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How Metallica Secretly Filmed a Concert at a Sonoma Winery
Walkers along Sonomas Denmark Road at sunset on Aug. 10 wouldn’t have believed what they were seeing had they even known to look…
Vineyard Workers Face Unhealthy Choices
Coping with fires and the Covid pandemic has farmworkers facing a terrible choice…
Crop Insurance Gets New Tools for Wine Smoke Taint
The ability of growers to recoup some of their financial losses from grapes took a significant step forward this week as new research came to light on effective testing methods for wine taint, the elusive result when, like recent weeks, fires ravage wine country…
Fires in California Wine Country: Latest as 2020 Harvest Gets Underway
Many wineries have been bringing in their first grapes of the 2020 vintage, with some conducting extra checks for signs of smoke taint, as firefighters reported progress in their efforts to contain large wildfires in northern California…
Bird Damage Reduction Strategies in Viticulture
If You Can Serve Them, Customers Are Eager to Buy
How You Can Help Texas Wines in These Trying Times #SaveTexasWineries
RNDC Expands Partnership with Vistaar
Worst-Performing Bordeaux Labels in 2020 – So Far
Labbé: Chilean Wine Needs Stricter Regulations
U.S. Becomes Top Market for New Zealand Wines
Seeing the Value in Imagery: Few Australian Winegrape Growers Use Aerial Imagery Technology
Success Story: How ‘Designing for Delivery’ Helps a Denver Retailer Drive Sales
State of the Wholesale Channel
September 2, 9 – 9:50AM (PT) – Webinar
The COVID-19 Impact on Managing Trade & Media Relations: Changes That Are Here to Stay
September 2, 10 – 10:50AM (PT) – Webinar
Through the Distributors Eyes: Advice from the Field
September 2, 11AM – 12PM (PT) – Webinar
State of the Direct Channel; What the Top Performers Are Doing Differently
September 3, 9 – 9:50AM (PT) – Webinar
Top 5 Wine Consumer Engagement Strategies 2020 and Beyond
September 3, 10 – 10:50AM (PT) – Webinar
How to Sustain Sales Without Tasting Room Visitors
September 3, 11AM – 12PM (PT) – Webinar
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Smoke Taint Looms Large for California Wine
Wine Industry Embracing Technology and Innovation to Drive Sales
Wineries Harvest While Wine Country Burns
Crop Insurance Fears for Smoke-Hit Vineyards
Those California Wildfires Are Not Destroying the Harvest – Not by a Long Shot
Napa, North Bay Growers Face a Softened, Fluid Market for Premium Grapes
California Fires Grow to Historic Heights
Jackson Family Wines Buys Giant Steps Winery
A Wine Geek’s Guide to Pinot Noir Clones Around the World
Alisos Canyon in Santa Barbara Approved as AVA
Did Scientists Discover a Hangover Cure?
Was There Wine in America Before Europeans?
Canned Wine Sales Growth Lag Behind Pre-COVID Rates
2020 Wine Country Fire Relief Fund Kicks Off