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Afternoon Brief, July 7

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ASEV Announces Significant Publication Changes, Enhancements: The American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) has announced major changes to strengthen their publications, the American Journal of Enology & Viticulture (AJEV) and Catalyst: Discovery into Practice, effective January 2023...

Afternoon Brief, July 7

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Oregon Welcomes Its 23rd American Viticultural Area: New AVA Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon becomes the 11th nested AVA in the Willamette Valley

Afternoon Brief, July 6

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Registration Now Open - Preparing for the Risk Factors of Smoke & Fire Exposure: Registration is open for the Growing Forward Webinar which is set to broadcast July 27, 2022 at 9:00am. This webinar will focus on preparing winegrowers to make more informed decisions in the event their vineyards are impacted by fire and/or smoke...

Afternoon Brief, July 5

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Phelps Sale Shows Fine Wine Still Hot: If you want a statement about the strength of the luxury wine market, look no further than last week's purchase of Napa Valley's Joseph Phelps Vineyards by the French luxury company LVMH...

Afternoon Brief, July 1st

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WSWA’s Sipsource Latest Channel Shifting Index (CSI) for On-Premise Closes in on Full Recovery: Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s (WSWA’s) SipSource released today the latest set of Channel Shifting Index (CSI) data that provides wine and spirits professionals access to channel performance data for wine and spirits categories/segments, price tiers, and U.S. regions that are easy to understand and relevant to successfully navigate the current environment...

Afternoon Brief, June 30th

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Wine Treading Water in US Market: Spirits are winning when it comes to the huge US market, but there are some hopeful signs for wine...

Afternoon Brief, June 29th

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Möet Hennessy Buys Napa's Joseph Phelps Vineyards: The multinational luxury corporation has purchased a Napa icon, home of Insignia...

Afternoon Brief, June 28th

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Napa Winery Turns Wine to Water: A bottling line mishap left some red faces at a winery that sent samples to a competition...

Afternoon Brief, June 27th

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The Power of Data-Driven Decision-Making in the Wine Industry: Data is everywhere. But in the wine industry, the people skilled in capturing and working with data are in short supply—as is the mindset that sees these emerging skills as key business drivers...

Afternoon Brief, June 24th

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Climate Change Is Altering the Chemistry of Wine: Warming, wildfires and unpredictable weather threaten to disrupt the delicate processes that underlie treasured wines. Researchers and producers are innovating to keep ahead...

Afternoon Brief, June 23rd

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Oregon State Researchers Discover Compounds Contributing to Smoke Taint in Wine and Grapes: An Oregon State University-led research team has discovered a class of compounds that contribute to smoke taint in wine and grapes...

Afternoon Brief, June 22nd

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How to Make an Ally of Cognitive Dissonance in Recessionary Times: Consumers around the world can easily find reasons not to be cheerful at the moment. The news is packed with doom-laden items – ongoing war in Ukraine, climate change, accelerating cost of living and inflation, among other things...

Afternoon Brief, June 21st

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Foley Family Wines Buys Napa’s Silverado Vineyards: Vintner, finance executive and hockey team owner Bill Foley secures 300 acres of Napa vines with latest deal expanding his winery holdings...

Afternoon Brief, June 20th

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Cal/OSHA Safety Board Denies Monarch Tractor Petition to Modify Regulations Regarding Autonomous Tractor Use: Current California safety regulations under the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) written in the 1970s require a human operator to be stationed at the vehicular controls for all self-propelled tractors used in agricultural operations, thus presenting a regulatory roadblock to the use of autonomous, driver optional tractors that are being developed, marketed and trialed for use in California's vineyards and farmlands...

Afternoon Brief, June 17th

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US Supreme Court Blocks Efforts to Dismiss Claims Against Glyphosate: Bayer, the German pharmaceutical giant, suffered a setback in the US when the Supreme Court allowed cases to proceed against its subsidiary Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller whose allegedly carcinogenic ingredient, glyphosate, is widely used by the wine industry...