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California vineyard erosion rules effort restarts
As state water-quality regulators prepare to try again this fall with a framework designed to control erosion into the Napa River and Sonoma Creek watersheds, winegrape growers in those areas are getting new tools to help prepare for the as-yet-undefined rules…
New Zealand wine industry gets WiSE
A world leading sustainability scorecard and reporting tool is being launched to New Zealand wineries and grape-growers today. WiSE (Wine Industry Sustainability Engine) will be used by around 2000 wineries and vineyards from Northland to Otago…
Washington goes on moth alert to protect wine grapes
Washington state officials are setting traps in an effort to uncover whether four species of moths that attack wine grapes have moved in…
Geni Whitehouse to lead Women for WineSense’s Roundtable Meeting
Geni Whitehouse, Countess of Communication at Brotemarkle, Davis & Co. LLP in St. Helena, CA, will lead the Napa/Sonoma Women for WineSense Finance/Accounting Roundtable II meeting on winery software, on Thursday, June 19, 2014…
Proposed Go Texan Wine Labeling Changes Don’t Go Far Enough
Wine trade has lucrative opportunity through mobile technology
Report says climate change good for Michigan wine industry
Majestic Wine PLC Downgraded by Investec to “Add” rating
Advanced viticulture and enology training workshop slated July 11 in Cimarron Valley, Oklahoma
Sonoma County Indian tribe’s loan raises casino concerns in Napa
Why do People Visit Winery Tasting Rooms?
Marisa D’Vari on what really goes on at the Napa Valley wine auction
The 2014 Master of Wine Practical and Theory exam questions
Oregon Historical Society toasts wine industry with Clink
A look into Crimea’s wine industry
Anti-Winery Sentiment is Building
New York District Court Denies Duck Walk’s Motion to Dismiss Against Duckhorn
Do Millennials find wine “dull”?
Millennial drinkers and other major wine seminar topics
We Should Not Oppose GMO Labeling
Breaking Down the Price of a Bottle of Wine
Younger consumers are in danger of being distracted away from wine
The New Chinese Wine Trademark Law in Effect
Wine Blog Awards 2014 – Analysis and endorsements
Wine Technology of the Future – The Straw for Wine
White’s Wines – Embracing the Rhone Rangers
Counting up all the ways America’s booze laws are terrible
Does your wine content pass the “So what” test?
New TTB Ruling Eases Restrictions on Designation of “Estate Bottled” wines
