December 7, 2023
Wineries face rising pressures on wages, a buyer’s market for grapes
and the looming cost of wastewater compliance
By Laurie Wachter
A strong finish to a late harvest was good news for the...
November 13, 2023
The wine industry is constantly faced with new trends, challenges and the pressure to stay ahead of the competition. With that comes the opportunity to innovate.
Each year, Wine Industry Network...
September 28, 2023
With a deadline looming, wineries face a complicated path to compliance with
California’s Statewide Waste Discharge Requirements
By Laurie Wachter
The California wine industry has been plagued by...
January 24, 2022
California Company Offers Solution-Driven Services to Combat State Water Woes for Wine Industry
In 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) into law.
While...
October 12, 2021
Top US wine estates have become expert worm-wranglers in order to advance sustainability efforts and combat ever-increasing drought conditions.
—Kathleen Willcox
Wine regions across the world were hit...
August 3, 2020
The California state water board is working on an update to the winery general order to provide a permitting process with water discharge requirements (WDR) that make sure wineries are in compliance with...
April 2, 2019
Science and the Future of Winemaking: Winemaking combines art and science, and producers have never had more technological tools available to understand and leverage the latter...
November 26, 2018
In California, no resource is more important than water, which is why water management has been a top priority in the wine community for years. For the award-winning Napa winery, Shadybrook Estates, water...
November 18, 2015
It wasn’t Peter Kruger’s intention to become a sustainability expert at Bear Republic Brewery – but then, it wasn’t really his intention to get involved with the commercial craft brewing industry at a...
September 17, 2015
by Kim Badenfort
Wednesday morning Tom Beard Company delivered the first commercial BlueMorph UV sanitation unit to Jackson Family Wines in Windsor CA, and Co-Founder and Alex Farren, CEO of BlueMorph,...