Congress today to immediately reauthorize a critical U.S. Department of Agriculture program to provide direct emergency funds...
Afternoon Brief, September 29
Meadowood Resort, Newton, Burgess and Behrens Among Napa Wildfire’s Many Victims: The Glass Incident fires have consumed more than 42,500 acres, with historic wineries and vineyards in their paths...
An Insider’s Guide to California’s Wine Harvest
Eight Facts on How Wines Go from Grape to Glass
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s annual winegrape harvest is underway, and wineries across the state are humming with activity as...
September 9 Day of Action Planned to Urge Congressional Passage of...
WASHINGTON – Leaders in the beverage alcohol sector are urging industry advocates across the nation to participate in a national Day of Action on September 9...
Afternoon Brief, August 31
Wineries Need to Prep to Sustain Rise in Online Sales Beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic: In April and May, as the state was tossed into shutdown mode triggered by the coronavirus, the mandate may have provided a turning point, if not a wakeup call, for the wine industry when it comes to direct-to-consumer sales, according to the CEO of a Napa-based leader in selling wine online...
California Wine Month Launches with Virtual Events and Offers
More than 30 Partners Join September Harvest Celebration
SAN FRANCISCO — September is California Wine Month, the state’s annual harvest celebration. Each year, wineries, grapegrowers...
Afternoon Brief, August 18
Fire Threatens Napa Vineyards: Growers and producers are on the alert in California's wine country as fire rears its head again...
Afternoon Brief, August 17
Pioneering Study ‘Fingerprints’ Russian River Valley Sites: A breakthrough study into the relationship between wine and terroir found samples of Pinot Noir taken immediately after fermentation could be identified as to which of five Russian River Valley sub-zones they came from based on the clusters of chemical elements in each wine…
Wine Institute Urges Preserving Long-Standing Guidance on Alcohol Consumption in U.S....
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Wine Institute submitted formal comments today to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services urging them to preserve...
New Winery Wastewater Regulations Could Cost Small and Midsize Wineries Thousands...
The California state water board is working on an update to the winery general order to provide a permitting process with water discharge requirements...
