Tag: Paul Vigna
Money on the Table: Taking Advantage of Grants for Business Improvement
Federal, state and local governments often offer grants
to support business expansion and improvement.
By Paul Vigna
On February 9, 2024, Cathy and Dan McLaughlin addressed...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2024: Sharon Horton — The Generational Leader...
By Paul Vigna
Farming grew on Sharon Horton from the time she started helping her father with the row crops and livestock on their Missouri...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2024: Remi Cohen — Supporting Employees as...
By Paul Vigna
There are 160 employees at Domaine Carneros, a landmark California producer of méthode traditionelle sparkling wine and Pinot Noir.
Beth Posey, the winery’s...
Newest Approved AVA—Virginia Peninsula
Vintners in Virginia's newest AVA speak pride of place and hope for increase in consumer engagement.
—Paul Vigna
Matthew Meyer has been the winemaker at The...
American-native Grape, Muscadine, Proves Profitable
That Duplin Winery in eastern North Carolina is included among the country’s top 50 producers, according to Wine Business Monthly’s February 2021 issue, wouldn’t surprise anyone who lives in the state. The wines are found on grocery store shelves everywhere, from Southport on the coast to Elkin in the mountains.
Battlelines of the Eastern Front of the War on the Spotted...
Seven years since the Spotted Lanternfly was discovered in a quarry around 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, it remains a time bomb to the Mid-Atlantic wine industry and a potential threat as far west as California...
Lucie Morton: Enthusiasm and an Eye for Deep Insights with Viticultural...
Lucie Morton is loaded with specialties attached to her name: viticulturist, ampelographer, rootstock expert, author, historian, educator...
Molly Chappellet: Growing Grapes, Gardens, Family and Community in Napa
Maybe no image epitomizes winery matriarch Molly Chappellet more than the image of her walking out of her home and into the vineyard, a visit she enjoyed making from the time she and her husband Donn settled on the slopes of California's Pritchard Hill...
Improved Dealcoholization Technology Preserves Beverage Quality and Meets New Consumer Demands
“Low and no” are shorthand for one of the beverage industry’s most pronounced trends, a worldwide shift toward low- and nonalcoholic wine and beer...
Pandemic Forces Change in Wineries’ Wholesale Strategy
Dale Stratton is the owner of Five Points Consulting, LLC, a 35-plus year veteran on the wholesale side of the wine industry who previously worked for Constellation Brands, among others, offering insights into consumer and brand research and data...
Wine Industry Embracing Technology and Innovation to Drive Sales
There will be numerous changes that history will associate with 2020. For those involved in the wine industry, maybe the one that will best define the year is pivoting, adjusting on the fly to the additional ways to effectively do business...
Pandemic Puts Twist on Vineyard Plantings
Pandemic Puts Twist on Vineyard Plantings: John Duarte runs the largest permanent crops nursery in the country and has seen his share of ups and downs since his family opened its namesake business in California’s Central Valley in 1989...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Unwavering Commitment to Ideals and Causes
Identifying the inspiration for Beth Novak Milliken’s long and successful career took no more than a moment ...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2020: Research and Passion to Propel Mid-Atlantic...
Joe Fiola is the University of Maryland extension specialist for viticulture and small fruit, his office parked out in the hills near Frederick ...
Alternatives to SO2 in Winemaking; Bio-Protection & Its Role in Lowering...
Alternatives to SO2 in Winemaking; Bio-Protection & its Role in Lowering Sulfite Content: Arthur O’Connor’s familiarity with sulfites includes more than his use of them while working for wineries in Argentina, Australia, Spain and the United States.