March 27, 2019
SACRAMENTO, March 27, 2019 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced it will use its discretion and not enforce Produce Safety Rule requirements for growers of winegrapes.
The agency’s...
December 18, 2017
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North Coast Wineries, Breweries, Distilleries Benefit Under GOP Tax Package
Local wineries, breweries and distilleries are big winners in the GOP...
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Project Born in Pendleton Can Revolutionize Harvest
The Round-Up City is on the map as the birthplace for groundbreaking work in harvesting wine grapes and tree fruit...
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No Simple Solutions for Sonoma’s Glut of Downtown Wine-Tasting Rooms
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June 1, 2017
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California Association of Winegrape Growers Foundation Awards $30,000 in Student Scholarships
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May 23, 2017
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Brown-Forman Not Interested in Selling to Constellation
Constellation Brands, the owner of Corona and Svedka Vodka, has made an approach to acquire...
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Napa and Sonoma Vintners See a Surge in Vine-Killing Pierce's Disease: Thousands of vines were uprooted in 2015, raising fears that warm weather is allowing the disease to spread...
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Arsenic-Tainted Wine: Overkill or a Real Killer? If you drank a bottle of the alleged arsenic-tainted California wine, there's probably no need to rush to the attorney's office to update your will...
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Yesterday Wine Industry Insight (WII) published a story regarding the health safety of the adhesive used in some agglomerate cork. Today the FDA responded:
Based on the data and information available to...
October 8, 2014
TTB Establishes 11 New Viticultural Areas Within the Paso Robles Viticultural Area:
On Thursday, October 9, 2014, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau will publish a final rule in Federal Register...