Sacramento, November 13, 2024 – In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new Fire Insurance Protection-Smoke Index (FIP-SI) endorsement for crop insurance, designed specifically ...
Wine's Trumps Cheese in Tariff War: A US-France trade war next year seems likely, thanks to two recent events. One, you probably noticed: Donald Trump was elected US President. The other, you might not...
November 13, 2024 — The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) and Watts & Associates invite winegrape growers and insurance partners across California to join a series of listening sessions—...
Can the Most Popular Red Wine in the U.S. Endure Climate Change? Late-summer heat waves are threatening Napa Valley's famed cabernet grapes, which produce some of the United States' most expensive wines....
SACRAMENTO, September 10, 2024 – The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) is excited to announce the selection of the Miller Family – The Thornhill Companies of Santa Barbara County as its...
SACRAMENTO, August 30, 2024 – This week, Governor Newsom signed AB 1861 (Addis, D-Morro Bay) to extend a vital program within the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) that protects...
DAVIS, Calif., August 29, 2024 – The American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (AJEV), a publication by the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV), will move to full open access (OA)...
Man Dies After Inhaling Toxic Fumes in Winery: In yet another winery death caused by such fumes, the worker was found unconscious at the bodega in Valdepeñas DO last week. Athough a medical team was sent...
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released additional details on a new crop insurance endorsement to better protect California winegrape...
Two Jailed for Bordeaux Grape-Picking Exploitation: A father and son who ran a viticultural contractor have been jailed for exploiting grape-pickers in Bordeaux...
